Matthew Perrry death: one of the accused doctors pleaded guilty

Almost a year after his death, one of the doctors involved in death of actor Matthew Perry pleaded guilty this Wednesday, for the position of illegal distribution of ketamine.

At the end of August it was anticipated that the Dr. Mark Chavezone of the two doctors accused of the death of the actor Friendswas going to plead guilty. Finally he ended up fulfilling it and now He faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, which will be determined at his sentencing.

Matt BinningerChavez’s lawyer, told reporters in August that his client was “doing everything possible to cooperate, to help in this situation.” “He is incredibly sorry”Binninger said.

The lawyer added that Chavez’s regret came not from Perry’s celebrity, but from the fact that “someone who was trying to seek treatment died.”

Agreed for March, the sentence will also be part of Dr. Salvador Plasenciawho chose to plead not guilty, like another of the accused, Jasveen Sanghawho according to authorities was an illicit supplier of the drug and was known as the “ketamine queen.”

Perry’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasawho admitted to injecting Perry, and the alleged intermediary who claimed to have obtained ketamine from Sangha, is already declared guilty of the charges previously brought against them. The authorities detailed that Plasencia bought ketamine from Chavez, with whom he discussed through text messages the amount to be charged to the actor: “I wonder how much this idiot will pay”. Plasencia administered ketamine to Perry and provided him with vials that were injected by the assistant, according to court documents.

The death of Matthew Perry

Perry died at age 54 in October 2023 from “acute effects” of ketamine and other factors that caused him to pass out and drown in his hot tubaccording to a December 2023 autopsy report.

The actor had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including during the years he starred as Chandler Bing on the hit ’90s television sitcom, Friends.

Although many believed he was sober at the time of his death, the multi-Emmy Award-nominated Canadian-American actor had a long and well-documented history of struggling with alcohol and prescription drug abuse. In fact, shortly before his death, Perry had been speaking out loud about his struggles and his desire to help others who were also struggling with addiction. He detailed his past and present struggles in his 2022 best-selling memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.