Matthew Perry died due to overdose of ketamine, doctor admitted; may be sentenced to 40 years
Matthew Perry: American-Canadian actor Matthew Perry died in October 2023. His post-mortem report revealed that he died due to an overdose of a drug called ketamine. Five people are accused in this case. A doctor admitted his crime on Wednesday.
One doctor has confessed his error in the death of veteran actor Matthew Perry due to ketamine drug overdose. Dr. Salvador Plasencia on Wednesday confessed that he administered ketamine to the actor a month before his death. Plasencia can be sentenced to 40 years for this offense.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is the fourth of the five individuals charged in relation to actor Matthew Perry's death, who pleaded guilty. At his lawyer's side in the Los Angeles federal court, he entered a plea of guilty in four cases to Judge Sherrilyn Peace Garnett.
According to a signed document filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Plasencia, 43, was scheduled to be tried in August, but last month the doctor agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine. He spoke only to answer questions from the judge. When asked if his lawyers had considered all the possibilities of plea and sentencing in the case, Plasencia replied, "They have considered everything."
