Dr. Mark Chavez, a physician from San Diego, second from left, who is charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry's death from an accidental ketamine overdose, with his criminal defense attorney Matthew Binninger, far left, arrive for a change of plea hearing at the United States Courthouse in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry 's fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez is the third person to admit guilt in the aftermath of the Friends star's death last year.
Chavez is free on bond until the sentencing. He has turned over his passport and agreed to surrender his medical licence, among other conditions. Also working with federal prosecutors are Perry's assistant, who admitted to helping him obtain and inject ketamine, and a Perry acquaintance, who admitted to acting as a drug messenger and middleman.The three are helping prosecutors as they go after their main targets: Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with illegally selling ketamine to Perry in the month before his death, and Jasveen Sangha, alleged to be a dealer who sold the actor the lethal dose.
Perry began seeking more ketamine than his doctor would give him. About a month before the actor's death, he found Plasencia, who in turn allegedly asked Chavez to obtain the drug for him.
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