They condemned eight months of house arrest for another doctor who supplied the star of the “Friends” series with ketamine, Matthew Perryin the months before his death, which happened through Overdose. The verdict was announced by a California court on Tuesday evening.
It’s about Mark Chavez55 years old, second of the five defendants due to the actor’s death in October 2023. He would have a Charge from conspiracy to supply the drug to Perry, who paid up to $2,000 per bottle in the weeks before he was found dead in his Los Angeles home.
Also Chávez, who ran a clinic in San Diego where ketamine infusions were carried out must complete 300 hours of community service. According to the investigation, the doctor himself wrote a fraudulent prescription to obtain the substance and then gave it to the doctor. Salvador Plasenciawho subsequently sold it to the actor at inflated prices.
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Plasencia, for his part, was sentenced this month two and a half years in prison and like Chávez, he must do it Hand in your driver’s license to practice medicine. Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic used to treat depression, but it can also be abused as a recreational drug.

The three other defendantswho admitted responsibility for supplying drugs to the actor, They will be sentenced in the coming months. Among them is Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen,” who supplied drugs to celebrities and faced up to 65 years in prison.
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The series “Friends,” which followed the lives of six young New Yorkers, attracted a large audience. Perry’s role as the sarcastic, childish Chandler led him to make a fortune, but the actor was hiding a dark side fights addiction to painkillers and alcohol.
The actor had taken ketamine as part of a monitored treatment for depression. However, prosecutors say that before his death he became addicted to the substance, which also has psychedelic properties and is a popular party drug.
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