Matthew Perry’s ketamine doctor Mark Chavez to make court appearance after striking plea deal
One of the two doctors charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry is due to appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday.
Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month, becoming the third person to plead guilty in the wake of the Friends star’s fatal overdose last year.
Chavez agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in their search for others, including the doctor Chavez worked with to sell ketamine to Perry.
Details of the settlement have not yet been made public.
Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month, becoming the third person to plead guilty in the wake of the Friends star’s fatal overdose last year.
The maximum penalty for this charge is 10 years in prison.
Also working for the Public Prosecution Service are Perry’s assistant, who admitted to helping him obtain and inject ketamine, and an acquaintance of Perry, who admitted to working as a drug courier and middleman.
The three are helping prosecutors hunt down their main targets: Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who is accused of illegally selling ketamine to Perry in the month before his death, and Jasveen Sangha, a woman authorities say is a dealer who sold the actor the lethal dose of ketamine.
Both have denied guilt and are awaiting trial.
Perry died after taking multiple doses of ketamine