Dr. Salvador Plasencia had agreed to plead guilty earlier in July in exchange for three additional counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of falsifying records to be dropped.
The "Friends" star was found unresponsive and floating face-down in his jacuzzi on Oct. 28, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined he died from the "acute effects of ketamine," with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine, which is a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
"These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves," then-U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Martin Estrada said in mid-August.
"While Dr. Plasencia was not treating Mr. Perry at the time of his death, he hopes his case serves as a warning to other medical professionals and leads to stricter oversight and clear protocols for the rapidly growing at-home ketamine industry in order to prevent future tragedies like this," the statement read in part.
In his plea agreement, Plasencia admitted that starting about a month before Perry's death, he illegally supplied the actor with 20 vials of ketamine totaling 100 mg of the drug, along with ketamine lozenges and syringes. He also admitted to enlisting another doctor, Mark Chavez, to supply the drug for him, according to the court filings.
After selling the drugs to Perry for $4,500, Plasencia allegedly asked Chavez if he could keep supplying them so they could become Perry's "go-to," prosecutors had said.
Following Plasencia's formal guilty plea in downtown Los Angeles, he remains free on bond and is expected to surrender his medical license within the next 30 to 45 days. His sentencing court date is set for Dec. 3.
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