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Authorities have arrested five people in connection to the case of Matthew Perry, who died in October 2023 from a ketamine overdose.
At a press conference on August 15, U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada revealed that those arrested included Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez, Perry’s live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, drug dealer Eric Fleming, and the so-called “Ketamine Queen,” Jasveen Sangha.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office: press releaseAn 18-count indictment was filed. “Sanga and Plasencia are charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine,” the release read. “Sanga is also charged with one count of maintaining a drug facility, one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute ketamine, and five counts of distribution of ketamine.”
Plasencia will be sentenced to 120 years in prison and Sangha will be sentenced to life in prison, Estrada said at a news conference.
Sanga and Plascencia are scheduled to be arraigned today, while the other defendants were indicted separately, according to the press release.
Fleming pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death. Iwamasa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death, and Chavez agreed to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
According to the indictment, Plascencia allegedly obtained the drugs for Perry through Chavez, who previously ran a ketamine clinic.
“In text messages with co-conspirator Chavez, defendant Plascencia discussed how much to charge the victim council member for ketamine, stating, ‘I wonder how much this idiot is going to pay’ and ‘I’ll find out,'” the document states.
At the press conference, Estrada said Plascencia demanded $55,000 in cash from Perry for the ketamine.
According to the indictment, Plascencia met with Perry in a parking lot in Long Beach in October and injected him with ketamine.
A few days later, Plascencia returned to Perry’s home and allegedly injected him again, causing him to “freeze and his blood pressure to spike,” according to the indictment.
According to the documents, Plascencia told Iwamasa at the time, “Let’s not do that again,” but later left more vials of ketamine at Iwamasa’s home.
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Around the same time, Iwamasa began contacting Fleming about purchasing ketamine, and Fleming allegedly purchased the ketamine from Sanga.
According to the indictment, a few days before Perry’s death, Sangha allegedly sold Perry $11,000 worth of ketamine through his dealer, Fleming.
The indictment states, “On October 28, 2023, co-conspirator Iwamasa, using a syringe provided by defendant Plascencia, injected victim MP at least three times with ketamine he received from co-conspirators Fleming and defendant Sanga, resulting in the victim’s death and severe injury.” [Matthew Perry].”
