Dr. Mark Chavez pleads guilty in Matthew Perry’s death

Dr. Mark Chavez, 1 of 2 MDs charged successful transportation with the decease of “Friends” histrion Matthew Perry, pleaded blameworthy connected Wednesday to conspiring to administer the surgical anesthetic ketamine.

The 54-year-old doctor, who signed a plea statement successful August and surrendered his aesculapian licence and passport, is the 3rd idiosyncratic to plead blameworthy successful narration to the star’s fatal overdose past October.

Chavez has been out connected bail since August and is cooperating with prosecutors. His lawyer said he’s “incredibly remorseful” and is “trying to bash everything successful his powerfulness to close the incorrect that happened here.”

Dr. Mark Chavez, a doc from San Diego, left, who is charged successful transportation with histrion Matthew Perry’s decease from an accidental ketamine overdose, with his transgression defence lawyer Matthew Binninger get for a alteration of plea proceeding astatine the United States Courthouse successful Los Angeles, connected Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Perry was found dormant successful his blistery tub connected Oct. 28, 2023, the unfortunate of an evident drowning. An autopsy aboriginal ruled his main cause of decease arsenic the “acute effects of ketamine.”

After months of investigation, Perry’s assistant, 2 doctors and 2 cause dealers were arrested successful connection with the actor’s death.

Kenneth Iwamasa, the assistant, took a plea woody successful August and is besides helping prosecutors investigating Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, known arsenic “Dr. P,” and 41-year-old Jasveen Sangha, who has been informally dubbed the “Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles.”

Chavez admitted to obtaining ketamine from a wholesale distributor by submitting a fraudulent prescription, arsenic good arsenic getting immoderate from his erstwhile clinic. He could inactive walk up to 10 years down bars contempt his cooperation.

With News Wire Services