A Southern California physician accused of supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor’s fatal overdose has agreed to plead guilty to federal drug charges, authorities announced Monday.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia faces up to 40 years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office Central District of California.
The plea is expected to be formally entered in the coming weeks, ending a case that has drawn national attention since Perry’s death last October, which the Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled was caused by acute ketamine toxicity….