A San Diego doctor has become the third person to plead guilty in connection with the drug overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, a case that has cast the spotlight on the dangers of ketamine abuse in prescription practices.
Dr. Mark Chavez entered his plea in a California courtroom on Oct. 2, pleading to a felony count of conspiracy to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine, and admitting to his role in supplying the drug that led to the tragic death of the “Friends” star.
Perry was found dead at his Los Angeles home by his live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa on Oct. 28, 2023, with a medical examiner later ruling that ketamine was the primary cause of death of the 54-year-old actor….