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Matthew Perry's doctors give up key right as case unfolds

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Bang Showbiz,
Publish Date
Wed, 21 Aug 2024, 9:51am
Matthew Perry died in October last year - now one of five people charged in relation to his death has pleaded guilty. Photo / Getty Images
Matthew Perry died in October last year - now one of five people charged in relation to his death has pleaded guilty. Photo / Getty Images

Matthew Perry's doctors give up key right as case unfolds

Author
Bang Showbiz,
Publish Date
Wed, 21 Aug 2024, 9:51am

Matthew Perry鈥檚 doctors are听no longer legally allowed听to prescribe medication.

Mark Chavez, 54, and Salvador Plasencia, 42, are facing charges over their alleged roles in distributing听ketamine听to the late听Friends听actor, who听died on October 28 last year, aged 54, from the听鈥渁cute effects鈥澨of the anaesthetic.

And now the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has clarified to听E! 九一星空无限听that the pair have given up the right to advise and authorise the use of a medicine or treatment.

The US Department of Justice announced on August 15 that Plasencia is charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine plus seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.

Chavez agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine 鈥 confirming in his plea agreement he sold ketamine to Plasencia off-market for Perry to use.

The actor is thought to have paid the pair upward of US$55,000 ($89,365) in cash in the weeks leading up to his sudden death.

Matthew Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American sitcom Friends. Photo / Getty ImagesMatthew Perry was best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American sitcom Friends. Photo / Getty Images

US Attorney Martin Estrada said: 鈥淭hese defendants cared more about profiting off of Mr Perry than caring for his wellbeing.

鈥淢atthew Perry鈥檚 journey began with unscrupulous doctors who abused their position of trust because they saw him as a payday, to street dealers who gave him ketamine in unmarked vials.鈥

Three other people have been charged over Perry鈥檚 death in the hot tub of his LA mansion, including his live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, who has admitted regularly injecting the actor with ketamine despite having no medical training.

Jasveen Sangha, 41, known as the 鈥楰etamine Queen鈥, and Eric Fleming, 54 have also been charged with supplying Perry with ketamine.

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