El Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitió haber distribuido ketamina al actor Matthew Perry antes de su sobredosis de 2023. Es la cuarta persona que se declara culpable en el caso y se enfrenta a hasta 40 años de prisión.

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Dr Salvador Placencia has pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles federal court to four counts of distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry. Prosecutors stated that Placencia, along with another doctor, supplied Perry with approximately 20 vials of ketamine in the two months before Perry's death, and even instructed Perry's assistant on how to administer the drug.

Placencia faces up to 40 years in prison and a minimum $2 million fine. He is the fourth of five people charged in connection with Perry's death to plead guilty, with one remaining defendant, Yasvin Sangha, still awaiting trial. Placencia's attorney said the doctor is remorseful for his actions and acknowledges his failure to protect Perry, who was vulnerable due to addiction.

Un médico se declara culpable en el caso de la muerte de Matthew Perry

Dr. Salvador Placencia salió de la corte federal en Los Ángeles con sus abogados el miércoles después de declararse culpable de cuatro cargos de distribución de ketamina a la estrella de Friends Matthew Perry. El actor de 54 años fue encontrado muerto en su jacuzzi en octubre de 2023. Los fiscales dicen que Placencia trabajó con el Dr. Mark Chavez, quien se declaró culpable el año pasado para obtener ketamina para Perry, e incluso enseñó al asistente de Perry, Kenneth Iwamasa, a inyectarse la droga. En el tribunal, Placencia estaba tranquilo pero claramente incómodo. El doctor estaba sudando profusamente y se limpiaba la cara mientras decía al juez que es culpable. El Dr. Placencia puede haber hablado con sus abogados, pensó que lo mejor era aceptar un acuerdo en el que algunos de los cargos fueran fuera de la mesa, y que estaba aceptando la culpabilidad de las acusaciones que tal vez no había una gran ...defensa. Durante los dos meses anteriores a la muerte de Perry, los fiscales dicen que Placencia y Chavez suministraron unos 20 viales de ketamina a Perry por 55.000 dólares. Los documentos judiciales citan mensajes de texto de Placencia que decían: "Me pregunto cuánto pagará este imbécil". Al final, estos acusados estaban más interesados en beneficiarse del Sr. Perry que en preocuparse por su bienestar. En una declaración, su abogado dice que el Dr. Placencia está profundamente arrepentido por las decisiones de tratamiento que tomó mientras suministraba ketamina a Matthew Perry, y reconoce su fracaso a la hora de proteger al Sr. Perry, un paciente especialmente vulnerable debido a su adicción. Placencia se enfrenta a 40 años de cárcel. prisión y una multa de al menos 2 millones de dólares. De las cinco personas acusadas en relación con la muerte de Perry, Placencia es la cuarta persona que se declara culpable. Yasvin Sangha, también conocida como la reina de la ketamina y que los fiscales alegan suministró la dosis fatal que mató a Perry, es ahora la única persona acusada que aún se declara inocente. Podría haber más presión para tratar de llegar a un acuerdo... porque los fiscales tienen muchas pruebas en este caso. Mucha otra gente tiene accedido a cooperar en la medida en que están proporcionando pruebas. Sangha permanece en la cárcel a la espera de su juicio el próximo mes.

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Dr. Salvador Plasencia, the doctor accused of supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine in the month leading up to his death, has pleaded guilty to four counts  of distribution of ketamine. Plasencia is the fourth of the five people charged in connection with Perry's death to plead guilty.

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