Doctor Describes Visiting Matthew Perry’s Home as ‘A Bad Movie’

Newly-released texts between Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plasencia reveal extra particulars about how the pair performed an alleged function in Matthew Perry’s loss of life.

Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Us Weekly, Chavez submitted a fraudulent prescription for 30 ketamine lozenges for Plasencia to present to Perry beneath the title of a special affected person in July 2023. Chavez allegedly continued to illegally promote ketamine to Plasencia, which Plasencia would offer to the actor, till across the time of Perry’s loss of life in October 2023.

In a single occasion, Chavez allegedly bought Plasencia at the very least 4 vials of liquid ketamine and ketamine lozenges for $2,000, which Plasencia gave to Perry at his Los Angeles residence. Plasencia allegedly injected Perry with the ketamine and left behind at the very least one vial and several other syringes.

In a September 2023 textual content to Chavez, Plasencia described his go to to Perry’s residence as being “like a nasty film.”

Earlier than one other assembly with Perry one month later, Plasencia wrote in a separate textual content to Chavez, “[If] at present goes nicely we could have repeat enterprise.” Based on the courtroom docs, Chavez allegedly replied, “Let’s do all the pieces we are able to to make it occur.”

That very same month, Plasencia allegedly texted Chavez that he thought it “can be finest served not having [Perry] look elsewhere” for ketamine and for them to be “his got-to.” Chavez responded by stating he was “engaged on getting extra” ketamine.

Round three weeks earlier than Perry’s loss of life, per courtroom paperwork, Chavez reprimanded Plasencia for unsafely injecting Perry with ketamine, forsaking vials for Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, to manage and injecting Perry with ketamine whereas at the back of a automobile in a Lengthy Seaside, California car parking zone.

Not lengthy after, Chavez found he was beneath investigation by the Medical Board of California for improperly taking ketamine from his former clinic. Round that very same time, Plasencia allegedly requested Chavez about operating the ketamine division of a clinic he wished to arrange. Calling the thought “attention-grabbing,” Chavez advised Plasencia he would conform to the job “so long as we’re doing issues on the up and up we are able to begin ASAP” and that all the pieces was “performed legally with none shady stuff.”

After some questioning from Plasencia, Chavez said in one other message: “It’s not what I believe it’s what an entity just like the California medical board would view it … Or the DEA.”

Per the courtroom docs, Chavez referred to as Plasencia following information of Perry’s passing to specific concern about whether or not the ketamine they gave the Buddies alum might have performed an element in his loss of life.

In December 2023, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s workplace dominated that Perry died from “the acute results of ketamine.” Chavez and Plasencia are two of 5 individuals going through federal prices in connection to Perry’s loss of life, together with Iwamasa, Erik Fleming and the “Ketamine Queen,” Jasveen Sangha.

Iwamasa and Fleming have every pleaded responsible to at least one rely of conspiracy to distribute ketamine inflicting loss of life. Chavez has additionally agreed to a plea deal, in response to the courtroom docs obtained by Us.

Sangha, who has pleaded not responsible, might face a minimal of 10 years in jail and a most of life in jail if discovered responsible on 5 counts of ketamine distribution. Plasencia, for his half, additionally pleaded not responsible to at least one rely of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, two counts of altering and falsifying paperwork associated to the investigation and 7 counts of distribution of ketamine.

Plasencia has additionally been pressured to give up his DEA license and will resist 120 years in jail.