Doctor Mark Chavez pleads guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine in Matthew Perry's death case.
Doctor Mark Chavez, charged in the connection with Matthew Perry's death, is set to appear in federal court in Los Angeles to plead guilty to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Chavez reached a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month, becoming the third person to plead guilty in connection with Perry's fatal overdose last year. Perry's assistant and a Perry acquaintance have also admitted to helping him obtain and inject ketamine. The main targets of prosecutors are Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with illegally selling ketamine to Perry, and Jasveen Sangha, a woman who authorities say is a dealer who sold the actor the lethal dose of ketamine. Both deny the charges. Chavez admitted in his plea agreement that he obtained ketamine from his former clinic and a wholesale distributor with a fraudulent prescription. After a guilty plea, he could face up to 10 years in prison.