Mark Chavez, the "ketamine doctor" who is charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry's death from an accidental ketamine overdose, listen to his attorney Matthew Binninger speak to the media as they leave the Roybal Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles after his court appearance on August 30, 2024. A doctor who has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the overdose death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry was ordered on August 30 by a judge not to practice medicine.
Mark Chavez, 54, who will admit conspiracy to distribute ketamine as part of a plea deal reached with authorities, was released on $50,000 bond at a Los Angeles court.
Chavez is one of five people facing federal charges over the October 2023 tragedy in which Perry, a longtime addict, was found unresponsive in the pool at his luxury Los Angeles home. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
October 2, 2024
Doctor who provided Matthew Perry’s drugs pleads guilty
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — One of two doctors charged in connection with the drug overdose death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry pleaded guilty in a US court on Wednesday.
Mark Chavez, 54, faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting to conspiring to distribute ketamine in the weeks before the actor was found dead in the pool of his Los Angeles home in October of last year.
Chavez is the third of five defendants to admit to charges filed over Perry’s death, which shocked millions of fans around the world.
Two people — the doctor who allegedly administered the anaesthetic to the troubled actor a number of times before his death, and a woman who is an alleged dealer to Hollywood celebrities — have both denied the charges they face.
