Mark Chavez (54) admits to conspiring to distribute the surgical anaesthetic ketamine
Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing in hit US sitcom Friends, died after receiving several injections of ketamine from his live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa. Photograph: Michelle Groskopf/The New York TimesMark Chavez, a doctor from San Diego, formally admitted conspiring to distribute the surgical anaesthetic ketamine during a change-of-plea hearing on Wednesday.
Perry had been seeking treatment for depression and anxiety when he became addicted to intravenous ketamine last autumn. The ketamine supplied by Sangha was ultimately the dose that resulted in Perry’s death, a Drug Enforcement Administrator previously claimed. Sangha also plead not guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine; maintaining a drug-involved premises; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; possession with intent to distribute ketamine and five counts of distribution of ketamine.
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