Matthew Perry: Doctor suspected in Friends star's death pleads guilty

In October 2023, the world learned with shock and sadness of the death of Matthew Perry, the actor who played the famous Chandler Bing in the television series Friends. While an investigation was opened to determine the causes of his death, we learned that one of the suspects linked to the star's death pleaded guilty before a California court. /up_s/308998557/friendsdocteursuspectmortmatthewperrypleadingguilty.jpg” type=”image/jpeg”>

Matthew Perry dies suddenly in 2023 at the age of 54

On October 28, 2023, the planet wakes up to discover that Matthew Perry, aka Chandler Bing in the cult sitcom Friends has died. The actor is found dead in the jacuzzi of his Los Angeles home. The whole world paid tribute to him, starting with his acting partners like Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and Jennifer Aniston. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also paid tribute to the actor with whom he had been at school.

The death of Matthew Perry was the subject of an investigation in which Los Angeles police have determined that the actor's death at the age of 54 was not accidental and that charges will be filed. Two months after his disappearance, the autopsy of the star of Friends reveals that Matthew Perry died from an overuse of ketamine. This substance is very often used as an anesthetic and has the particularity of having hallucinogenic properties.

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This revelation is not a surprise since the American actor had already spoken publicly about his addiction problems and in particular the fact that he took ketamine as part of a therapy to treat depression and to combat his alcoholism.

One of the suspects in Matthew Perry's death decide to plead guilty

In the summer of 2024, it was federal prosecutor Martin Estrada who announced that he was pursuing five people suspected of being linked to the actor's death. He claimed that these suspects “took advantage of Perry's addiction problems” and announced that he had discovered a vast underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities of ketamine to Mr. Perry and others“. 

Among the five accused, the actor's assistant, the “queen of ketamine” and three doctors. The latter allegedly sold 20 vials of this substance to Matthew Perry for $55,000 in the space of two months.

This Wednesday, October 2, 2024, Mark Chavez, one of the accused doctors decided to plead guilty in court. A strategy to avoid a trial but he still risks up to ten years in prison. He will know his sentence on April 2, 2025. Jasveen Sangha, notorious dealer In Hollywood, the one nicknamed the “Queen of Ketamine” pleads not guilty and will be tried in March. Finally, another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, risks one hundred and twenty years in prison for having falsified documents after the actor's death.