Doctor sentenced in Matthew Perry case
The doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor's overdose death has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
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The doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor's overdose death has been sentenced to 30 months in prison. CBS News' Carter Evans reports.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia admitted to distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry before his 2023 overdose. He is the fourth person to plead guilty in the case and faces up to 40 years in prison.
One of the five people charged in the overdose death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry pleaded guilty on Wednesday. CBS News' Carter Evans has more.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the "Friends" star's overdose death, will plead guilty, according to an agreement.
One of the doctors charged in connection with actor Matthew Perry's death is expected to plead guilty Friday. Dr. Mark Chavez is set to admit to conspiring to distribute ketamine after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors earlier this month. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more.
Following the arrests last week in connection with Matthew Perry's death from a ketamine overdose, DEA administrator Anne Milgram on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" compares ketamine abuse to the beginning of the opioid epidemic, and says the DEA is targeting doctors and practitioners "who are violating this duty of trust to their patients by over-prescribing medicine, or prescribing medicine that isn't necessary."
On the day of his death, "Friends" star Matthew Perry was injected with three shots of ketamine by his personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, according to a plea agreement Iwamasa reached with federal prosecutors. Perry had been introduced to the drug in a clinical setting to help treat depression, but investigators said he later turned to illegal sources. Adam Yamaguchi reports from Los Angeles.
Two of the five suspects charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry have pleaded not guilty. The other three defendants have either pleaded guilty or agreed to do so at a later date. The 54-year-old "Friends" star died last October in a hot tub at his Los Angeles-area home. An autopsy report found the amount of ketamine in Perry's blood at the time of his death was about the same used for general anesthesia during surgery. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more from Los Angeles.
Following a nine-month investigation into the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, five people, including two doctors, one of his assistants and an alleged drug dealer, have been criminally charged.
We're learning new details about the five people charged in the death of "Friends" actor Matthew Perry. Doctors say Perry died from an accidental ketamine overdose last year and Thursday, after a monthslong investigation, prosecutors announced criminal charges against several people. CBS News correspondent Adam Yamaguchi has more.
Five people have been arrested in connection with the 2023 death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry. The defendants, which includes two doctors and Perry's personal assistant, were federally charged with distributing the ketamine that contributed to Perry's death. According to prosecutors, Perry's personal assistant admitted to giving him multiple ketamine injections on the day of his death. Adam Yamaguchi has the latest.
Five people are facing criminal charges in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry. Among them are his personal assistant and two doctors. CBS News Justice Department reporter Robert Legare has the details.
Five people, including two doctors, have been charged for their role in supplying ketamine to "Friends" actor Matthew Perry. Perry died in 2023 and toxicology reports attributed his cause of death to the "acute effects of ketamine." CBS News' Robert Legare has more.
The cast members of "Friends" have issued a statement to People magazine mourning the loss of Matthew Perry. They call the loss "unfathomable," saying they need time to grieve and process his death. Meanwhile, the L.A. Fire Department says Perry was already deceased when first responders arrived at his home Saturday afternoon. "Entertainment Tonight" co-host Kevin Frazier has the story.
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