A California physician and a girl accused of illegally supplying the drug ketamine to “Buddies” star Matthew Perry earlier than his overdose dying will face trial in March, in response to courtroom paperwork launched Tuesday.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, who authorities mentioned was a drug vendor identified to prospects because the “Ketamine Queen,” have pleaded not responsible to expenses associated to the October 2023 dying of Matthew Perry.
An post-mortem decided the 54-year-old man died from “acute results” of ketamine and different elements that brought about him to lose consciousness and drown in his scorching tub.
Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, generally prescribed to deal with despair and nervousness, but additionally abused by leisure customers.
Perry had publicly acknowledged a long time of substance abuse, together with throughout his years as Chandler Bing on the hit Nineties tv sitcom “Buddies.”
Plasencia and Sangha are scheduled to be tried collectively in federal courtroom in Los Angeles starting March 4.
Three different defendants have agreed to plead responsible in reference to Perry’s dying.
