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A California doctor pleaded guilty Wednesday to supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s fatal overdose. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 43, admitted to four counts of distributing the powerful anesthetic during a hearing in federal court in Los Angeles, becoming the fourth of five individuals charged in connection with Perry’s death to enter a guilty plea.
Plasencia had previously pleaded not guilty and was scheduled to stand trial in August, but agreed last month to a plea deal that includes the dismissal of three additional distribution charges and two counts of falsifying records. Standing beside his attorney, Plasencia answered brief questions from U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, confirming his legal team had reviewed all plea and sentencing options.
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