The first time Barney Casserly used ketamine at a UK music festival he thought he had found "nirvana". Five years later he ...

California physician Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead guilty in connection with the untimely death of Friends actor Matthew Perry, according to federal officials. Plasencia, 42, entered into an ...

Five people have been charged in connection with the ketamine death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, federal officials in Los Angeles announced Thursday. Two of the defendants -- including a ...

Dr. Salvador Plasencia agreed to plead guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry. He faces up ...

Dr. Salvador Plasencia is accused of illegally supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine shortly before the actor’s death in 2023.

According to court papers, Plascencia supposedly gave Perry the anesthetic ketamine at Perry’s home and in a Santa Monica parking lot. The treatments, prosecutors contend, were done under the cover of ...

Initially, Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty to being the middleman and also to administering ketamine to the actor beyond his legal prescription. Erik Fleming and Mark Chavez also pleaded guilty to ...

In the weeks that followed, the doctors distributed 20 vials of ketamine to Perry for $55,000 in cash, charging him $2,000 for a vial that cost Chavez $12, according to federal prosecutors and the ...

The “lead” doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s 2023 ketamine overdose death has accepted a plea deal, prosecutors announced Monday. Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead ...