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"Ketamine Queen", US Doctor To Be Tried In March Over Matthew Perry's Death

An autopsy determined that the 54-year-old Matthew Perry died from "acute effects" of ketamine and other factors that caused him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub.

"Ketamine Queen", US Doctor To Be Tried In March Over Matthew Perry's Death
The 54-year-old "Friends" star Matthew Perry died last year in October.
Los Angeles:

A California doctor and a woman charged with illegally supplying the drug ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry before his overdose death will face trial in March, according to court documents released on Tuesday.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia, and Jasveen Sangha, whom authorities said was a drug dealer known to customers as the "ketamine queen," have pleaded not guilty to charges related to the October 2023 death of Perry.

An autopsy determined that the 54-year-old died from "acute effects" of ketamine and other factors that caused him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub.

Ketamine is a short-acting anesthetic with hallucinogenic properties, sometimes prescribed to treat depression and anxiety but also abused by recreational users.

Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including during the years he starred as Chandler Bing on the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends."

Plasencia and Sangha are scheduled be tried together in federal court in Los Angeles starting on March 4.

Three other defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with Perry's death.

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