两位医生中的第二位证明…有罪与马修·派瑞的氯胺酮有关的死亡在周二被判8个月的家庭监禁，因为他参与了一个向《老友记》演员非法分发氯胺酮的阴谋。
马克·查韦斯是与佩里2023年服药过量死亡有关的五名被指控和定罪的人之一。去年，他承认了一项共谋销售氯胺酮的指控，承认向另一名医生萨尔瓦多·普拉森西亚(Salvador Plasencia)出售了欺诈获得的氯胺酮，然后在佩里因用药过量死亡前几周将其出售给了佩里。
这两位医生没有提供最终导致佩里死亡的氯胺酮，佩里于2023年10月在洛杉矶家中的按摩浴缸中被发现没有反应，时年54岁。尽管联邦检察官说他们知道该演员有药物滥用史，并且该药物将在没有医疗监督的情况下使用。
查韦斯的判决还包括三年的监督释放和300小时的社区服务。
“查韦斯先生在最早的阶段就承担了责任，并且从未低估他的错误，”他的律师之一马修·宾宁格在判决后的一份声明中说。
查韦斯的另一名律师扎克·布鲁克斯说，该案件“反映了在一个狭窄和孤立的时期判断失误。”
布鲁克斯在一份声明中说:“他已经毫不犹豫地接受了责任，他希望今天的判决能让他带着谦逊的态度前进，并重新承诺以任何方式为他人服务。”。
检察官说，查韦斯面临长达10年的监禁。
政府要求判处六个月的家庭监禁，其中包括两年的监督释放以及至少300小时的社区服务。检察官表示，查韦斯是一家氯胺酮诊所的前经营者，他向Plasencia提供了几瓶液体氯胺酮和氯胺酮锭剂，这些药物是在患者不知情或未同意的情况下，以患者的名义提交欺诈性处方而获得的。
政府在宣判前的一份文件中表示:“随着缉毒署和医学委员会的调查人员逼近被告非法销售氯胺酮的案件，被告最初撒谎并试图逃避责任。”"然而，值得称赞的是，被告的故事还在继续，并成为一个责任故事."
政府表示，一旦面对他的犯罪行为，查韦斯“迅速接受责任，并同意配合政府的调查。”
查韦斯的辩护律师要求三年的监督释放，在宣判前的一份文件中称，他的行为“有限且无关紧要”，并且“与2023年10月28日的悲剧事件相去甚远。”
他们指出，查韦斯从未见过佩里，进入他的家或给他服用药物，而且他没有提供导致他死亡的氯胺酮。他们还说，他“在此案早期接受了责任，并在任何起诉前签署了认罪协议，同意合作，甚至在拘留听证会之前就自愿交出了他的行医执照。”
“查韦斯先生已经面临的后果很严重，”他的律师写道。“他曾经是一名执业急诊室医生，失去了他的职业，蒙受了公众的耻辱，现在作为一名优步司机谋生。他一直遵守审前监督的所有条款，并继续对自己的行为表示真诚的后悔。”
查韦斯和普拉森西亚在认罪后都放弃了行医执照。
根据Plasencia的认罪协议，他的一个病人在2023年9月30日将他介绍给了Perry，这位身份不明的病人称这位演员是一个“高调的人”，他正在寻求氯胺酮，并愿意支付“现金和数千英镑”用于氯胺酮治疗，“根据Plasencia的认罪协议。
根据协议，Plasencia联系了他的导师Chavez，讨论Perry对氯胺酮的要求，并从他那里购买了几小瓶液体氯胺酮和氯胺酮锭剂。
检察官说，在讨论向佩里收取多少费用时，普拉森西亚在给查韦斯的短信中说，“我想知道这个白痴会付多少钱”，“让[原文如此]去弄清楚”。
普拉森西亚承认在2023年9月30日至2023年10月12日期间，向佩里和演员的同居助理肯尼斯·岩马萨分发了20瓶氯胺酮、氯胺酮锭剂和注射器。
根据认罪协议，Plasencia在佩里的家中多次给佩里服用氯胺酮，并将小瓶和锭剂留给岩正管理。
普拉森西亚群岛判决到本月初入狱30个月。
岩正在法庭文件中承认在佩里死亡的当天使用了氯胺酮，并于2024年8月对一项合谋分发氯胺酮致人死亡的指控认罪。他定于2026年1月14日被判刑，面临最高15年的监禁。
该案的另外两名被告埃里克·弗莱明和贾斯文·桑加承认分发了杀死佩里的氯胺酮。
检察官表示，僧伽与弗莱明合作，向佩里分销氯胺酮，2023年10月，他们向佩里出售了51瓶氯胺酮，并提供给岩正。
弗莱明在2024年8月对一项共谋分发氯胺酮的指控和一项分发氯胺酮导致死亡的指控认罪。他定于2026年1月7日被判刑，面临最高25年的监禁。
据称被称为“氯胺酮女王”的Sangha在9月份承认了一项维持涉毒场所的指控，三项分销氯胺酮的指控，以及一项导致死亡或严重身体伤害的分销氯胺酮的指控。她定于2026年2月25日被判刑，面临最高65年的监禁。
Doctor sentenced to 8 months home confinement in connection with Matthew Perry's ketamine death
The second of two doctors who wereconvictedin connection with Matthew Perry's ketamine death was sentenced on Tuesday to eight months of home confinement for his role in a conspiracy to illegally distribute ketamine to the "Friends" actor.
Mark Chavez is one of five people charged and convicted in connection with Perry's 2023 overdose death. He pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, admitting to selling fraudulently obtained ketamine to another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, that was then sold to Perry in the weeks before the actor died from an overdose.
The two doctors did not provide the ketamine that ultimately killed Perry, who was discovered unresponsive in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home in October 2023 at the age of 54. Though federal prosecutors said they knew that the actor had a history of substance abuse and that the drug would be administered without medical supervision.
Chavez's sentence also includes three years of supervised release and 300 hours of community service.
"Mr. Chavez accepted responsibility at the earliest stage and has never minimized his mistake," one of his attorneys, Matthew Binninger, said in a statement following the sentencing.
Zach Brooks, another attorney for Chavez, said the case "reflects a lapse in judgment during a narrow and isolated time."
"He has accepted responsibility without hesitation, and he hopes today's sentence will allow him to move forward with humility and a renewed commitment to serving others in whatever ways he can," Brooks said in a statement.
Chavez faced up to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.
The government asked for a sentence of six months home confinement that included a two-year term of supervised release as well as at least 300 hours of community service. Prosecutors said Chavez, a former operator of a ketamine clinic, provided Plasencia with vials of liquid ketamine and ketamine lozenges that had been obtained by submitting a fraudulent prescription in the name of a patient without that patient’s knowledge or consent.
"As the Drug Enforcement Administration and Medical Board investigators closed in on defendant's illegal ketamine sales, defendant initially lied and tried to evade responsibility," the government said in a filing ahead of sentencing. "To defendant's credit, however, his story continued, and became one of accountability."
The government said that once confronted with his criminal acts, Chavez "expediently accepted responsibility and agreed to cooperate with the government's investigation."
Chavez's defense attorneys asked for three years of supervised release, arguing in a filing ahead of sentencing that his conduct was "limited and peripheral" and "far removed from the tragic events of October 28, 2023."
They noted that Chavez had never met Perry, entered his home or administered medication to him, and that he did not supply the ketamine that caused his death. They also said he "accepted responsibility early in this case and signed a plea agreement prior to any indictment, agreed to cooperate, and voluntarily surrendered his medical license even before his detention hearing."
"The consequences Mr. Chavez has already faced are significant," his attorneys wrote. "Once a practicing emergency room physician, he lost his profession, suffered public disgrace, and now earns a living as an Uber driver. He has remained compliant with all terms of pretrial supervision and continues to demonstrate sincere regret for his actions."
Both Chavez and Plasencia gave up their medical licenses after pleading guilty.
According to Plasencia's plea agreement, one of his patients introduced him to Perry on Sept. 30, 2023, with the unidentified patient referring to the actor as a "'high profile person' who was seeking ketamine and was willing to pay 'cash and lots of thousands' for ketamine treatment,'" according to Plasencia's plea agreement.
Plasencia contacted his mentor, Chavez, to discuss Perry's request for ketamine and purchased vials of liquid ketamine and ketamine lozenges from him, according to the agreement.
In discussing how much to charge Perry, Plasencia said in text messages to Chavez, "I wonder how much this moron will pay" and "Lets [sic] find out," prosecutors said.
Plasencia admitted to distributing 20 vials of ketamine, ketamine lozenges and syringes to Perry and the actor's live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, between Sept. 30, 2023, and Oct. 12, 2023.
Plasencia administered ketamine to Perry at the actor's home on several occasions and left vials and lozenges with Iwamasa to administer, according to the plea agreement.
Plasencia wassentencedto 30 months in prison earlier this month.
Iwamasa admitted in court documents to administering the ketamine on the day that Perry died, pleading guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 14, 2026, and faces up to 15 years in prison.
Two other defendants in the case -- Erik Fleming and Jasveen Sangha -- admitted to distributing the ketamine that killed Perry.
Prosecutors said Sangha worked with Fleming to distribute ketamine to Perry, and that in October 2023, they sold the actor 51 vials of ketamine, which were provided to Iwamasa.
Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 7, 2026, and faces up to 25 years in prison.
Sangha, allegedly known as "The Ketamine Queen," pleaded guilty in September 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. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 25, 2026, and faces a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
