Matthew Perry's ketamine doctor pleads GUILTY to role in Friends star's death

A California expert has entered a blameworthy plea for his domiciled Matthew Perry's fatal overdose.

The beloved Friends character was recovered dormant successful a basking tub astatine his Los Angeles location connected October 28, aft a agelong and good documented conflict pinch addiction.

Mark Chaves, 53, arrived astatine an LA tribunal connected Wednesday, wherever he formally pleaded guilty to illegally distributing ketamine. The judge accepted nan plea.

He faces up to 10 years successful prison, moreover with a plea deal. He will beryllium sentenced connected April 2, 2025.

Prior to Wednesday's tribunal hearing, Chaves agreed to extremity practicing medicine, and handed his passport to authorities.

It's understood Chavez sold ketamine lozenges to Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who is accused of past providing them to Perry. 

Plasencia is facing abstracted charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.

Plasencia is accused of texting Chavez 'I wonderment really overmuch this moron will pay' erstwhile he learned Perry was seeking ketamine.

Prosecutors offered lesser charges to Chavez and 2 others successful speech for their practice arsenic they spell aft 2 targets they deem much responsible for nan overdose death: different expert and an alleged trader that they opportunity was known arsenic 'ketamine queen' of Los Angeles.

His lawyer Matthew Binninger said aft Chavez's first tribunal quality connected Aug. 30 that he is 'incredibly remorseful' and is 'trying to do everything successful his powerfulness to correct nan incorrect that happened here.' 

Perry was found dormant by his assistant, and nan aesculapian examiner later ruled nan superior origin of decease was ketamine. 

The character had been utilizing nan supplier done his regular expert successful a ineligible but off-label curen for slump that has go progressively common. 

Perry struggled pinch addiction for years, making love backmost to his clip connected 'Friends,' erstwhile he became 1 of nan biggest stars of his procreation arsenic Chandler Bing. 

He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 connected NBC´s megahit sitcom.