“Friends” star Matthew Perry, 54, died in October last year.
Los Angeles:
A California doctor and a woman accused of illegally supplying the drug ketamine to “Friends” star Matthew Perry before his overdose death will go on trial in March, according to court documents released Tuesday.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, who authorities said was a drug dealer known to customers as the “ketamine queen,” have pleaded not guilty to charges in Perry’s October 2023 death.
An autopsy revealed 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 played Chandler Bing on the hit 1990s television series “Friends.”
Plasencia and Sangha will be tried together in federal court in Los Angeles starting March 4.
Three other defendants have agreed to plead guilty in connection with Perry’s death.
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