Disturbing Texts Show Matthew Perry’s Drug Doctors Wanted a “Repeat Customer”

It’s been just under one year since we lost Friends star Matthew Perry. On October 28, 2023, the late actor was found unconscious in the hot tub of his Los Angeles area home. He was discovered by his longtime assistant, who immediately called 9-1-1 and reported that Mr. Perry had suffered a “cardiac event.” Emergency services quickly responded, but they were unable to revive him, and Mr. Perry was pronounced dead at the scene. He was just 54 years old.

Five months after his death, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined that Perry had died due to the “acute effects” of ketamine. There were also several contributing factors — drowning, coronary artery disease, and the use of Buprenorphine, a drug used to treat addiction.

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In May of this year, the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a joint investigation into the circumstances surrounding Mr. Perry’s death. They wanted to discover how Mr. Perry had gotten his hands on such a lethal amount of the powerful drug. The late actor had been undergoing ketamine therapy, but the amount found in his system at the time of his death indicated that he was obtaining it illegally and taking it outside the doctor’s supervision.

Earlier this month, just three months after announcing the investigation, multiple people were arrested in connection with Mr. Perry’s death. This includes two doctors, a middleman, the “Ketamine Queen” of North Hollywood, Jasveen Sangha, and Perry’s very own assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa.

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In the time since the arrests were announced, a lot of devastating new information has been released surrounding Mr. Perry and his dependence on ketamine.

Perhaps the most tragic piece of news is how involved the doctors were in hurting Mr. Perry and how little they cared about him. The actor had clearly had a serious relapse, and all they cared about was how much money they made off of his addiction. At one point, Dr. Salvador Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez called the actor a “moron.”

Now, even more text messages are being released, and they paint a gut-wrenching picture.

According to documents obtained by Us Weekly, back in July 2023, Dr. Chavez wrote fraudulent prescriptions for ketamine and lozenges, which he would give to Dr. Plasencia to sell to Mr. Perry. They then exchanged text messages talking about how determined they were to make Perry a “repeat customer.”

Before another meeting with Perry one month later, Plasencia wrote in a separate text to Chavez, “[If] today goes well we may have repeat business.” According to the court docs, Chavez allegedly replied, “Let’s do everything we can to make it happen.”

That same month, Plasencia allegedly texted Chavez that he thought it “would be best served not having [Perry] look elsewhere” for ketamine and for them to be “his got-to.” Chavez responded by stating he was “working on getting more” ketamine.

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Just three weeks before Mr. Perry’s death, Chavez reportedly reprimanded Plasencia for improperly injecting Perry with ketamine. He was also not happy that Plasencia left vials of the drub behind, so Mr. Iwamasa could inject Perry whenever he wanted.

The two doctors were allegedly thinking of getting into the ketamine business together, but in a legal manner. However, that idea went down the drain after Perry died. The two doctors reportedly kept texting, wondering if the ketamine that they supplied the actor with was the ketamine that ultimately killed him.

Since their arrests, Kenneth Iwamasa has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, causing death. Erik Fleming (the middleman) has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine, resulting in death. Dr. Chavez has also reportedly agreed to plead guilty to one count of distribution of ketamine, causing death.

Dr. Plasencia has pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, two counts of altering and falsifying documents related to the investigation, and seven counts of distribution of ketamine. Ms. Sangha has also pleaded not guilty. They both face life in prison if found guilty.

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