Dr. Salvador Plasencia, charged in Matthew Perry’s death, reopens medical practice
nypost.comcharged in Matthew Perry’s death has been told he can reopen his medical practice — but he is no longer allowed to prescribe patients controlled substances like ketamine, the drug prosecutors say he supplied the addicted “Friends” actor before his fatal overdose.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia will reopen his practice, Malibu Canyon Urgent Care, as soon as Tuesday, following his arrest last week, his attorney, Stefan Sacks, told TMZ.
Plasencia, 42, was one of five people charged with allegedly bilking thousands of dollars from Perry, 54, for vials of ketamine that he also helped inject in the weeks leading up to the beloved actor’s fatal overdose last October.Plasencia and another doctor, Mark Chavez, allegedly supplied the actor with about 20 vials of ketamine in exchange for $55,000 in cash — with Plasencia allegedly telling another patient Perry “was spiraling out of control with his addiction,” prosecutors said.
Moving forward with his practice, Plasencia will now be required to tell all his patients about his ongoing criminal case, Sacks told the outlet.
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