(15 Aug 2024)
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Los Angeles – 15 August 2024
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Estrada, United States Attorney for the Central District of California:
"Following Mr. Perry’s death in October of last year, law enforcement, my office and our partners represented on this stage began an in-depth, wide-ranging investigation. That investigation has revealed a broad underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities of ketamine to Mr. Perry and others. This network included a living assistant, various go betweens, two medical doctors, and a major source of drug supply known as, quote, the ketamine Queen. We charged five defendants in this matter. These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry’s addiction issues to enrich themselves. They knew what they were doing was wrong. They knew what they were doing was risking. Great danger to Mr. Perry. But they did it anyways."
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Los Angeles – 15 August 2024
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Estrada, United States Attorney for the Central District of California:
"The two lead defendants in this case are defendants Salvador Plasencia and defendant Jasveen Sangha. First, I’ll talk about the defendant. Placentia. Defendant Placentia was a medical doctor. He worked with another medical doctor, defendant Mark Chavez, to obtain ketamine. He then worked with Mr. Perry’s live-in assistant, defendant Kenneth Iwamasa, to distribute that ketamine to Mr. Perry. Over two months, from September to October 2023, they distributed approximately 20 vials of ketamine to Mr. Perry in exchange for $55,000 in cash."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Estrada, United States Attorney for the Central District of California:
"Defendant Sangha sold the batch of ketamine that resulted in Mr. Perry’s death on October 20th. Officers later searched Defendant Sangha’s home. During that search, they found what amounted to a drug selling emporium. They found 80 vials of ketamine, thousands of pills containing methamphetamine, cocaine, bottles of Xanax and other illegally obtained prescription drugs and drug selling paraphernalia, including scales and ledgers."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Estrada, United States Attorney for the Central District of California:
"In this case, we are not talking about legitimate ketamine treatment. We’re talking about two doctors who abused the trust. They had abused their licenses to put another person’s life at risk. Five defendants who, as I mentioned, knew what they were doing was wrong. In fact, one of them has sold ketamine that resulted in the death of another person in 2019. Nothing about nothing about what we see today was legitimate. That’s why we filed criminal charges."
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Los Angeles – 15 August 2024
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Martin Estrada, United States Attorney for the Central District of California:
"Over two months from September to October 2023. They distributed approximately 20 vials of ketamine to Mr. Perry in exchange for $55,000 in cash. Defendant Placentia saw this as an opportunity to profit off of Mr. Perry, he wrote in a text message in September 2023, quote, ‘I wonder how much this moron will pay.’ He also stated in text messages that he wanted to be Mr. Perry’s sole source of supply. He wrote in a text message that he wanted to be Mr. Perry’s quote, ‘go to for drugs.’"
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