Overview
- U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett ordered Chavez to serve eight months of home confinement, three years of supervised release and 300 hours of community service.
- Chavez pleaded guilty in October 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine and admitted using a bogus prescription and false statements to obtain drugs he transferred to Dr. Salvador Plasencia, including 22 vials and nine lozenges.
- Authorities say neither Chavez nor Plasencia supplied the dose that killed Perry; the medical examiner ruled Perry died from the acute effects of ketamine and deemed the death an accident.
- Plasencia was sentenced on Dec. 3 to about two and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful distribution and surrendering his medical license, with texts showing plans to exploit Perry for money.
- Three others who pleaded guilty are set for early 2026 sentencings: dealer Jasveen Sangha admitted supplying the lethal dose, Erik Fleming pleaded to distribution resulting in death, and assistant Kenneth Iwamasa acknowledged injecting Perry.