Matthew Perry

A San Diego doctor charged in connection to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry’s death faced a judge on Aug. 30, 2024. Prosecutors say Mark Chavez was one of five people who supplied ketamine to Perry.

Mark Chavez made an initial appearance in Los Angeles federal court Friday but did not enter a plea.

Five people have been charged for various offenses contributing to Matthew Perry’s ketamine death. Though Matthew’s personal assistant has already plead guilty to a relatively minor federal charge after administering the final fatal dose, could the state seek even more serious punishment?

Days before his death, Matthew Perry had an “adverse medical reaction” to an at-home ketamine injection that left him unable to speak or move, according to federal prosecutors.

Matthew Perry’s final interaction with Kenneth Iwamasa before his death has surfaced, revealing the actor allegedly asked that his third, fatal dose of ketamine be a “big one.”