1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Crime Ard hourly update, breaking crime news Now, I'm Dave Mack. 2 00:00:05,760 --> 00:00:10,000 Speaker 1: Matthew Perry's doctor Salvador Placentia, has agreed to plead guilty 3 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: to four counts of ketamine distribution following the Friends star 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,959 Speaker 1: shocking twenty twenty three overdose death at age fifty four. 5 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:21,200 Speaker 1: Disgraced Placentia, who was nicknamed Doctor P, could now face 6 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,720 Speaker 1: a statutory maximum sentence of forty years in federal prison. 7 00:00:25,040 --> 00:00:28,720 Speaker 1: Prosecutors saying the doctor has not entered guilty please yet, 8 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: but he is expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks. 9 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:33,479 Speaker 1: One of the other major players in the death of 10 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: Matthew Perry was known as the Ketamine Queen, Yasvin Sanga. 11 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: She is the only defendant who hasn't taken a plea 12 00:00:40,240 --> 00:00:42,479 Speaker 1: deal in connection to the death of the beloved actor 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: who starred as Chandler Bing on Friends. Sanga is due 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:48,879 Speaker 1: back in court on August nineteenth and remains in custody 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles awaiting trial. Hollywood was shaken to its 16 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,600 Speaker 1: core the day Matthew Perry was found faced down in 17 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: his jacuzzie, having played a pickleball match earlier in the day. 18 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: Months after his passing, the medical examiner determined that the 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: actor died of acute effects of ketamine. Perry battled substance 20 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: abuse issues throughout his life and even talked about it 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: openly in his autobiography. Doctor Placentia has also been facing 22 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:15,679 Speaker 1: more charges, with prosecutors accusing him of altering and falsifying 23 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: documents or records in connection with the federal probe. With 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: the expected guilty plea, Placentia joints three others who have 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: already pleaded guilty in connection with Perry's death, doctor Mark Chavez, 26 00:01:26,440 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 1: Perry's assistant Kenneth Iawa Masa, and Eric Fleming, who was 27 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: an acquaintance of the Star. It's already been revealed that 28 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: Perry and his living assistant, Kenny Iowa Masa, spent a 29 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,360 Speaker 1: minimum of fifty five thousand dollars on fifty five ketamine 30 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 1: vials and related injections in the twenty nine days prior 31 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: to his fatal overdose at the age of fifty four. 32 00:01:47,000 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: Iowa Masa sent multiple text messages sinking more of the 33 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,440 Speaker 1: surgical anesthetic from the suppliers, including an illegal transaction uncovered 34 00:01:54,440 --> 00:01:58,200 Speaker 1: by authorities with the Department of Justice after reviewing court documents, 35 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: in the case against Iowa Masa. Five people were arrested 36 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: in connection with Perry's death. Iowa Masa was one of 37 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 1: the five. Prosecutor. 38 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 2: Martin Estrada Law Enforcement, my office and our partners represented 39 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: on this stage began an in depth, wide ranging investigation. 40 00:02:15,919 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: That investigation has revealed a broad underground criminal network responsible 41 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 2: for distributing large quantities of ketamine to mister Perry and others. 42 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: This network included a living assistant, various go betweens, two 43 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 2: medical doctors, and a major source of drug supply known 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: as Quote the Ketamine Queen. 45 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: In one instance, Iowa Masa and Perry met up with 46 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,160 Speaker 1: doctor Placentia in a parking lot where Perry was injected 47 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 1: with ketamine. Iowa Masa and Placentia had exchanged thousands in 48 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: cash for bottles of ketamine, and Placentia had also injected 49 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: Perry with ketamine at his home on numerous occasions. In 50 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: one instance, Placentia injected Pary Perry within hours of Perry 51 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:05,360 Speaker 1: having already been injected with ketamine. The double dose led 52 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: to Perry's systolic blood pressure rising to dangerous levels according 53 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: to documents, and when the actor was unable to speak 54 00:03:11,680 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: or move as a result of the injections. As Perry 55 00:03:14,520 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 1: began using more ketamine, he began getting the drugs illegally, 56 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 1: using a friend of his, Eric Fleming, who had a 57 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 1: connection with a woman known as the ketamine Queen, Yasveen Sanga. 58 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,680 Speaker 1: Iowa Masa illegally spent six thousand dollars on twenty five 59 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: bottles of ketamine, according to documentation, nine days after he 60 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: purchased twenty five ketamine vials illegally. In that instance, Perry 61 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: was injected six times in one day by Iowa Masa, 62 00:03:40,360 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: and eighteen additional times in the next three days. On 63 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,560 Speaker 1: October twenty eight, at about eight thirty am, acting at 64 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 1: Perry's direction, using syringes from placentia and ketamine from senga, 65 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:54,600 Speaker 1: Iowa Masa gave Perry an injection. At about eleven am, 66 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: Perry played pickleball. According to what Iowa Masa told medical 67 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 1: examiners investigators later in that day, though many elements of 68 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: the initial story changed in his later talks to prosecutors. 69 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,760 Speaker 1: At about twelve forty five PM, Iowa Massa gave Perry 70 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: his second shot of the day, and the actor began 71 00:04:11,200 --> 00:04:14,440 Speaker 1: watching a movie. Shortly before one thirty pm, Iowa Massa 72 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: gave Perry his third and final injection of the day. 73 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,160 Speaker 1: While Perry sat at his backyard jacuzzie. Shoot me up 74 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: with a big one, that's what Iwa Masa remembered Perry 75 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: telling him. The assistant then left her on errands. At 76 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:30,279 Speaker 1: about four pm, Iowa Massa returned home to find Perry 77 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: face down in the jacuzzi. He jumped in, pulled Perry 78 00:04:33,040 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 1: to the steps, and called nine to one one. Paramedics 79 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: arrived minutes later and declared Perry death. Coroner's investigators would 80 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:50,359 Speaker 1: say ketamine was the primary cause of his death. In 81 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 1: Otter Trail County, Minnesota, a motorist calls to report a 82 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: barefoot infant wearing only a sweatshirt and sweatpants has been 83 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: abandoned in a ditch by the side of a road 84 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:02,039 Speaker 1: by a woman he's running away from the area. The 85 00:05:02,080 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 1: motorist immediately gets the infant to provide safety from the wind, rain, 86 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: and temperatures in the fifty degree range. A deputy from 87 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 1: the Otter Trail County Sheriff's Office arrives on the scene 88 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: and in short order locates fifty two year old and 89 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 1: Astasia Vaughn found stumbling barefoot in a wooded area with bloodshot, 90 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: watery eyes, and slurred speech and the odor of alcohol 91 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,840 Speaker 1: coming from her. The deputy attempts to administer a breathalyzer 92 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,720 Speaker 1: test at the scene, but was unsuccessful. Once Vaughn was 93 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: taken to the county detention center, deputies were able to 94 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: get a suitable test completed. Results of the test showed 95 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:42,479 Speaker 1: Vaughn had an alcohol concentration of point two two nine, 96 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:47,719 Speaker 1: nearly three times the legal limit. Vaughn, facing multiple charges, 97 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 1: negotiates a plea deal with the prosecutor. The child in 98 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 1: her care that night that she left in the ditch 99 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 1: barefoot in the rain was her own grandson. The tyke 100 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 1: was not harmed in the incident. Anastasia Vaughan admitted to 101 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: consuming alcoholic beverages that mixed with her prescribed medications on 102 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: the day of the incident, and acknowledged that she put 103 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: her grandson down on the ground near the ditch and 104 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 1: left him. Her plea was part of a deal with 105 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: prosecutors which allows her to avoid serving time in jail 106 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 1: by commuting her three hundred and sixty four day sentence 107 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,680 Speaker 1: by three hundred and nineteen days. However, in his sentencing, 108 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:29,400 Speaker 1: the judge chose to stay that sentence for two years. 109 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:33,239 Speaker 1: This is also the length of Vaughn's probationary period, meaning 110 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: a violation of her release conditions could land her in jail. 111 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:41,120 Speaker 1: The terms for Vaughan to remain out of jail, she's 112 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 1: not allowed to consume alcohol, she's not allowed to have 113 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: unsupervised visits with anyone under the age of eighteen, and 114 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: she must submit to regular testing as part of her 115 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 1: probationary release. 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