Aug. 28, 2024

Deceitful Intent

Deceitful Intent

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In this episode of Unspeakable "A True Crime Podcast by Kelly Jennings, We explore a newly indicted case out of California that is dominating the headlines.

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Welcome back to Unspeakable And I know what you're thinking.

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That is not Kelly Jennings. It's Jimithy and I am

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filling in for Kelly. And I can't say a whole

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lot about this except to say that this week Kelly

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will be unable to join us. Kelly is fine, but

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she is not going to be able to join us

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this week. I'm asking everyone to respect Kelly's privacy right now.

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We all love her and she will update you as

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soon as she can. So we have something a little

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different for you today. It is an episode of Exposed

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that features Matthew Perry. Recently, Matthew Perry's case has gotten

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a lot of attention because five people, including two doctors,

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were arrested in the death of Matthew Perry for being

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culpable in that death. And on my podcast Exposed Scandalous

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Files of the Elite, I covered that. I thought it

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was fitting for a true crime podcast to play that

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for you, and I thought y'all may enjoy it. All

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of us are around the same age bracket. It seems

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like the listen to Kelly's show, and so all of

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us were likely exposed to the phenomenon that was Friends,

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So I'm going to play that for you. This is

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Exposed Scandalous Files of the Elite, the investigation into Matthew

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Perry's death. One welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of

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the Elite. I'm your host, Jim Chapman. And just quickly

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before we get into today's episode, I want to thank

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all of the patrons that have supported the show really

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since the beginning. I can't thank you enough. The show

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could not exist without you. It's just that simple. If

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you can't be a patron, totally get it, totally understand.

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Please just share the show. That's a great way to

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support And I love and appreciate you regardless. And as

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I like to do, I'm gonna jump right into it today.

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And I actually dropped a breaking news bonus I call

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those when it was announced that some folks have been

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arrested five people actually, including two doctors, in the death

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of Matthew Perry. And of course, Matthew Perry was a

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star on the show Friends. I absolutely loved that show.

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I was around nineteen when that show came out, and

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it was the perfect time for a show like that

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to hit for a guy in his youth at that time,

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like myself. But what a lot of us didn't know

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at that time and what would come out many years later,

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was his struggle with substance abuse. He really thought that

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hard it man, that monkey was on his back, and

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he went public with it, wrote a book about it

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just a few years ago that was a New York

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Times bestseller. So I've got a lot to cover, not

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quite sure how many parts this series is going to be,

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but I want to start out kind of at the

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beginning of this saga, and that is when Matthew Perry

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was actually found dead at fifty four years old in

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his hot tub at his home in Los Angeles. And

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I'm going to read a quick article for you that

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released the day after, and it kind of give you

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an idea of what police had to go on at

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that point, and we'll talk about it. Friend Star, Matthew

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Perry was found dead Saturday in a hot tub at

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his Los Angeles home. This from law enforcement sources. He

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was fifty four years old. Authorities responded about four pm

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to his home where he was discovered unresponsive. The sources,

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who spoke on a condition of iniminity because of the

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investigation was on going, did not cite his cause of death.

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No drugs were found on the scene, but a source

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said prescription medications were recovered at the home. LAPD Captain

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Scott Williams, who led the Robbery Homicide division that is

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investigating Perry's death, said the cause of death may not

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be known for some time, but at this point foul

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play is not suspected. The cause of death will be

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determined by the coroner's office, which on Sunday officially deferred

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its finding until further testing. His completed Saturday evening, yellow

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and black LAPD crime scene tape blocked off the entrance

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to his home, just off the Pacific Coast Highway at

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the crust of a hill with sweeping views of the

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Pacific Ocean. Shortly after seven pm, multiple helicopters whizzed overhead

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Perry's mother and her husband. Broadcaster Keith Morrison, who incidentally,

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y'all is the popular personality on Dateline NBC so he

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also arrived at the scene and declined to comment. An

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LAPED officer at the scene said he had no information

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in that he did not know when it would be forthcoming.

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There was a dark side to the life of one

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of television's most beloved funny men. However, in his twenty

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twenty two memoir Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,

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Perry recounted his lifelong struggle with addiction to alcohol and opioids.

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He wrote that he had his first drink at fourteen,

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but didn't recognize the signs of alcoholism until he was

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twenty one. Since they and he estimated he spent more

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than seven million dollars in efforts to get sober, including

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multiple stints and rehab. His substance abuse also led to

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a number of serious health issues, including a five month

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hospitalization in twenty eighteen following a colon rupture that left

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him with a two percent chance to live through the night.

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And it was fueled, he said, by the pressure to

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land the joke in front of a live audience night

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after night. Nobody wanted to be famous more than me,

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he said. I was convinced it was the answer. I

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was twenty five. It was the second year of Friends,

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and eight months into it, I realized that American dream

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is not making me happy, not filling the holes of

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my life. I couldn't get enough attention. Fame does not

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do what you think it's gonna do. It's all a trick.

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So that gives you an idea of the struggle that

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Matthew Perry was face sing seven million dollars y'all he

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spent trying to get sober. And to me, that's total

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proof that addiction is a horrible hard thing to beat,

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even when you got money to spend and you have

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all the success that Matthew Perry did. So the police

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investigated hard. And look, this happens all the time to

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people who aren't world why famous like Matthew Perry was,

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and typically not a whole lot happens. Usually just find

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out they odeed and that it was over with, right,

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This was a very high profile case and the police

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were under a lot of pressure and they weren't gonna

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let this just lie. And it took a while, but

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just a few days ago they made five arrest and

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let me read this to you. Two doctors and the

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Ketamine Queen charged in the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry.

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Five people, including two California doctors, a reputed drug dealer

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known as Ketamine Queen, and Matthew Perry's live in personal assistant,

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have been charged in connection with the actor's accidental overdose death. Perry,

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who was fifty four, was found face down in a

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heated end of his pool at his Pacific Palisades home

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on October twenty eighth of twenty twenty three. The La

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County Medical Examiner's Office attributed his death to acute effects

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of ketymine, an anesthetic with psychedelic properties, according to an

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eighteen count superseded indictment. And y'all, I have those indictments

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for all these people, so I'm gonna go over them

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in these episodes, but we'll continue. According to that eighteen

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count indictment, Jazzviin Sanga, an North Hollywood resident who sold

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kennemine and other drugs, provided Perry's assistant with ketemine that

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ultimately led to the actor's death. The assistant Kenneth Iwamisa,

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and I may be mispronouncing that injected Perry with the

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drug the day he died. This arrange was provided by

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doctor Salvador Placincia, who had also distributed kennymene to Perry

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and his assistant in the past. Sanga, who's forty one,

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in Placincia, who is forty two, were both arrested Thursday

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in Southern California and that was this past Thursday. From

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this recording, they were both charged with one count of

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conspiracy to distribute ketymine. Sanga, who's a North Hollywood resident,

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also holds dual citizenship in the UK and was charged

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with several other drug related offenses. A lawyer for Sana

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did not immediately respond to a request for comment. She

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was arrested in March in connection with a separate federal

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drug case, but was released after posting a one hundred

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thousand dollars bell Iowa Masa, Perry's fifty nine year old assistant,

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pleaded guilty on August seventh to one count of conspiracy

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to distribute ketamine causing a death. He admitted to repeatedly

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injecting Perry with kennemine without medical training, including on the

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day he died. Doctor Mark Chavez, fifty four, a physician

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based in San Diego, has agreed to plead guilty to

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one count of conspiracy to distribute ketymine. He admitted as

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selling ketamine to Placincia, including some that he had diverted

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from his former clinic. And the fifth defendant, Eric Fleming,

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who is fifty four, was described in court papers as

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an acquaintance of Perry's who helped him obtain the ketymine.

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He admitted to distributing kenemine that killed Perry, drugs that

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he procured from Sangam. The family of Dayline correspondent Keith Morrison,

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who is Perry's stepfather, said in a statement that they

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welcomed the news of the law enforcement action LAPD. He

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said in May that they were working with federal authorities

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to investigate the source of the kenemine Perry had consumed.

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Ketymine had been a popular party drug for decades, and

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in recent years has shown promise as an alternative treatment

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for depression. A growing number of clinics offered as an

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infusion or injection for a wide variety of mental health problems.

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Parry has been undergoing ketemine infusion therapy to treat depression

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and anxiety, but his last session took place more than

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a week prior to his death. The medical examiner noted

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that the ketemine in Perry's system could not be that

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infusion therapy given its short half life. The levels of

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ketymine and his body were high, equivalent to the amount

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used for general anesthesia during surgery. The corner ultimately ruled

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his death an accident. Contributing factors include drowning, coronary artery disease.

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So that was the breaking news. And before we get

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any further, I want to talk about a couple things first.

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I want to educate those that may not be aware

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of what ketamine is and for all intents and purposes,

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ketamine is a hallucinogen. It's an anesthetic that has some

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hallucinogenic effects. It distorts the perception of site and sound

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and makes the user feel disconnected and not in control.

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It is referred to as a disassociative anesthetic hallucinogen because

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it makes patients feel detached from their pain and environment.

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Ketamine can induce a state of sedation, immobility, relief from pain,

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and amnesia, so people will have no memory of events

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while under the influence of the drug, and it's abused

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for its disassociative sensations and a hallucinogenic effects. Ketamine has

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also been used to facilitate sexual assault, primarily all because

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if you're under the influence of ketamine, you won't remember

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things that occurred while you were under the influence. It

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is approved as a medical product as an injectable, short

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acting and aesthetic for use in humans and animals, and

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they also have a nasal spray version that is used

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as treatment for depression and on the street, it has

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several different titles Cat Tranquilizer, Cat Volume, jet K, KitKat Purple.

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Primarily people know it as Special K, on the streets

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super K, It's known as em vitamin K. And how

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to people abuse it? They inject it. They can also

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make it into a powder and snort it or mix

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it in drinks, and you can even smoke kennemine when

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it's in its powder form. An overdose of ketamine can

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cause unconsciousness and dangerously slowed breathing. Probably one of the

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biggest side effects of the drug from one I understand

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is it really slows your breathing down. So not a

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fun drug and definitely not a drug to be played with.

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So we're going to get into the indictments, and the

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first ones we're going to talk about is Jasvine Sanga,

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who you heard me refer to as the kennemine Queen.

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And we're also going to talk about Salvador Placincia, who

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is known as doctor P. And this is the actual

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indictment for those two individuals and I'm going to be

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going over with you. It was actually released on August

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fourteenth of twenty twenty four, just a few days from

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this recording, and we're going to talk about the individual counts,

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and on count one defended Jasvine Sanga, also known as

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the Kennemine Queen, was a resident of North Hollywood, California,

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who used her North Hollywood, California resident known as the

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Sanga Stash House. How about that, to store, package, and

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distribute narcotics, including ketamine and methanmthetamine. Defendant number two, Salvador

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plan Sincea also known as Doctor P and co conspirator

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Mark Chavez were medical doctors licensed to practice in the

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state of California. Defendant Placincia and co conspirator Chavez had

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previously applied for and obtained authorization from the DEA to

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dispense and minister and prescribe narcotics and other controlled substances,

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just so long as the prescriptions were for legitimate medical purposes.

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Ketamine was a Scheduled three controlled substance that was FDA

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approved for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia during surgical

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procedures due to the medical risk associated with ketamine. It

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was widely accepted in the medical community that a healthcare

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profession was required to monitor the patient who had been

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given the kenemine. While monitoring the patient who been administered ketamine,

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it was necessary for the healthcare professional to have access

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to certain life saving equipment. This includes a defibrillator, a

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supply of supplemental oxygen equipment to monitor the patient's heart

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rate for breathing, and medication to ensure the patient's safety.

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Defendant Sanga also knew that the unsupervised and improper use

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of ketamine can be deadly, as alleged in Count three.

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On August twenty six of twenty nineteen, Deft Sanga sold

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ketamine to a customer namely victim CM, and I don't

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know who CM is, folks, but this person died of

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a drug overdose within a day of the drug deal.

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As a result, a family member of victim CM informed

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Definite Sanga of the death in a text message, saying,

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the ketamine you saw my brother killed him and it's

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listed as the cause of death. Within days of receiving

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this text confirmed that the kennemine can kill. By conducting

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a Google search for and get this y'all, can Kettymine

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be listed as the cause of death. Co conspirator in

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the Matthew Perry case, kenneth Iawa Masa was a resident

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of La County and employed as the living personal assistant

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to the victim, Matthew Perry. Co conspirator Iwa Masa had

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never received medical training and knew little, if anything about

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administering and treating patients with controlled substances, as defendant Platinsea

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well knew and remember, y'all, Placincia was a doctor. Co

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conspirator Eric Fleming was an acquaintance of victim Matthew Perry

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and a resident of Hawthorne, California. Defendant Place and Sea

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co conspirator Iwa Masa, co conspirator Fleming and co conspirator

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Shavez were aware that Matthew Perry had a history of

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drug abuse and addiction, and that Matthew Perry had also sought,

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on multiple occasions assistance to treat that drug addiction and

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maintain his sobriety. So what they're doing there, folks, is

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they are laying it out. They're laying out who these

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people are, and they're laying out that they well knew

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that Matthew Perry had an addiction problem, and that's important.

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And then they go into the what they call the

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object of the conspiracy, and a conspiracy, y'all, is when

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two or more people plan or conspire against another individual

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in an illegal way, something that they know they're not

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supposed to be doing, but they're doing anyway. And it's

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important to prove that there was a conspiracy here. So

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they say, beginning on a date unknown and continuing until

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least on or about October thirtieth of twenty twenty three

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in La County within the Central District of California and elsewhere,

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defendants Placencia and Sanga conspired with i Will Masa, Fleming,

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and Chavez and others known and unknown to the grand

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jury to knowingly and intentionally distribute ketamine, a Schedule three

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controlled substance. Then they go into the manner and means

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of the conspiracy, and they say the object of a

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conspiracy was to be accomplished in substance. As follows, co

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conspirator Iwa Masa would communicate with other co conspirators, including

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defendants Placincia and co conspirator Fleming, about purchasing ketamine to

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distribute to Matthew Perry. The co conspirators would use encryptive

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messaging applications in coded language to discuss the drug deals,

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including referring to bottles of ketamine as doctor Pepper cans

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and bots bots. After discussing ketamine orders with co conspirator

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Iwa Masa, co conspirator Fleming, and defendant Placincia would communicate

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with their ketamine sources of supply, including Sana and Chavez, respectively,

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about inventory, price, and availability of kenemine to sell. Iwa

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Masa and Matthew Parry. Sanga would operate and maintain the

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Sanga Stash House in North Hollywood, California, which defendant Sanga

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would use to store, package, and distribute narcotics, including providing

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kenemine to co conspirator Fleming so that co conspirator Fleming

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could sell it to Matthew Perry. Iowa Masa would meet

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with co conspirators including Placincia and Fleming to purchase the

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kenemine for Matthew Perry. Defendant Place and Sea would distribute

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ketymine to co conspirator Iowa Masa and Matthew Perry outside

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the usual course of professional practice and without legitimate medical purpose,

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including by teaching Iowa Massa how to inject Matthew Perry

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with the kennemine, selling ketamine to Iowa Masa to inject

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Matthew Perry, and injecting ketamine into Matthew Perry without proper

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safety equipment, and failing to properly monitor Matthew Perry. After

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placin Sea injected Matthew Perry with ketemine, using the instructions

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and syringes provided by Placincia, Iowa Massa would inject Matthew

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Perry with the ketamine that was sold to Iowa Massa

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by Placincia, Fleming and Sanga on October twenty eighth of

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twenty twenty three, using syringes providing this is important, this

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is the day he died, y'all. On October twenty eighth,

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twenty twenty three, using syringes provided by Placincea, Iowa Massa

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injected Matthew Perry with multiple basis of the ketamine he

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received from Fleming and Sanga, resulting in the death and

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serious bodily injury of Matthew Perry. That's murder, y'all, they're

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saying right there. He murdered Matthew Perry. They investigated this case,

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and they came up with some examples of how they

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tied this all in, they say. On September thirtieth of

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twenty twenty three, after learning that Matthew Perry was interested

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in obtaining ketamine, Plass and Sea contacted Chavez about purchasing

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ketamine so he could sell the ketamine to Matthew Perry.

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On September thirtieth of twenty twenty three, in text messages

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with Chavez, Plass and Se had discussed how much to

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charge Matthew Perry for ketamine, saying, I wonder how much

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this moron will pay. Let's find out then. Also on

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September thirtieth of twenty twenty three, Chavez confirmed he was

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willing to sell ketamine to Place and Sea and then

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send a photograph of ketamine. Launes is that Chavez had

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previously attained by writing a fraudulent prescription in the name

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of VB without vb's knowledge or consent, and we don't

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know what VB stands for with somebody. Also on September

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thirtieth of twenty twenty three, in text messages, Chavez and

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Placincia arranged to meet in Kosa, Messa, California, so that

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the defendant placin Sea could obtain liquid ketamine and the

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fraudulent VB prescription from Chavez. Also on that same day,

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Chavez met with Placincea in or around Costa Messa, California,

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and sold Place and Sea at least four vials of

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liquid ketamine, kenemine launges from the fraudulent VB prescription, gloves

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and syringes. Also on that same day, in text messages

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to Matthew Perry, Plasin Sea confirmed that he planned to

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leave vials of ketamine with Matthew Perry for self administration, stating,

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I will give you the first dose if you would like,

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and then leave supplies with you. Also on that same day,

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after injecting Matthew Perry with ketamine at Matthew Perry's residence,

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Place and Sea gave instructions to Iowa Masa on how

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to inject ketamine and left ketamine and syringes with Iowa

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Masa so that Iowa Massa could administer keemine to Matthew Perry.

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Same day, Iowa Massa paid Placincia approximately forty five hundred

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dollars in cash for the ketamine. Same day, Plat and

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Sea sent text messages to co conspirator Chavez, describing the

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meeting with Matthew Perry, stating it was like a bad movie,

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and confirming that Placincia would send Chavez payment soon. Then,

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on October second of twenty twenty three, Iowa Masa sent

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Placincia a text message in cutted language stating that Iowa

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Masa wanted to purchase vials of ketymine and non injectable sessions.

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Want to end up with eight models of Doctor Prepper,

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not just eight sessions. Same day, in response to the

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text message, Place and Se had confirmed with the words understood.

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That same day, ahead of a planned meeting between Place

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and C and Matthew Perry, Place and See had told Chavez,

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if today goes well, we may have repeat business. Same day,

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in a text message to Place and Sea, Chavez discussed

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selling ketemine to Matthew Perry, saying you should sell him

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the troaches. He was referring to the fraudulent VB prescription.

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Same day, defendant Place and Sea traveled to Matthew Perry's

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residence to inject him with ketymine and sell additional ketamine,

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including ketemine lounges. Same day, Place and Sea updated Chavez

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about his visit to Matthew Perry's residence, including stating he

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intended to administer three hundred and sixty milligrams of keemine

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to Matthew Perry over a span of approximately one hour.

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On that same day, Place and Sea injected Matthew Perry

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with the ketamine and sold Iwa masa liquid ketamine and

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ketamine lounges from the fraudulent VB prescription in exchange for cash.

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And on that same day, in text messages with Chavez,

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Plass and Sea discussed needing additional ketamine to sell Matthew Perry.

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Also on October second, to obtain more ketamine to sell

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Matthew Perry, Chavez placed in order for ten bals of

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ketemine from a wholesale distributor of controlled substances. Also on

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that day, Chavez submitted a license authorization form to a

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different wholesale distributor of controlled substances for the purpose of

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obtaining additional ketamine to sell to Matthew Perry. Among other things,

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the license authorization form contained false statements, including that the

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ketamine will not be sold to a third party, distributed

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or used for any other purpose. Then, on October fourth,

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and text messages using coded language, Iowa Masa told Plassin

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Sea he needed to purchase additional bottles of ketamine, stating

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I will need to get more cans of doctor pepper

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from you today. I can come to you and make

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it convenient. That same day, Iowa Masa told Platincia he

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had successfully injected Matthew Perry with ketamine, noting found the

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sweet spot, but trying different places led to running out

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of ketymine holy smokes. That same day, and in response

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to the text message, plass and Sea advised he could

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deliver more ketamine to Iowa Masa and said I don't

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have ideas on how to get consistent results. That same day,

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in response to Iwa Masa's text message requesting to purchase

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ketamine now, plass and See has stated he was currently

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retrieving four bottles from his source and his source y'all

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he was referring to with Chavez. That same day, Place

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and Sea traveled to Irvine, California to purchase eight vials

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of liquid ketamine from Chavez. That same day, Place and

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Sea injected Matthew Perry with ketamine and sold multiple vials

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of kenemine to Alamasa. That same day. In text messages

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to co conspirators Chavez, Plasincia asked whether co conspirator Chavez

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was having any trouble finding more ketamine in case this

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continues with this guy, noting I think we would be

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best served not having him look elsewhere, because Plasinca wanted

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to be his quote unquote go to. Also, on October fourth,

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twenty twenty three, Chavez sent a text message to Place

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and Seas stating he was working on getting more ketamine.

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Also on October fourth, to obtain more kennemine to sell

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Matthew Perry, Chavez submitted an order for ten vials of

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kennemine to a wholesale ketamine distributor. Also that same day,

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to obtain more ketamine to sell Matthew Perry, Chavez completed

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a Know Your Customer DEA questionnaire and submitted it to

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a distributor, knowing the document contained material that was false,

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including Chavez responding no to the question do you sell

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any products to other practitioners. Then, on October six of

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twenty twenty three, in response to co conspirator Iowa Massa's

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advising defendant, Place and Sea that he needed more ketamine

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because he only had one left. Plass and Sea traveled

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to Matthew Perry's residence and sold one or more vials

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of ketemine to Iowa Masa in exchange for cash. Then,

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on October seventh of twenty twenty three, Iowa Masa sent

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text messages to Plass and Seas seeking more ketamine, asked

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if he could pay with something besides cash because it's

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getting hard to get to the bank on the fly

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with all that's going on and everything happening so fast.

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Now.

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On October seventh of twenty twenty three, at approximately eleven

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twenty nine pm, and in response to text messages from

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Iowa Masa, Plas and Sea confirmed he had two bottles

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of ketamine to sell and agreed to meet in Santa Monica, California,

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stating I'm at Third Street Promenade now if you would

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like to meet now. On October seventh of twenty twenty three,

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at eleven forty seven pm, co conspirator Iowa Masa told

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Plasincia that he sent three thousand dollars by electric payment

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and I'm bringing three more leaving now. Then on October eighth,

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at twelve thirty am. Really the same night, y'all, Place

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and Seam met with co conspirator Iowa Masa on the

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street corner in Santa Monica and sold co conspirator Iowa

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Masa ketamine in each shame for six thousand dollars WOW.

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On October ninth of twenty twenty three, after Chavez received

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the ketamine delivery from a wholesale distributor, Chavez sent text

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messages to Place and Seas stating are we still meaning tomorrow?

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We got the shipment today one box of ten biles

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same day. In response to that text, Place and See

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has stated great, Yes, I'm going to probably come to

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you midday. The following day, October tenth of twenty twenty three,

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Place and Cum met with Chavez in Irvine, California and

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purchased ten bials of kenemine, which Places and See it

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intended to sell to Matthew Perry. That same day, in

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text messages, Place and Sea and Iowa Masa agreed to

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meet in Long Beach, California, so that defendant Place and

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Sea could transfer more ketymine to Iowa Masa. That same day,

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Place and Sea and met with Iowa Masa and Matthew

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Perry in a public parking lot in Long Beach, California,

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where Place and Sea injected Matthew Perry with ketamine while

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inside of a vehicle. While there, Place and Sea also

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provided additional vals of ketymine to Iowa Masa in exchange

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for partial payment in cash. Then, on October twelfth of

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twenty twenty three, in text messages, Iowa Masa asked to

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purchase more ketamine from placin Sea and netted he would

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pay Plas and see the money he owe for ketemine

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that Plat and Sea already provided. Same day, Place and

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00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:38.480
Sea traveled to Matthew Perry's residence in La County to

461
00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:42.599
sell additional ketamine to Iowa Masa and Matthew Perry for

462
00:32:42.880 --> 00:32:47.240
which Iowa Maso paid defendant Place and Sea approximately you

463
00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:54.279
ready for this twenty one thousand, five hundred dollars in cash.

464
00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:58.160
On October twelfth of twenty twenty three, after defendant Place

465
00:32:58.200 --> 00:33:01.400
and Sea injected Matthew Pay with a large jase of

466
00:33:01.519 --> 00:33:05.680
ketamine that caused Matthew Perry to freeze up and his

467
00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:11.359
blood pressure to significantly spike Placincea told Iowa Masa something

468
00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:15.839
to the effect of let's not do that again, and

469
00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:20.920
nonetheless left additional vials of ketamine with Iowa Masa for

470
00:33:21.160 --> 00:33:26.200
injecting Matthew Perry. On October thirteenth of twenty twenty three,

471
00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:30.640
in response to a text message from Placincea asking if

472
00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:34.319
Chavez will be interested in running a Keymine clinic with him,

473
00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:39.359
Chavez said interesting, and as long as we are doing

474
00:33:39.400 --> 00:33:43.000
things on the oven up, we can start asap, all

475
00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:46.240
done legally without any shady stuff. Having them come to

476
00:33:46.279 --> 00:33:50.279
the clinic will ensure This. Same day, in response to

477
00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:54.079
defendant Placincea asking, oh, so you don't agree with the

478
00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:58.559
method I am currently doing, Chavez stated, it's not what

479
00:33:58.720 --> 00:34:03.039
I think. It's an entity like the California Medical Board

480
00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:06.920
we view it or the DEA from that matter. Then,

481
00:34:07.000 --> 00:34:10.440
eleven days later, October twenty fourth of twenty twenty three,

482
00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:14.159
despite less than a week earlier, telling a patient at

483
00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:16.800
his clinic that Matthew Perry was too far gone and

484
00:34:16.880 --> 00:34:21.559
spiraling in his addiction, plass and Sea placed an order

485
00:34:21.639 --> 00:34:26.199
for ten bals of ketemine from a wholesale distributor. Said

486
00:34:26.239 --> 00:34:29.159
that plas and Sea could offer to sell the ketemine

487
00:34:29.159 --> 00:34:33.360
to Matthew Perry. Then, on October twenty seventh, twenty twenty three,

488
00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:37.400
in text messages, plas and Sea offered to sell additional

489
00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:41.199
ketymine to Iowa Masa, stating, I know you mentioned taking

490
00:34:41.239 --> 00:34:45.039
a break. I have been stocking up in the meantime.

491
00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:47.960
I am not sure when you guys plan to resume,

492
00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:50.400
but in case it's when I'm out of town this

493
00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:52.920
week and I have less supplies with a nurse of

494
00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.760
mine and I can always let her know the plan.

495
00:34:56.039 --> 00:35:00.840
I'll be back in town on Tuesday. Say y'all, a

496
00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:07.639
lot of that particular section of the indictment covers doctor Plasencia,

497
00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:10.320
and now we're going to get into more of Sanga.

498
00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:12.719
So we'll back up a little bit and we're going

499
00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.960
to go to October tenth. I Will Massa sends a

500
00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:20.719
text message to co conspirator Fleming seeking to purchase ketamine,

501
00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:23.159
stating how much do you want per bodle and what

502
00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:26.559
is the nice tip that you want? Same day, in

503
00:35:26.639 --> 00:35:30.760
response to the text, co conspirator Fleming stated perfect, I'll

504
00:35:30.800 --> 00:35:33.599
bring it to you, getting priced. Now, I need some

505
00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:36.719
upfront to pay when I pick up and the rest

506
00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:42.000
when I deliver. Same day, using a signal encrypted messaging application,

507
00:35:42.239 --> 00:35:48.199
Fleming stated with Sanga about obtaining ketamine, saying, Hi, jas,

508
00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:53.039
it's Eric. Let me know your address. How many bials

509
00:35:53.079 --> 00:35:58.719
do you have available? Then, using that same encrypted messaging application,

510
00:35:59.039 --> 00:36:03.039
Fleming and Sanga communicated about the type and price of

511
00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:07.400
the ketamine that Sanga had available to sell. That same day,

512
00:36:07.880 --> 00:36:11.360
Fleming told Iowa Massa that he could obtain vials of

513
00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:14.800
ketymine for three hundred dollars and sent a photograph of

514
00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:18.800
ketamine he proposed selling and requested a one thousand dollars

515
00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:22.280
brokering fee. On October eleventh of twenty twenty three, using

516
00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:27.159
that encryptive messaging application, Sanga told Fleming that her ketamine

517
00:36:27.320 --> 00:36:30.360
was high quality and offered a sample of the drug

518
00:36:30.559 --> 00:36:34.719
for Matthew Perry to try, stating it's unmarked, but it's amazing.

519
00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:38.239
He'd take one and try it, and I have more

520
00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:42.039
if he likes. On October eleventh, Fleming sent a screenshot

521
00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:45.760
of Sanga's message that I just told you about and stated,

522
00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:48.559
I just got this from my person. She only deals

523
00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:52.920
with high end and celebs. If it were not great stuff,

524
00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:57.000
she'd lose her business. Also on October twelfth, Fleming contacted

525
00:36:57.119 --> 00:37:01.519
Sanga to obtain a sample vial of ketamine and advised

526
00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:05.599
Sanga that the ketamine was intended for Matthew Perry. Also

527
00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:10.159
on October twelfth, after communicating with Sanga about her ketamine supply,

528
00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:15.599
Fleming advised Iwa Masa that is hookup, meaning Sanga was

529
00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:19.239
able to get the kind that is used for inter

530
00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:23.239
muscular I guarantee it's going to be amazing and sent

531
00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:27.360
a photograph of an unlabeled, unmarked, clear glass vial of

532
00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:31.840
ketamine to show Iowa Masa what they looked like. On

533
00:37:31.880 --> 00:37:35.639
October twelfth of twenty twenty three, Fleming told Iowa Masa

534
00:37:35.679 --> 00:37:38.239
that he was willing to facilitate the drug deal, but

535
00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.079
needed to make money, stating I wouldn't do this if

536
00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:43.840
there wasn't a chance of me making some money for

537
00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:48.480
doing it. On October thirteenth, Fleming drove to the Sanga

538
00:37:48.559 --> 00:37:52.880
stash house in North Hollywood, California, and purchased a ketamine

539
00:37:52.920 --> 00:37:57.679
sample for Matthew Perry, which was contained inside an unlabeled,

540
00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:01.079
unmarked clear glass vial with a blue cap. On October

541
00:38:01.159 --> 00:38:04.480
thirteenth of twenty twenty three, Fleming drove to Matthew Perry's

542
00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:09.440
residence and delivered the sample ketamine bial to Iowa Masa,

543
00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:12.920
knowing that Iowa Massa would be injected Matthew Perry with

544
00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:16.960
the ketemine. On October thirteenth, Fleming told Iowa Masa he

545
00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:22.320
could obtain, however many vials of ketamine as Iowa Masa requested, stating,

546
00:38:22.440 --> 00:38:25.000
let me know how many and I'll confirm what she

547
00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:27.679
can get, but as of now, she said she can

548
00:38:27.679 --> 00:38:31.440
fill any size order. On October thirteenth, twenty twenty three,

549
00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:35.559
in response to text messages, Iowa Masa told Fleming he

550
00:38:35.599 --> 00:38:40.760
would purchase twenty five bals for five thousand, five hundred dollars,

551
00:38:41.199 --> 00:38:46.239
plus five hundred dollars for you for logistics. On October fourteenth,

552
00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:50.280
twenty twenty three, Fleming drove to Matthew Perry's residence located

553
00:38:50.280 --> 00:38:53.719
in La County and collected cash from Iowa Masa. On

554
00:38:53.760 --> 00:38:57.039
October fourteenth of twenty twenty three, Fleming drove to the

555
00:38:57.079 --> 00:39:00.679
Single Stash House and purchased twenty five dollars a ketamine

556
00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:05.400
from Sanga. That same day, after attaining the ketemine, Fleming

557
00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:09.440
drove back to Matthew Perry's residence located in La County,

558
00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:14.159
and delivered the ketymene to Iowa Masa. Iowa Masa then

559
00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:17.159
sent a text message on October twenty third of twenty

560
00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:21.079
twenty three to Fleming requesting to purchase more ketemine, stating,

561
00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:25.480
can we do same as last time again over next

562
00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:28.679
two days. On October twenty third of twenty twenty three,

563
00:39:28.719 --> 00:39:31.960
in response to the text message, Fleming confirmed he could

564
00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:35.280
obtain more ketamine, stating it will be the same product.

565
00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:38.119
You want the same amount. Put the fifty five hundred

566
00:39:38.360 --> 00:39:41.320
together a SAP and I'll come get it as soon

567
00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:44.320
as possible to get it all done tonight. On October

568
00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:48.599
twenty third of twenty twenty three, Fleming traveled to Matthew

569
00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:51.880
Perry's residence and picked up approximately six thousand dollars in

570
00:39:51.960 --> 00:39:54.639
cash from Iowa Masa, which would be used to pay

571
00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:59.039
defendant Sanga for additional ketemine. On October twenty fourth or

572
00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:02.880
twenty twenty three, based on information from Sanga, Fleming sent

573
00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:06.760
text message updates to co conspirator Iowa Masa about the

574
00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:11.079
delivery and timing of the kenemene, including stating that defendant

575
00:40:11.280 --> 00:40:15.800
Sanga's ketamine source, which Defendant Sanger referred to get ready

576
00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:20.320
for this as master Chef and scientists would make the

577
00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:23.760
supply available, and that the ketamine was on its way

578
00:40:23.800 --> 00:40:28.480
to our girl, referring to defendant Sanga. On October twenty

579
00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:31.760
fourth of twenty twenty three, Fleming traveled to the Sanga

580
00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:35.519
stash house purchased twenty five vials of kenemine from Sanga

581
00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:39.519
in exchange for cash. As part of the transactions, Sanga

582
00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:44.239
included kenemine lollipops as an ada one for Matthew Perry's

583
00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:48.199
large kennemine order. How nice of her. On October twenty

584
00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:51.719
fourth of twenty twenty three, Fleming traveled to Matthew Perry's

585
00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:57.159
residence with the kennemine reference and delivered to Iowa Masa.

586
00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:02.079
Same day. Iowa Massa administered at least six shots of

587
00:41:02.159 --> 00:41:04.079
ketymine to Matthew Perry.

588
00:41:04.400 --> 00:41:05.880
Jesus, this is.

589
00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:10.559
So sad, y'all. Sanger reached out to Fleming on October

590
00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:14.599
twenty fifth The next day about anticipating future transfers of

591
00:41:14.679 --> 00:41:18.519
ketemine to Matthew Perry, stating, please let me know if

592
00:41:18.559 --> 00:41:22.400
you think there'll be another round because the scientist he'll

593
00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:24.599
be gone as well. I'll have to know ahead of

594
00:41:24.599 --> 00:41:28.199
time to get that sorted out before we leave. Same day,

595
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:33.440
Iowa Masa administered at least six shots to Matthew Perry.

596
00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:38.800
The next day he just delivered. On the twenty fourth,

597
00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:43.440
y'all six shots of ketymine to Matthew Perry delivered, meaning

598
00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:47.199
he injected him with it. The next day another six shots.

599
00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:51.079
On October twenty seventh, twenty twenty three. Iowa Massa administered

600
00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:54.840
at least six shots of ketemine to Matthew Perry. On

601
00:41:54.880 --> 00:41:58.519
October twenty eighth of twenty twenty three, using syringes provided

602
00:41:58.559 --> 00:42:02.800
by Placincia, Awa Masa injected Matthew Perry with at least

603
00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:08.039
three shots of ketamine, which resulted in the death and

604
00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:14.440
serious bodily injury of Matthew Perry. On October twenty eighth

605
00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:17.719
of twenty twenty three, after she learned about Matthew Perry's

606
00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:22.119
death from the news, defendant Sanga called fleming using the

607
00:42:22.400 --> 00:42:27.320
signal application that encrypted app to discuss distancing themselves from

608
00:42:27.400 --> 00:42:31.760
selling kennemine to Matthew Perry by, among other things, deleting

609
00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:35.519
the digital evidence on their cell phones, so may maybe

610
00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.880
they were fucked at that point. On October twenty eighth,

611
00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:42.599
twenty twenty three, Sanga updated the setting on the Signal

612
00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:47.000
application to automatically delete her messages with Fleming and instructive

613
00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:52.599
Fleming to delete all of our messages. On October thirtieth

614
00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:56.679
of twenty twenty three, using that messaging application, Fleming sent

615
00:42:56.760 --> 00:43:01.280
the following text message to defendant Sanga, please call got

616
00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:04.280
more info and want to bounce ideas off you. I'm

617
00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:08.400
ninety percent sure everyone is protected. I've never dealt with

618
00:43:08.440 --> 00:43:13.639
Matthew Perry Only's assistant, so the assistant was the enabler. Also,

619
00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:18.239
they're doing a three month talks screening. Does case stay

620
00:43:18.280 --> 00:43:21.280
in your system or is it automatically flushed out?

621
00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.840
Y'all?

622
00:43:21.880 --> 00:43:26.920
This is awful, horrible. This guy was horribly addicted and

623
00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:33.920
all these people are culpable in it. And let me

624
00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:37.800
just talk about this. I am seeing and I'm enjoying

625
00:43:38.039 --> 00:43:43.320
seeing this, these dealers and these enablers of all these drugs,

626
00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:46.559
be it the doctors that are over prescribing them, the

627
00:43:46.639 --> 00:43:50.400
drug dealers that are selling them. I'm loving the fact

628
00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:54.239
that these people are having to pay the price because

629
00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:59.000
this shit that I just read you today happens all

630
00:43:59.039 --> 00:44:04.440
the time. This is horrible. These people are feeding him

631
00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:09.320
his candy right and all they give a fuck about

632
00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:11.800
his money. And I'm sorry, but this shit pisces me

633
00:44:11.880 --> 00:44:14.679
off and I'm glad to see these people going down.

634
00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:18.039
So I want you to hear the press conference. This

635
00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:21.119
is about twenty minutes long. It's the actual press conference

636
00:44:21.159 --> 00:44:24.239
that came out on Thursday with the police that filed

637
00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:30.079
this indictment and investigated this case. It's very interesting, and

638
00:44:30.239 --> 00:44:33.239
on the next episode, we're going to really get in

639
00:44:33.360 --> 00:44:38.199
deep and dirty with the Ketamine Queen, who she is,

640
00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:41.000
what she's done in the past, and we're also going

641
00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:46.400
to get into what culpability Matthew Perry's personal assistant has

642
00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:48.639
in his death and what I think about that, and

643
00:44:48.800 --> 00:44:51.119
obviously it's a hell of a lot more than him

644
00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:54.679
just injecting Matthew Perry. We'll get into all that in

645
00:44:54.760 --> 00:44:58.880
our next episode. But right now, I'm gonna go ahead

646
00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:03.119
and I'm gonna play that news conference from Thursday in

647
00:45:03.159 --> 00:45:04.960
its entirety, and here's that.

648
00:45:05.119 --> 00:45:10.159
Related to the death of the actor Matthew Perry. Following

649
00:45:10.320 --> 00:45:14.480
mister Perry's death. In October of last year, law enforcement,

650
00:45:14.920 --> 00:45:18.840
my office, and our partners represented on this stage began

651
00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:25.400
an in depth, wide ranging investigation. That investigation has revealed

652
00:45:25.480 --> 00:45:31.239
a broad underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities

653
00:45:31.519 --> 00:45:37.920
of ketamine to mister Perry and others. This network included

654
00:45:38.079 --> 00:45:44.320
a living assistant, various go betweens, two medical doctors, and

655
00:45:44.400 --> 00:45:48.199
a major source of drug supply known as quote the

656
00:45:48.280 --> 00:45:55.119
Ketamine Queen. We charge five defendants in this matter. These

657
00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:59.800
defendants took advantage of mister Perry's addiction issues to enrich

658
00:45:59.760 --> 00:46:00.400
them cells.

659
00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:02.760
They knew what they were doing was wrong.

660
00:46:03.360 --> 00:46:07.079
They knew what they were doing was risking great danger

661
00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:10.760
to mister Perry, but they did it anyways. In the end,

662
00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:15.840
these defendants were more interested in profiting off mister Perry

663
00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:19.440
than caring for his well being. I'm going to talk

664
00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:23.639
about the indictment, the allegations, and the charges in more detail.

665
00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:28.119
On October twenty eight, twenty twenty three, mister Perry was

666
00:46:28.159 --> 00:46:32.199
found de ceased in his home and autopsy was conducted

667
00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:35.800
following his death. That autopsy showed that he had died

668
00:46:36.079 --> 00:46:38.320
due to the acute effects of ketamine.

669
00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:41.360
Ketamine is a control substance.

670
00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:46.280
It has some legitimate uses, but it is also used illegally.

671
00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:50.719
It is used by people seeking to disassociate from reality.

672
00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:57.159
It can cause serious health effects, serious health problems, including

673
00:46:57.679 --> 00:47:02.960
loss of consciousness, including spikes and blood pressure, and including

674
00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:06.840
respiratory issues that can deprive the brain of oxygen. For

675
00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:10.800
that reason, it is a drug that must be administered

676
00:47:11.239 --> 00:47:15.559
by medical professionals and the patient must be monitored closely.

677
00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:17.880
That did not occur here.

678
00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:24.960
This investigation focused on who supplied the ketamine to mister Perry.

679
00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:28.280
As many of you know, mister Perry struggled with addiction

680
00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:32.360
in the past. On many occasions he sought help for

681
00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:36.239
his addiction issues. The investigation revealed in the fall of

682
00:47:36.320 --> 00:47:40.960
twenty twenty three, mister Perry fell back into addiction and

683
00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:45.920
these defendants took advantage to profit for themselves. The two

684
00:47:46.039 --> 00:47:50.920
lead defendants in this case are defendants Salvador Placentia and

685
00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:58.400
defendant Jessevin Sanya. First, I'll talk about defendant Placentia. Defendant

686
00:47:58.440 --> 00:48:03.559
Placentia was a medical doctor. He worked with another medical doctor,

687
00:48:03.760 --> 00:48:09.480
defendant Mark Chavez, to obtain ketemine. He then worked with

688
00:48:09.679 --> 00:48:16.199
mister Perry's live in assistant, Defendant Kenneth Iwamasa to distribute

689
00:48:16.199 --> 00:48:21.079
that ketamine to mister Perry. Over two months, from September

690
00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:26.360
to October twenty twenty three, they distributed approximately twenty bals

691
00:48:26.400 --> 00:48:31.400
of ketamine to mister Perry in exchange for fifty five

692
00:48:31.639 --> 00:48:36.960
thousand dollars in cash. Defendant Placentia saw this as an

693
00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:41.440
opportunity to profit off of mister Perry. He wrote in

694
00:48:41.480 --> 00:48:45.239
a text message in September twenty twenty three, quote, I

695
00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:50.079
wonder how much this moron will pay. He also stated

696
00:48:50.119 --> 00:48:52.679
in text messages that he wanted to be mister Perry's

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00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:56.559
sole source of supply. He wrote in a text message

698
00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:59.719
that he wanted to be mister Perry's quote go to

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00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:05.239
for drugs. As a doctor, Defendant Placentia knew full well

700
00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:09.280
the danger of what he was doing. In fact, on

701
00:49:09.280 --> 00:49:13.280
one occasion, he injected mister Perry with kenemine and he

702
00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:16.800
saw mister Perry freeze up and his blood pressure spike.

703
00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:22.320
Despite that, he left additional vials of ketamine for defendant

704
00:49:22.400 --> 00:49:28.039
Iwamasa to administer to mister Perry. Of course, defendant Iwamasa

705
00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:30.239
had no medical training to speak of.

706
00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:33.239
Defendant Placentia knew what.

707
00:49:33.199 --> 00:49:37.760
He was doing was harming mister Perry. He had spoken

708
00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:41.639
to another patient in mid October twenty twenty three, and

709
00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:44.920
he told that patient that mister Perry was spiraling out

710
00:49:44.920 --> 00:49:49.920
of control with his addiction. Nonetheless, Defendant Placentia continued to

711
00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:57.559
offer ketamine to mister Perry. Likewise, Defendant Sonya knew what

712
00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:03.320
she was doing was harming defen defendants and also mister Perry.

713
00:50:03.519 --> 00:50:06.800
She took advantage of mister Perry by selling large amounts

714
00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:08.880
of ketymine to mister Perry.

715
00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:11.039
Over a two week period in October.

716
00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:15.760
Of twenty twenty three, she sold approximately fifty vials of

717
00:50:15.840 --> 00:50:21.000
ketamine for approximately eleven thousand dollars in cash. She worked

718
00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:24.400
with a broker, defendant Eric Fleming, and also to live

719
00:50:24.440 --> 00:50:31.760
in assistant defendant Iwamasa to distribute this ketamine. Sonya and

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00:50:31.760 --> 00:50:34.960
the broker Defendant Fleming saw this as an opportunity to

721
00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:39.800
profit off of mister Perry, and the text message the

722
00:50:39.880 --> 00:50:42.840
broker wrote quote, I wouldn't do it if there wasn't

723
00:50:42.880 --> 00:50:45.079
a chance of me making some money.

724
00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:45.519
For doing this.

725
00:50:46.960 --> 00:50:51.840
Defendant Sonya sold the batch of ketamine that resulted in

726
00:50:51.920 --> 00:50:57.280
mister Perry's death on October twenty eighth, officers later searched

727
00:50:57.400 --> 00:51:02.119
defendant Sonya's home. During that search, they found what amounted

728
00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:08.000
to a drug selling emporium. They found eighty vials of ketamine,

729
00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:14.400
thousands of pills containing methamphetamine, cocaine, bottles of xanax, and

730
00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:20.280
other illegally obtained prescription drugs, and drug selling paraphernalia, including

731
00:51:20.320 --> 00:51:26.880
scales and ledgers. As I mentioned, the defendants in this

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00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:30.480
case knew what they were doing was wrong. When they'd

733
00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:33.599
refer to the ketamine, they use coded language. They'd refer

734
00:51:33.719 --> 00:51:37.199
to it using terms such as quote doctor Pepper, or

735
00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:42.840
quote bots or quote cans. Also, defendants Placentia and Chavez,

736
00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:45.880
as medical doctors, knew full well this was not the

737
00:51:45.880 --> 00:51:49.199
proper way to administer ketamine, and they even talked about

738
00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:55.360
that in their exchanges, and Sognya also knew that she

739
00:51:55.559 --> 00:52:00.000
was doing something that caused great risk to mister Perry.

740
00:51:59.719 --> 00:52:03.760
In fact, during this investigation, we learned that several years before,

741
00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:09.880
in twenty nineteen, defendant Sonya had sold ketamine to another customer.

742
00:52:10.960 --> 00:52:15.559
That person died the same day, and a family member

743
00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:19.880
of that person sent a message to defendant Sonya, telling

744
00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:25.639
her the cause of death was ketamine. Nonetheless, defendant Sonya

745
00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:31.079
continued selling drugs, including ketamine, including the ketamine that ultimately.

746
00:52:30.880 --> 00:52:32.199
Killed mister Perry.

747
00:52:33.480 --> 00:52:38.400
That other victim was a person named Cody McLaury. He

748
00:52:38.480 --> 00:52:42.639
died in twenty nineteen. As a result of this investigation,

749
00:52:43.280 --> 00:52:46.360
we have filed a drug distribution charge related to the

750
00:52:46.400 --> 00:52:53.800
death of mister McLaury. After mister Perry died, these defendants

751
00:52:53.840 --> 00:52:54.760
tried to cover up.

752
00:52:54.760 --> 00:52:56.039
What they had done.

753
00:52:56.159 --> 00:52:59.119
On October twenty eighth, after reading news reports of mister

754
00:52:59.159 --> 00:53:03.079
Perry's death, defendant Sonia wrote a text message to defend

755
00:53:03.159 --> 00:53:06.920
it fleming saying, quote delete all our messages.

756
00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:10.119
Likewise, after mister.

757
00:53:09.800 --> 00:53:14.840
Perry's death, defendant Placentia falsified medical records and notes to

758
00:53:14.920 --> 00:53:16.880
try to make it look like what he was doing

759
00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:17.840
was legitimate.

760
00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:19.079
It was not.

761
00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:26.719
We filed numerous federal charges against the five defendants. These

762
00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:33.079
charges include conspiracy to distribute ketamine, distribution of ketamine resulting

763
00:53:33.079 --> 00:53:38.920
in death, maintaining drug involved premises for that drug selling emporium.

764
00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:43.559
The defendant Sonya had altering and falsifying records related to

765
00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:47.599
a federal investigation for those false medical notes and records

766
00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:53.039
that defendant Placentia made, and multiple other drug trafficking counts.

767
00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:58.760
Of course, the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

768
00:53:59.320 --> 00:54:03.960
The penalty these these defendants face are very significant. With

769
00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:07.880
their guard to defendant Placentia, the statutory maximum sentence he

770
00:54:07.960 --> 00:54:12.159
faces is one hundred and twenty years in federal prison. Now,

771
00:54:12.159 --> 00:54:15.400
with their guard to defendant Sonia, the statutory maximum she

772
00:54:15.519 --> 00:54:23.440
faces is life imprisonment. By filing these extensive and serious charges,

773
00:54:24.079 --> 00:54:27.639
we are sending a clear message if you are in

774
00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:31.400
the business of selling dangerous drugs, we will hold you

775
00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:35.519
accountable for the deaths that you cause. This is nothing

776
00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:38.960
new for us. Since twenty twenty two, my office has

777
00:54:38.960 --> 00:54:43.039
filed over sixty cases against drug dealers who've caused the

778
00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:46.920
death of another person. These cases are known as death

779
00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:51.880
resulting cases. Their labor intensive cases, and we work with

780
00:54:51.920 --> 00:54:55.599
our law enforcement partners, including ones represented here today, to

781
00:54:55.639 --> 00:54:59.360
bring those cases. Our office is a national leader.

782
00:54:59.480 --> 00:55:00.639
In bringing the those cases.

783
00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:07.199
They're very important because every victim's live counts. If you

784
00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:10.639
are in the drug selling business and you're selling dangerous drugs,

785
00:55:11.159 --> 00:55:14.400
you are playing roulette with other people's lives. Just like

786
00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:19.360
the five defendants here did to mister Perry. Defendants nowadays

787
00:55:19.360 --> 00:55:22.639
are on full notice that the products they sell could

788
00:55:22.679 --> 00:55:26.920
result in the death of another person. Therefore, if you're

789
00:55:26.960 --> 00:55:30.440
in the drug business, and despite these risks, you continue

790
00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:33.280
in the drug business, you are pushed by greed to

791
00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:37.079
gamble with other people's lives, be advised we will hold

792
00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:42.559
you accountable. I want to think our partners in this case,

793
00:55:43.280 --> 00:55:47.760
the Los Angeles Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and

794
00:55:47.800 --> 00:55:52.400
the US Postal Inspection Service. These investigators did a phenomenal

795
00:55:52.480 --> 00:55:56.440
job digging into the case, looking at every angle to

796
00:55:56.519 --> 00:56:01.119
develop a case, a strong case against not only those

797
00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:06.719
who killed mister Perry, but also mister McLaury. I want

798
00:56:06.719 --> 00:56:09.440
to note that these cases are important and will continue

799
00:56:09.480 --> 00:56:12.400
to collaborate with our law enforcement partners to bring them

800
00:56:12.440 --> 00:56:16.480
to ensure that justice is brought to every victim. And finally,

801
00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:20.559
let me thank the prosecutors responsible for the investigation and

802
00:56:20.599 --> 00:56:24.000
the prosecution of this case. Those are Assistant United States

803
00:56:24.039 --> 00:56:29.400
Attorneys Ian Yannello and Shaohan Si. And now I'd like

804
00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:33.599
to introduce Chief of Los Angeles Police Department, Dominic Choi.

805
00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:42.239
All right, good morning, and thank you. Martin.

806
00:56:43.559 --> 00:56:45.960
You know, while it's a tragedy that brings us all

807
00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:50.639
here together, I'm happy to stand here knowing that these

808
00:56:50.880 --> 00:56:53.719
dangerous individuals are no longer on the streets and.

809
00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:55.280
They won't be able to harm anyone else.

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00:56:56.280 --> 00:56:59.559
The Los Angeles Police Department and our partners here today,

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00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:04.800
we're committed to investigating all cases like this, and it's

812
00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:10.559
regardless of someone's background or socioeconomic status. And just with

813
00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:15.440
all of our cases, this investigation was done impartially. We

814
00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:20.599
let the facts drive this investigation, and those facts led

815
00:57:20.679 --> 00:57:24.119
us to a group of individuals who were responsible for

816
00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:28.320
supplying and distributing to mister Perry narcotics that led to

817
00:57:28.360 --> 00:57:32.760
his unfortunate and untimely death. The group standing here today,

818
00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:37.679
it's a prime example how our partnerships and our collaboration

819
00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:43.440
can yield meaningful results. I want to thank LAPD our

820
00:57:43.559 --> 00:57:46.480
Robbery Homicide Division, who's standing in the back there, the

821
00:57:46.559 --> 00:57:51.360
US Attorney Martinez Strada and his team, the DEA and

822
00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:54.400
her team, as well as the US Postal Inspection Service

823
00:57:54.440 --> 00:57:58.960
and their team for their hard work, diligence, and real patience.

824
00:57:59.039 --> 00:58:01.199
Now I know people think this took a long time,

825
00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:02.920
but there was a lot of work, a lot of

826
00:58:02.960 --> 00:58:06.400
investigative strategies that went into this to make sure that

827
00:58:06.480 --> 00:58:08.880
there is a solid case and that we can pursue

828
00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:15.599
this in the courts. Our relationship with our federal partners,

829
00:58:16.440 --> 00:58:20.440
it helps us ensure that these criminals will have meaningful

830
00:58:20.519 --> 00:58:24.960
sentences and be an example for anyone that is willing

831
00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:29.920
to risk or jeopardize distributing and supplying unlawful or narcotics

832
00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:34.920
to anyone. And I just really want people to know

833
00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:37.840
that that is the message. You cannot get away with this,

834
00:58:38.039 --> 00:58:42.960
regardless of your background or socio economic status, breaking the laws,

835
00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:45.039
breaking the law, and you are dangerous and you are

836
00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:48.760
jeopardizing lives. So thank you all all my partners for

837
00:58:48.800 --> 00:58:51.280
being involved in this and bringing us to where we

838
00:58:51.320 --> 00:58:53.760
are at today. And at this time I'd like to

839
00:58:53.760 --> 00:59:01.400
introduce Dea Administrator and Milgrim.

840
00:59:01.679 --> 00:59:07.079
Good morning. Today we announced charges brought against five individuals

841
00:59:07.400 --> 00:59:11.159
who together are responsible for the death of Matthew Perry.

842
00:59:12.119 --> 00:59:15.480
Each of the defendants played a key role in his death.

843
00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:21.239
They falsely prescribed, sold, or injected the ketamine that caused

844
00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:26.599
Matthew Perry's tragic death. In the United States, most forms

845
00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:29.480
of ketamine are only approved by the Food and Drug

846
00:59:29.519 --> 00:59:34.880
Administration for anesthesia. A nasal spray version is approved for

847
00:59:35.000 --> 00:59:40.559
treatment of depression, but only in a certified medical setting. Here,

848
00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:45.320
Matthew Perry sought treatment for depression and anxiety and went

849
00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:49.840
to a local clinic where he became addicted to intervenous ketamine.

850
00:59:51.039 --> 00:59:55.320
When clinic doctors refused to increase his dosage, he turned

851
00:59:55.360 --> 00:59:59.079
to unscrupulous doctors who saw Perry as a way to

852
00:59:59.199 --> 01:00:05.639
make quick money. Doctor Placentia and doctor Chavez violated the

853
01:00:05.800 --> 01:00:10.079
oath they took to care for their patients. Instead of

854
01:00:10.119 --> 01:00:13.360
do no harm, they did harm so that they could

855
01:00:13.400 --> 01:00:19.559
make more money without performing any medical evaluation or monitoring.

856
01:00:20.159 --> 01:00:24.440
They supplied Matthew Perry with large amounts of ketamine in

857
01:00:24.519 --> 01:00:29.360
exchange for large sums of money, charging Perry two thousand

858
01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:35.559
dollars for a vial that cost doctor Chavez approximately twelve dollars.

859
01:00:36.559 --> 01:00:41.199
As Matthew Perry's ketamine addiction grew, he wanted more and

860
01:00:41.239 --> 01:00:44.840
he wanted it faster and cheaper. That is how he

861
01:00:45.000 --> 01:00:48.920
ended up buying from street dealers who sold the ketamine

862
01:00:48.960 --> 01:00:53.639
that ultimately led to his death. In doing so, he

863
01:00:53.760 --> 01:00:57.440
followed the arc that we have tragically seen with many

864
01:00:57.480 --> 01:01:01.559
others whose substance use disorder began in a doctor's office

865
01:01:01.960 --> 01:01:06.039
and ends in the street. Perry turned to a street dealer,

866
01:01:06.360 --> 01:01:10.000
Eric Fleming, who sourced his ketemine from a drug trafficker

867
01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:15.840
known as the ketamine Queen, Jasvine Sangha. The ketamine supplied

868
01:01:16.119 --> 01:01:19.760
by Sangha would ultimately be the dose that took Matthew

869
01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:24.480
Perry's life. Songhan knew that the ketamine she supplied could

870
01:01:24.519 --> 01:01:28.960
be deadly, since in twenty nineteen she had sold ketamine

871
01:01:29.199 --> 01:01:32.519
to Cody McLaury, who died at the age of thirty three,

872
01:01:33.719 --> 01:01:37.199
but despite this knowledge, she continued to sell ketamine and

873
01:01:37.280 --> 01:01:43.960
methamphetamine throughout Los Angeles. Matthew Perry's journey began with unscrupulous

874
01:01:44.000 --> 01:01:47.559
doctors who abused their position of trust because they saw

875
01:01:47.639 --> 01:01:50.719
him as a payday, and it ended with street dealers

876
01:01:51.079 --> 01:01:55.800
who sold him ketamine in unmarked files. The desperation that

877
01:01:55.960 --> 01:01:59.480
led Perry to these individuals was not met with help,

878
01:02:00.079 --> 01:02:03.440
as it should have been from the doctors, but instead

879
01:02:03.440 --> 01:02:07.559
it was met with exploitation. Exploitation by those who should

880
01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:11.880
have guided him toward help. This betrayal of trust is

881
01:02:11.920 --> 01:02:16.679
at the heart of this tragedy. Since twenty twenty three,

882
01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:23.079
DEA has investigated nearly five hundred drug poisoning and overdose cases.

883
01:02:23.559 --> 01:02:27.920
Just like Matthew Perry's, we run a national initiative known

884
01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:31.039
as OD Justice, where we work with our state and

885
01:02:31.079 --> 01:02:36.239
local law enforcement partners to conduct investigations after someone has

886
01:02:36.280 --> 01:02:41.280
passed away. And it is important to note that the

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01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:44.840
national model we today have in every fifty state across

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01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:47.599
the United States is based on the work that started

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01:02:47.679 --> 01:02:51.079
here in Los Angeles. We began this work with our

890
01:02:51.119 --> 01:02:54.199
partners in the Los Angeles Police Department and with other

891
01:02:54.320 --> 01:02:58.400
local police departments and sheriff's offices in California in the

892
01:02:58.440 --> 01:03:01.280
Los Angeles area, and with the USA Attorney's Office, and

893
01:03:01.320 --> 01:03:06.280
today it stands as our national model for this critical work. Together,

894
01:03:06.519 --> 01:03:09.599
as part of OD Justice, we work to bring justice

895
01:03:09.760 --> 01:03:12.360
for the lives that have been lost and to stop

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01:03:12.400 --> 01:03:13.480
others from dying.

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So there you have it for exposed scandalous files of

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the elite. I'm your host, Jim Chapman. Much you love

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