Doctor charged in Matthew Perry’s death expected to plead guilty

Mark Chavez, 52, to appear in court Wednesday and admit to conspiring to distribute ketamine to Friends actor

One of two doctors charged in the investigation of the death of Matthew Perry is expected to plead guilty Wednesday in a federal court in Los Angeles to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine.

Dr Mark Chavez, 54, of San Diego, signed a plea agreement with prosecutors in August and would be the third person to plead guilty in the aftermath of the Friends star’s fatal overdose last year.