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Three other defendants have been charged separately and plea deals are pending, according to prosecutors.
Eric Fleming54, pleaded guilty on Aug. 8 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, according to prosecutors. According to the indictment, he admitted to obtaining the ketamine from Sangha and distributing it to Perry through the actor’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fleming faces up to 25 years in prison.
On August 7, Iwamasa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death. According to the superseding indictment, the 59-year-old admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine, including multiple injections on the day of his death, without medical training. He faces up to 15 years in prison.
Meanwhile, Dr. Mark ChavezThe 54-year-old, who ran a ketamine clinic in San Diego, California, is scheduled to be brought to trial on Aug. 30 following an agreement to plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, according to prosecutors.
According to the indictment, the man admitted to selling ketamine diverted from his clinic, as well as obtaining additional ketamine under false pretenses from a wholesale distributor, which he moved to Plasencia.
Chavez faces up to 10 years in federal prison.
E! News has reached out to attorneys for Sangha, Iwamasa, Plasencia, Chavez and Fleming for comment, but has not yet received a response.
