Morning bird: The court sent to jail a doctor who provided actor Perry with ketamine. The man swallowed a gold medallion in the shape of an egg with gems referencing a James Bond movie.
Doctor Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and a two-year probation for illegally providing actor Matthew Perry with ketamine. Due to an overdose, the actor died in 2023. The man stole a gold locket shaped like an egg with gemstones from a jeweler in Auckland, Australia, and then swallowed it. It is a replica of the Fabergé locket, which was featured in the James Bond movie Octopussy.
Healthcare worker punished for the death of a famous actor
Today, a court in Los Angeles sentenced a Californian doctor to 2.5 years in prison for illegally providing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, who died in 2023 due to overdose of this substance. Doctor Salvador Plasencia had previously admitted to selling ketamine to Perry in the weeks prior to his death. This healthcare worker is the first person convicted in a case involving a total of five defendants. The doctor confessed to exploiting Perry's addiction. According to court records, he wrote to another doctor that Perry is an "idiot" who can be used for money, reported Ceskenoviny.cz.
Man accused of theft after swallowing golden egg from James Bond film
A man has been charged by New Zealand police after he allegedly stole a jeweler's golden locket shaped like an egg adorned with precious stones by picking it up and swallowing it. The unusual incident took place in a store in downtown Auckland. The thirty-two-year-old man who has been accused of theft and taken into custody reportedly underwent a medical exam upon arrest, according to CNN. The stolen item is a Fabergé locket, which appeared in the James Bond film, Octopussy. Its value is $19,300, according to court documents.
Doping within reach: many stores offer banned substances before the Olympic Games
Another Olympic doping scandal could soon be on the horizon, according to the agency AP. Many so-called research chemicals known as peptides, many of which are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, are available with a simple click of a mouse through online sellers. One of the vendors is Amazon. Another is Alibaba, a sponsor of the International Olympic Committee. The Winter Olympics begin in just two months. Experts hope that this time there will not be a series of scandals, as was the case in 2014, when many Russians and Chinese were caught using prohibited substances.
Pentagon Chief Hegseth had an unpleasant typo on his nameplate at the government meeting
At Tuesday's meeting of the cabinet of US President Donald Trump, an unpleasant typo appeared on the nameplate of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Instead of one S at the beginning of the English term Secretary (minister), there were two S's. SS is primarily perceived as an abbreviation of semi-military so-called Protective Squadrons (Schutzstaffel) in Nazi Germany. Hegseth could not have had a more embarrassing situation "at a worse time," because he is now under scrutiny due to an attack on a Venezuelan vessel in the Caribbean. The US army carried out the attack as part of interventions against ships that, according to Washington, are smuggling drugs, the AP agency reported AP.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, CNN, AP
