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 Doctor who sold 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry ketamine is sentenced to prison
12/03/25 05:26 PM
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Doctor who sold 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry ketamine is sentenced to prison
Portrait of Anthony Robledo Anthony Robledo
USA TODAY
Updated Dec. 3, 2025, 6:08 p.m. ET
The Los Angeles doctor who supplied ketamine to "Friends" actor Matthew Perry before his fatal overdose in 2023 has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison.
The physician, Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who surrendered his medical license, pleaded guilty in July to four counts of illegal distribution of the prescription anesthetic ketamine in connection with the actor's death at age 54. The former operator of an urgent care clinic in Calabasas, California, is one of five people to plead guilty in the case, but the first to be sentenced.
As the sentencing was read in Los Angeles federal court, Plasencia said there is no excuse and faced Perry's family as he told them, "I'm just so sorry," according to the New York Times and Variety.
Plasencia's attorneys said their client accepted the decision with "humility and deep remorse," per a statement to USA TODAY following the Dec. 3 sentencing….
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/12/03/matthew-perry-ketamine-doctor-salvador-plasencia-prison/87592889007/
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