US EditionDoctor who supplied ketamine to late Friends star Matthew Perry jailed
Salvador Plasencia received a 2.5-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to four counts of illegally distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry, though not linked to his fatal dose.
- In Los Angeles, Salvador Plasencia was jailed for two-and-a-half years for illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry, actor best known as Chandler Bing on Friends.
- Amid questions about supply, court records show Salvador Plasencia changed his plea earlier this year, admitting 4 counts of distribution and losing his medical license.
- Court filings reveal messages from Plasencia, including a text where the 44-year-old doctor said, `I wonder how much this moron will pay.`
- In victim impact statements, Suzanne and Keith Morrison called those involved `jackals` and said Salvador Plasencia was "among the most culpable of all," while John and Debbie Perry said Plasencia's actions had `devastated` their family and were not the result of "one very bad decision."
- Plasencia is the first of five people to be sentenced in the investigation exposing a drug-supply network linked to Matthew Perry, actor from Friends .
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A doctor who supplied ketamine to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison in California. Salvador Plasencia was also fined $5,600 (approximately €4,800). Perry died over two years ago at the age of 54. He had a high level of ketamine in his blood that proved fatal. Five people are on trial for the actor's death. Perry was prescribed ketamine for depression but wanted more. He turned to Plasencia for help. The doc…
On Wednesday, December 3, the doctor who provided ketamine to the late Matthew Perry was finally punished by the American courts. Thus, Dr. Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months in prison, as TMZ said.
Salvador Plasencia is the first of the five accused of the death of the actor, who died in 2023 as a victim of a cetamine overdose. Pena could reach the 40 years of imprisonment.
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Co-star Jennifer Anniston consoles a depressed Matthew Perry during a ‘Friends’ reunion event. Drug-doctor will get prison time. The prosecutions on the overdose death of ‘Friends’ star Matthew Perry seem to be drawing to a close. A total of five defendants entered guilty pleas in the case, with charges of illegal distribution of ketamine and related offenses tied to Perry’s overdose. One of the two doctors charged in connection with the illegal…
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is one of the main perpetrators of this tragedy, for which five people are being prosecuted.
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