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Doctor 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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Salvador Plasencia is the first of five defendants to plead guilty in connection with Perry's death.

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A doctor from California is at the center of a tragic case around Matthew Perry. In court, shocking details came to light.

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Salvador Plasencia, the doctor who sold Matthew Perry the ketamine that was administered to him, has been the first to be sentenced for the death of the Friend actor, with a sentence of two and a half years in prison (30 months). The interpreter, known for his character Chandler Bing, died by overdose in October 2023, at age 54, at his residence in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles. The judge has ordered pretrial detention for the doctor, one of th…

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After the tragic death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, a verdict has now been handed down. The doctor Salvador Plasencia is sued.

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The doctor who prescribed ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Wednesday, US media reported. Salvador Plasencia sold Perry the powerful drug just weeks before his death in 2023 from an overdose.

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City News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
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