Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry sentenced to two and a half years in prison

BarcelonaDr. Salvador Plasencia has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, who He died of an overdose in 2023According to the Efe news agency, Plasencia, which has pleaded guiltyHe is the first of the five defendants accused in the actor's death to be sentenced. Perry, 54, was found unconscious in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home, and the autopsy report revealed he died from the effects of ketamine. The U.S. Department of Justice accuses five people of belonging to an underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities of ketamine, the substance found in the actor's body at the time of his death, and all five have accepted plea deals. Prosecutors stated in a sentencing memorandum that the doctor's "serious breaches of trust and abandonment of the oath to do no harm undoubtedly contributed to the harm suffered by Mr. Perry," and therefore requested a minimum sentence of three years. The defense, for its part, asked for a sentence of three years of supervised probation, arguing that the doctor had already lost his license, his practice, and his professional career.

According to Plasencia's plea agreement, the doctor distributed 20 bottles of ketamine, ketamine pills, and syringes to Perry and the actor's assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, another defendant in the case, between September and October 2023. FriendsShe had spoken publicly about her struggle with addiction in her memoir. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: In Memoir.