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Dr. Salvador Plasencia faces sentencing for illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry, who died from acute intoxication in 2023.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, a California physician, is set to be sentenced on December 3, 2025, in Los Angeles federal court for illegally supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s death in October 2023.
Plasencia, 44, pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine, including providing large amounts despite knowing Perry struggled with addiction.
Prosecutors seek a three-year sentence, arguing he exploited Perry’s vulnerability, while his defense highlights his lost medical license, career, and personal hardships, citing remorse and a desire to be a good father.
Perry, who had a long history of substance abuse and used ketamine legally for depression, died from acute ketamine intoxication.
He did not receive the fatal dose from Plasencia.
The other four defendants in the case are expected to be sentenced in the coming months.
El Dr. Salvador Plasencia se enfrenta a una sentencia por suministrar ilegalmente ketamina a Matthew Perry, quien murió de intoxicación aguda en 2023.