A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the "Friends" star's overdose death is set to be the first of five people sentenced in the case on Wednesday.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, a 43-year-old Santa Monica physician, was sentenced in Los Angeles to 2.5 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to illegally distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry.
Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine. By Meredith Deliso December 3, 2025, 2:24 PM Matthew Perry's doctor pleads guilty in actor's death A doctor who admitted to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry weeks before he died was sentenced to 30 months in federal …
Salvador Plasencia is one of five defendants who pleaded guilty in the case, admitting he provided the drug to the actor in the weeks leading up to his October 2023 overdose.
A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the "Friends" star's overdose death was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Wednesday.
Salvador Plasencia, who authorities said repeatedly sold and injected Matthew Perry with the drug ketamine in the weeks leading up to the actor’s death in 2023, faces sentencing before a federal judge Wednesday.
A doctor who pleaded guilty earlier this year to providing ketamine to the late Friends star Matthew Perry is set to be sentenced Wednesday in a Los Angeles court.
The doctor who admitted to his role in the overdose death of beloved sitcom actor Matthew Perry was sentenced in federal court in Los Angeles Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - One of two physicians charged in "Friends" star Matthew Perry's death from a ketamine overdose was sentenced today in downtown Los Angeles to 2 1/2 years behind bars for illegally supplying the anesthetic drug.
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced Dr. Salvador Plasencia to over two years in prison Wednesday in Los Angeles, California, over Matthew Perry’s death.
A former California physician has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for repeatedly supplying ketamine to actor Matthew Perry in the weeks before Perry’s fatal overdose, according to federal prosecutors.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the “Friends” star’s overdose death was sentenced to
A doctor who supplied "Friends" star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, musing to a fellow physician over "how much
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