"A former physician who supplied ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to the actor's death is scheduled to appear in federal court in Los Angeles on Wednesday for a sentencing hearing. Salvador Plasencia, known to Perry as "Dr. P," according to court filings, pleaded guilty to four felony counts of ketamine distribution in July. He was one of five people charged last year in connection with Perry's death in October 2023."
"Prosecutors have asked the judge to sentence Plasencia to three years, acknowledging that Plasencia did not provide the ketamine that killed the actor. But, the prosecutors said in a sentencing memo, the doctor's "egregious breaches of trust and abandonment of his oath to 'do no harm' undoubtedly contributed to the harm that Mr. Perry suffered." Plasencia's attorneys asked that he be placed on three years of supervised release."
Salvador Plasencia pleaded guilty to four federal felony counts of ketamine distribution after supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry in the weeks before the actor's October 2023 death. A federal judge in Los Angeles scheduled a sentencing hearing. Prosecutors asked for a three-year prison term while acknowledging Plasencia did not supply the ketamine that caused Perry's death, and wrote that his breaches of trust and abandonment of his medical oath contributed to Perry's harm. Plasencia's attorneys requested three years of supervised release, noting his loss of medical license, clinic, and career. Perry's parents submitted victim impact statements calling Plasencia among the most culpable.
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