Drug-doctor will get jail time.
The prosecutions on the overdose demise of ‘Mates’ star Matthew Perry appear to be drawing to a detailed.
A complete of 5 defendants entered responsible pleas within the case, with costs of unlawful distribution of ketamine and associated offenses tied to Perry’s overdose.
One of many two docs charged in reference to the unlawful distribution of ketamine to Perry has been sentenced.
Dr. Salvador Placencia had no remark as he walked in to be sentenced in connection to Mates Actor Matthew Perry’s demise. Prosecutors are calling for a 3 yr sentence, whereas he faces a most of 40. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/1Fde2zgvfg
— Mario Ramirez (@MarioFOXLA) December 3, 2025
Right here for sentencing of Salvador Plasencia, who equipped ketamine to Matthew Perry in weeks main as much as his demise. Perry’s mother and father wrote affect statements.
“How lengthy did you presumably see supplying Matthew numerous doses with out his demise to ultimately observe? Did you care?” pic.twitter.com/RKCTbvvtxV
— Brittny Mejia (@brittny_mejia) December 3, 2025
CBS News reported:
“In a downtown LA courtroom on Wednesday, Salvador Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months in jail for supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry and his assistant. Plasencia had beforehand pleaded responsible to costs in July.”
JUST IN: A health care provider who admitted to distributing ketamine to Matthew Perry weeks earlier than he died has been sentenced to 30 months in federal jail — the primary to be sentenced among the many 5 folks convicted in reference to the actor’s 2023 overdose demise. https://t.co/Fs5yf0SB4R pic.twitter.com/KkaRd41H7t
— World Information Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) December 3, 2025
Perry was discovered floating face-down in a jacuzzi at his LA dwelling on Oct. 28, 2023. It was decided he died from the ‘acute results of ketamine’.
“In his plea settlement, Plasencia admitted that a few month earlier than Perry’s demise, he illegally equipped the actor with 20 vials of ketamine, which totaled 100 mg, together with ketamine lozenges and syringes. The physician additionally admitted to enlisting one other physician, Mark Chavez, to produce the drug for him, in line with the courtroom paperwork.
After promoting the medicine to Perry for $4,500, Plasencia allegedly requested Chavez if he might preserve supplying them so they may turn into Perry’s ‘go-to’, prosecutors stated.
[…] Jasveen Sangha, often called the ‘Ketamine Queen’, who’s charged with supplying the medicine that brought on Perry’s demise, is anticipated to be sentenced on Dec. 10. In August, Sangha beforehand pleaded responsible to 3 counts of distribution of ketamine, one rely of distribution of ketamine leading to demise or critical bodily harm and one rely of sustaining a drug-involved premises.”
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