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Dr. Salvador Plasencia, accused of providing Matthew Perry with ketamine weeks before the actor’s fatal overdose, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Camilla Rambaldi reports for the NBC4 News at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.

One of two doctors charged in the ketamine overdose death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry is scheduled for sentencing Wednesday in downtown Los Angeles on federal charges of illegal distribution of the surgical anesthetic.

Salvador Plasencia, 43, of Santa Monica, pleaded guilty in July to four federal counts of distribution of ketamine. The dissociative anesthetic drug is used as a therapy for depression and chronic pain, but also has some hallucinogenic effects and can distort sight and sound.

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