The lead doctor who sold Matthew Perry 20 vials of liquid ketamine in the weeks before the actor’s ketamine overdose was sentenced to 30 months in prison, two years supervised release, on Wednesday.

“I failed Matthew Perry,” Dr. Salvador Plasencia said in address to court. “I should have protected him. … I’m just so sorry”

Plasencia pleaded guilty in July to four counts of distribution of ketamine and admitted he also altered and falsified records related to the federal investigation. The charges carried the possibility of up to 40 years in prison. Prosecutors asked for three years imprisonment and two years of supervised release. Plasencia asked for no time behind bars, saying he voluntarily surrendered his medical license – leading to the loss of his clinic and livelihood – and t

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