One of the two doctors charged with distributing ketamine to "Friends" star Matthew Perry, weeks before his overdose death, has been sentenced.

Salvador Plasencia was sentenced in a Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday to 30 months in prison for supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry and his assistant. U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett also fined him $5,600 and ordered Plasenia to be immediately remanded to federal custody.

Plasencia pleaded guilty in July to four counts of illegally distributing ketamine to Perry. He also surrendered his California medical license in September 2025, according to a statement from Acting U.S. Attorney Bilal A. Essayli.

Perry, 54, was found unresponsive and floating face-down in a jacuzzi at his LA home on Oct. 28, 2023. The Los

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