A doctor who admitted distributing ketamine to Friends icon Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to his death has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. The ruling marks the first sentencing among the five people convicted in connection with the actor’s 2023 overdose , which stunned fans around the world. The disgraced medic, Dr Salvador Plasencia, 43, was condemned in court as someone who preyed on Perry’s lifelong struggle with addiction, with prosecutors accusing him of feeding “on the vulnerability” of the troubled star.

At one point, Plasencia even mocked the actor behind his back, asking a co-conspirator : “I wonder how much this moron will pay? Let’s find out.” Los Angeles federal court Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced him to two and a half years on Wednesday

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