The passing of Matthew Perry shook the world when he was discovered lifeless in his L.A. dwelling in October 2023, and now a health care provider concerned within the lead-up to the actor’s passing has pleaded responsible to distribution of a managed substance. Most identified for taking part in Chandler Bing in each season of Pals, Perry’s demise has been confirmed to be ketamine-related.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia is the medical skilled who grew to become one of many people accountable for supplying Perry with ketamine, as per Selection. He did so “without a legitimate purpose.” Plasencia, 43, was conscious of the previous Pals forged member and his star standing on the time. On Wednesday, July 23, 2025, Plasencia entered a responsible plea on 4 counts of ketamine distribution.
Whereas starring in what is likely one of the best sitcoms in TV historical past, Perry shortly rose to fame within the mid-Nineteen Nineties. His platform resulted within the actor’s battle with habit being comparatively well-documented, and Perry himself usually spoke brazenly about it. PBS stories that Plasencia’s legal professional, Debra White, has issued a press release concerning her shopper, which may be learn under.
“Dr. Plasencia is profoundly remorseful for the remedy selections he made whereas offering ketamine to Matthew Perry. He’s absolutely accepting accountability by pleading responsible to drug distribution. Dr. Plasencia intends to voluntarily give up his medical license, acknowledging his failure to guard Mr. Perry, a affected person who was particularly weak as a consequence of habit.”
What Salvador Plasencia’s Responsible Plea Means For The Matthew Perry Case
One Defendant Is But To Face Trial
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The reason for Matthew Perry’s demise was confirmed shortly after his passing. He did not dwell an excessive amount of within the public gentle within the years earlier than he died, so it was unclear how he was doing in his battle towards drug habit.
Dr. Plasencia had been prescribing the actor the drug underneath the guise of it being an off-label remedy for melancholy. Ketamine is typically prescribed for sure situations, so Perry was not the primary particular person to obtain the drug on this context.
A message was offered as proof throughout the trial that exposed Plasencia stated to a fellow physician, additionally a defendant within the case: “I wonder how much this moron will pay [for ketamine]… Let’s find out.” He additionally administered a dose to Perry that introduced on worrying unwanted effects, however left one other dose for the actor’s assistant to inject.
It must be made clear that Plasencia has been confirmed to not have provided Perry with the dose that killed him in 2023, however he did plead responsible to 4 counts of distribution that came about within the lead-up to the actor’s overdose. Different figures additionally provided Perry with Ketamine. Jasveen “The Ketamine Queen” Sangha stays the case’s lone defendant, and he or she has pleaded not responsible.
The physician took a plea deal in June 2025. It concerned him pleading responsible to 4 prices of distribution related to Perry’s case. In return, further prices towards Plasencia have been dropped, which included extra counts of distribution and the falsification of medical information.
Plasencia had already been prevented from prescribing managed substances earlier than his trial because of the investigation into his involvement with Perry’s demise. Now, he’s surrendering his medical license. The utmost size of time he can spend in jail after supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine is 40 years, but it surely’s unlikely he’ll serve a sentence that lengthy.
Sources: Selection, PBS
Birthdate
August 19, 1969
Birthplace
Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
Professions
Actor, Comic, Producer, Screenwriter
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