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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Sara Braun and agencies

LA doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine sentenced to prison

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Matthew Perry in Los Angeles in November 2021. Photograph: Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP

A Los Angeles doctor who sold ketamine to Matthew Perry before his overdose death has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison.

Dr Salvador Plasencia, 44, had pleaded guilty on Wednesday to giving Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the Friends star’s overdose death in 2023. Perry died at 54 after struggling with addiction for years, dating back to his time as one of the biggest stars of his generation for his role as Chandler Bing.

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