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Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine weeks before his death

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Updated 19:16 23 Jul 2025 GMT+1Published 18:23 23 Jul 2025 GMT+1

Doctor pleads guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine weeks before his death

Dr. Salvador Plasencia has pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry

Madison Burgess

Madison Burgess

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Madison Burgess
Madison Burgess

Madison is a Journalist at Tyla with a keen interest in lifestyle, entertainment and culture. She graduated from the University of Sheffield with a first-class degree in Journalism Studies, and has previously written for DMG Media as a Showbiz Reporter and Audience Writer.

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A doctor has pleaded guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the actor's overdose death.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia is now the fourth of the five people charged in connection with the Friends star's death to plead guilty.

As reported by AP News, the doctor admitted guilt to four counts to Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in a federal court in LA.

Plasencia's attorney, Debra White, said in an emailed statement after the hearing: "Dr. Plasencia is profoundly remorseful for the treatment decisions he made while providing ketamine to Matthew Perry.

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"He is fully accepting responsibility by pleading guilty to drug distribution. Dr. Plasencia intends to voluntarily surrender his medical license, acknowledging his failure to protect Mr. Perry, a patient who was especially vulnerable due to addiction.”

A doctor has pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine weeks before his death (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
A doctor has pleaded guilty to selling Matthew Perry ketamine weeks before his death (David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)

In October 2023, Perry, 54, was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home.

Following his death, a post-mortem examination concluded that the actor died from the 'acute effects of ketamine', while also listing contributing factors that included 'drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine'.

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