Matthew Perry's doctor Salvador Placencia sentenced to 30 months in federal prison over his death
Dr. Salvador Plasencia has become the first person sentenced in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry.
Matthew Perry's doctor Salvador Placencia has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison over his death.
The late Friends actor died from accidental drowning caused by the acute effects of ketamine use in October 2023, aged 54, and Dr. Placencia was one of five people convicted of crimes relating to his passing.
On Wednesday (03.12.25), he became the first person sentenced in his death, while he has also been ordered to pay a $5,600 (£4,195) fine.
Over the summer, he pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine, which carries a maximum of 40 years in prison, while prosecutors had called for three years.
Before his sentence was read in a Los Angeles federal court, he apologised to Perry's family.
Jasveen Sangha, a woman described by prosecutors as the “Ketamine Queen” of North Hollywood, is due to be sentenced on 10 December, while Matthew's former assistant Kenneth Iwamasa will hear his fate on 14 January.
In addition, another doctor, Dr. Mark Chavez, will be sentenced on 17 December, and Erik Fleming - a local man who acted as a go-between for Sangha in her ketamine sales to Matthew - will be sentenced on 7 January.
