Doctor to plead guilty to giving Matthew Perry ketamine before Friends star suffered fatal overdose | US News

A doctor in the US has agreed to plead guilty to giving Friends actor Matthew Perry ketamine in the lead up to his death from a fatal overdose, prosecutors have said.

Dr Salvador Plasencia, who is facing four counts of distribution of ketamine, could be sentenced up to a maximum of 40 years in prison.

Friends star Perry was found dead by his assistant in October 2023. The medical examiner ruled that ketamine was the primary cause of death.

The actor, 54, had been using the drug through his regular doctor in a legal treatment for depression, but had begun seeking more ketamine than his doctor would give him.

Plasencia, and a woman accused of being a ketamine dealer, had been the primary targets of the prosecution, after three other defendants, including another doctor, agreed to plead guilty in exchange for their cooperation.

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