Matthew Perry’s doctor sentenced to more than two years in prison for the actor’s death

Matthew Perry's doctor sentenced to more than two years in prison for the actor's death

The actor, known as ‘Chandler’ from the famous television series “Friends”, died in October 2023. He was found dead in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles, after angreenish.

Salvador Plasencia, the doctor who prescribed the sedatives that caused the actor’s overdose death Matthew Perry, was convicted to two and a half years in prison. You will also have to pay a fine of 5600 dollars.

O 44-year-old California doctor, what owned a medical clinic on the outskirts of Los Angeles, will have provided ketamine illegally to the actor. At issue is one anesthetic substancea and analgesica thatand, illicitly and recreationally, can be used as a hallucinogen. It is sometimes prescribed for the treatment of problemsor forum mental.

SAccording to the expertise carried out, he was ketamine consumption what levor has . The actor you may have become addicted to the substance after you started using it to treat depression and anxiety.

Salvador Plasencia handed over his medical license and pleaded guiltyin court, facing four charges of illegal distribution of the drug.

“I wonder how much this idiot will pay”

“I wonder how much this idiot will pay”will be written by Plasencia, in an exchange of messages between the doctor and another colleagueaccording to the court filing.

The health professionalcould face a prison sentence of up to 40 years, but the court decision known this quarterFriday decreeor one sentence of just two and a half years.

In court, the doctor expressed regret and said he took full responsibility for his actions.

“I failed Mr. Perry, I failed his family and I failed the community,” he said.in court, before the actor’s mother and other family members.I’m very sorry.”

Four other defendants in the caseincreading another doctordrug traffickers and the actor’s personal assistant – who gave him the lethal injection – also pleaded guilty in court and will hear their sentences in the next weeks.

Overdose and drowning

Matthew Perry was found mstanding in the jacuzzi of his home in Los Angeles, on October 28, 2023. He was 54 years old.

The autopsy on therpthat of the actor concluded that the death was due to “acute effects of ketamine”, which will have led Perry losing consciousness and drowning.

Matthew Perry had a long history of substance abusewhich dates back to the 90s, when he played the iconic ‘Chandler Bing’, in the hit television series Friends”.

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