Ketamine doctor involved in actor Matthew Perry’s overdose death sentenced to 30 months in prison

OAN Staff Blake Wolf and Brooke Mallory

Salvador Pasencia, one of the two doctors charged with distributing ketamine to “Friends” actor Matthew Perry weeks before his fatal overdose, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison.

In a federal court on Wednesday, Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months after pleading guilty to four counts of illegally distributing ketamine to Perry.

In Perry’s case, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s autopsy ruled his October 28, 2023, death an accident primarily from the acute effects of ketamine, with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine — an opioid for addiction treatment. Toxicology showed ketamine levels in his blood equivalent to those used in general anesthesia, 3.54 micrograms per milliliter, causing him to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub.

As part of his plea agreement, Palescencia admitted to injecting Perry with ketamine several times in the weeks leading up to his death, while also revealing that he sold the drug to the actor “without a legitimate medical purpose.”

Plasencia has also since surrendered his California medical license, and he was forced to pay a $5,600 fine.

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