{"id":301450,"date":"2025-12-04T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/doctor-who-sold-ketamine-to-friends-star-matthew-perry-is-jailed-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:00:14","slug":"doctor-who-sold-ketamine-to-friends-star-matthew-perry-is-jailed-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/doctor-who-sold-ketamine-to-friends-star-matthew-perry-is-jailed-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry is jailed | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/vQCZOwOKxP4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Doctor who sold ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry is jailed | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQCZOwOKxP4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A California doctor who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in the US.  The actor was 54 when he died from a ketamine overdose in 2023, after years struggling with addiction and depression.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Salvador Plasencia was one of five charged in a US federal investigation into how Perry acquired the anaesthetic drug through an underground supply network in Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>The actor&#8217;s family asked the judge to impose a lengthy prison sentence, calling Plasencia the &quot;most culpable&quot; of the five people charged.  They talked about their struggle to understand why he had repeatedly supplied Perry with drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s mother said Dr Plasencia had abused his position, an accusation which the doctor admitted.  He told the court:  &quot;I failed myself. There is no excuse. I can&#8217;t undo what&#8217;s been done. I know that. I should have protected him, as his mother said. I&#8217;m just so sorry.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Plasencia had pleaded guilty to four counts of distributing ketamine. The charges carried a maximum of 40 years in prison, although prosecutors had asked for a sentence of three years.<\/p>\n<p>The four other people charged in the case &#8211; including another doctor, his assistant and two people who supplied the ketamine dose that killed Matthew Perry &#8211; have also pleaded guilty and are set to be sentenced in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Best known for playing Chandler Bing in Friends, the sitcom star had spoken publicly for years about his mental health problems and drug addiction. <\/p>\n<p>Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Peter Bose in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A California doctor who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 30 months in prison in the US. The actor was 54 when he died from a ketamine overdose in 2023, after years struggling with addiction and depression. 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