NOT REALLY A FRIEND –
Dec. 3, 2025 – Mr. Perry, who played Chandler Bing on “Friends” and had long struggled with addiction, became increasingly reliant on ketamine in the weeks before he was found unresponsive in his hot tub. Dr. Salvador Plasencia, had asked “I wonder how much this moron will pay” before supplying the drug to Matthew.
Mr. Plasencia, 44, who was an urgent care clinic operator in Calabasas, Calif., is the first person to be sentenced in connection with Mr. Perry’s death. Four others have pleaded guilty in the case, including Jasveen Sangha, a dealer who prosecutors said supplied Mr. Perry with the ketamine that killed him.
During the sentencing Mr. Plasencia wiped his brow repeatedly, and he told the court that he had spent years trying to help people. “I failed Mr. Perry — I failed him,” he said in court. “I failed his family.”
“There is no excuse,” he said, before turning to Mr. Perry’s family in the front row and telling them: “I’m just so sorry.”
Mr. Plasencia had faced up to 40 years in prison, according to his plea agreement. The government sought a sentence of three years in prison, and Mr. Plasencia’s lawyers had asked for three years of supervised release, noting that he had “already lost his medical license, his clinic and his career.”
