Salvador Plasencia was sentenced in a Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday to 30 months in prison for supplying ketamine to Matthew Perry and his assistant. U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett also fined him $5,600 and ordered Plasenia to be immediately remanded to federal custody.
Perry, 54, was found unresponsive and floating face-down in a jacuzzi at his LA home on Oct. 28, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined he died from the "acute effects of ketamine," with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine, which is a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
After selling the drugs to Perry for $4,500, Plasencia allegedly asked Chavez if he could keep supplying them so they could become Perry's "go-to," prosecutors said.
"While Dr. Plasencia was not treating Mr. Perry at the time of his death, he hopes his case serves as a warning to other medical professionals and leads to stricter oversight and clear protocols for the rapidly growing at-home ketamine industry in order to prevent future tragedies like this," Plasencia's attorneys said in a statement.
Chavez is expected to be sentenced on Dec.17 after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
Perry's former live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, and Erik Fleming, a Hawthorne man federal authorities have described as a street dealer who acted as a middleman, have sentencing dates scheduled in 2026.
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