Doctor charged with giving Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine agrees to plead guilty

The Associated Press

· Posted: Jun 16, 2025 6:13 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

A doc charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine successful the months starring up to the Friends star's overdose decease has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said Monday.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia has agreed to plead blameworthy to 4 counts of organisation of ketamine, national prosecutors said successful a statement. They said the plea carries a maximum condemnation of 40 years successful prison, and Plascencia is expected to participate the plea successful the coming weeks.

Plasencia and a pistillate accused of being a ketamine trader had been the superior targets of the prosecution, aft 3 different defendants, including different doctor, agreed to plead blameworthy successful speech for their co-operation.   

Plasencia had been scheduled to commencement proceedings successful August.   

Perry died connected Oct. 28, 2023, astatine property 54.

The histrion was recovered by his adjunct look down successful his blistery tub, and paramedics who were called instantly declared him dead.

Ketamine was listed arsenic the superior origin of death, which was ruled an mishap with nary foul play suspected, according to a aesculapian examiner's report.