Physician Charged in Matthew Perry’s Dying Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Jail

A physician who pled responsible in connection to Matthew Perry‘s demise discovered his destiny Wednesday … the choose sentenced him to 30 months — about 2.5 years — in jail.

Dr. Salvador Plasencia — who pled responsible to 4 counts of distributing ketamine again in July — acquired the sentence in an L.A. federal courthouse, the L.A. Instances studies. He was taken immediately into custody.

In change for his responsible plea, prosecutors dropped 5 different costs … 3 different ketamine distribution costs and a pair of counts of falsifying data.

As … Plasencia prescribed the ketamine which led to Perry falling unconscious and drowning in his scorching tub again in 2023.

Plasencia wearing a navy blue swimsuit for his day of reckoning, and had a grim expression on his face on his approach into court docket as he waded via the group of media.

Perry’s mom, Suzanne, and his stepfather Keith Morrison attended the sentencing as effectively … after they each condemned Plasencia as “greedy” in a sufferer influence assertion filed with the court docket.

The physician was initially going to show in his medical license 30 to 45 days after pleading responsible to the costs, however the feds shockingly allowed him to reopen his follow in August … with just a few main strings connected.

Dr. Plasencia needed to inform his sufferers about his federal investigation and wanted to get them to log off on his continued remedy of them. He additionally wasn’t allowed to prescribe any meds that embrace managed substances, akin to ketamine.

Federal prosecutors requested for a 36-month sentence for Plasencia … whereas his attorneys have argued the injury to his private status and profession prospects are enough punishment.