By Andrew Dalton | Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — A doctor who pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Matthew Perry was sentenced to 2½ years in prison on Wednesday at an emotional hearing over the “Friends” star’s overdose death.
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence that included two years of probation and a $5,600 fine to 44-year-old Dr. Salvador Plasencia in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles.
The judge emphasized that Plasencia didn’t provide the ketamine that killed Perry, but told him, “You and others helped Mr. Perry on the road to such an ending by continuing to feed his ketamine addiction.”
“You exploited Mr. Perry’s addiction for your own profit,” she said.
Plasencia was led from the courtroom in handcuffs as his mother cried in the audience. He might have ar

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