Los Angeles: A doctor who admitted to selling ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced to two and a half years in prison during an emotional hearing on Wednesday, related to the "Friends" star's overdose death.

Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced 44-year-old Dr Salvador Plasencia to two years of probation and a $5,600 fine in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles. The judge stressed that while Plasencia did not supply the ketamine that directly caused Perry's death, he and others contributed to enabling Perry’s ketamine addiction for profit.

Plasencia was handcuffed and led from the courtroom amid emotional statements from Perry’s mother, stepmother, and half-sisters. His sister, Madeline Morrison, tearfully described the profound impact of losing her brother, highlighting that cele

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