A court ruling against a doctor involved in the death of a "Friends" star.

 

 the death of a "Friends" star.

A court ruling against a doctor involved in the death of a "Friends" star.

A California court on Tuesday sentenced a Los Angeles doctor who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months leading up to his death in 2023 to eight months of house arrest.
Mark Chavez admitted his involvement in helping the actor who played Chandler in the hit series to illegally obtain ketamine 

Chavez was sentenced to eight months of house arrest and 300 hours of community service.
Chavez is one of five suspects involved in the actor's death, according to US authorities.
The death of Matthew Perry , who was found unconscious in his hot tub in October 2023, shocked fans of the TV series " Friends " and sparked grief in Hollywood.

The actor had spoken publicly about his problems with addiction , and regularly took ketamine under the supervision of specialists as part of depression treatment sessions .
But the use of this legal drug is sometimes distorted for purposes of stimulation or entertainment, and the actor fell back into a spiral of addiction in the fall of 2023, according to the federal prosecutor's office.

This setback led the actor to fall prey to "unscrupulous" doctors, according to authorities.
The lead doctor being prosecuted in the case, Salvador Plasencia, is suspected of playing a key role in his death, although he did not supply the actor with the ketamine that killed him.

The investigation showed that Plasencia organized the "exploitation" of the actor, and he was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this month.
Investigators obtained a text message written by Plasencia in September 2023, which read, "I wonder how much this moron will pay."
Authorities had previously explained that the "ketamine" vials cost the doctors only $12, but they were selling them to the actor for $2,000.