Physician Charged In Matthew Perry’s Dying Argues He Acted As a Drug Vendor, Not Physician in Enchantment

One of many medical doctors convicted within the Matthew Perry ketamine case is embracing a label most physicians would run from … telling an appeals courtroom he was functioning as a drug vendor, not a physician, when he bought ketamine on this case.

Based on new courtroom paperwork, obtained by TMZ, Dr. Salvador Plasencia is asking the Ninth Circuit to toss his 30-month jail sentence and ship his case again for resentencing … arguing the decide wrongly punished him for abusing a doctor’s place of belief.

Within the submitting, Plasencia makes a shocking declare … insisting Perry wasn’t searching for him out for professional medical therapy, however was as an alternative on the lookout for a dependable supply of ketamine. Due to that, his attorneys argue, he should not have been handled as a physician who betrayed a affected person, however somewhat as a extra frequent drug vendor.

The attraction repeatedly compares Plasencia to the opposite defendants caught up within the ketamine scandal … arguing his position was nearer to that of a drug vendor than a doctor offering medical care.

Plasencia can also be difficult a number of different facets of his sentence, together with what his legal professionals describe as improper double-counting tied to allegations he altered data in the course of the investigation.

He is additional arguing he obtained a harsher punishment than fellow defendants Mark Chavez and Erik Flemingclaiming the disparity was unfair.

As TMZ beforehand reported, Plasencia pleaded responsible to 4 ketamine-distribution counts and was sentenced to 30 months in jail. Prosecutors alleged he provided ketamine to Perry within the weeks earlier than the actor’s dying.