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Matthew Perry's mother and stepfather, Suzanne and Keith Morrison, and his father and stepmother, John and Debby Perry, have shared their grief in emotional victim impact letters ahead of the sentencing of Dr. Salvador Plasencia on Dec. 3
In July, Plasencia pleaded guilty to distributing ketamine to the late Friends actor before he died
The Morrisons said the pain of losing Perry is a "deep well" and called Plasencia "among the most culpable of all"
Matthew Perry's parents have shared emotional statements ahead of the sentencing of a doctor charged in connection with the actor'sdeathin October 2023.
In July,PEOPLE reportedthat Dr. Salvador Plasencia had formally pleaded guilty to distributing ketamine to Perry before he died. Plasencia —one of five people facing criminal charges in Perry's death—entered into a plea agreementthe previous month.
The new victim impact letters were submitted to the court ahead of the sentencing of Plasencia on Wednesday, Dec. 3, according toRolling Stone.
"How do you measure grief? Can you possibly provide any rational accounting? The bottom falling out? Yes, that," the letter written by Perry'smother, Suzanne Morrison, and his stepfather,Keith Morrison, reads, per the outlet.
"Here was a life so entwined with ours and held aloft sometimes with duct tape and bailing wire, with anything that might keep that big terrible thing from killing our first-born son, and our hearts with him," the letter continues. "And then those greedy jackals come out of the dark, and all the effort is for naught; it all crashes down."
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The statement goes on to call Plasencia "among the most culpable of all," and says their pain is a "deep well" with no bottom in sight.
Plasencia's plea agreement stated that he distributed 20 vials of ketamine, ketamine lozenges and syringes to Perry and the actor's live-in personal assistant,Kenneth Iwamasa, between September 30, 2023, and October 12, 2023,ABC Newspreviously reported.
Perrydied on Oct. 28, 2023, from acute effects of ketamine, in addition to other contributing factors such as drowning, coronary artery disease and effects from buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder, according to his autopsy.
"His story moved so many people," the letter from theFriendsactor's mother and stepfather continues, perRolling Stone. "And he wanted, needed, deserved..a third act. It was ..in the planning. And then, those jackals."
"No one alive and in touch with the world at all could have been unaware of Matthew's struggles. But this doctor conspired to break his most important vows, repeatedly, sneaked through the night to meet his victim in secret," it adds. "For what, a few thousand dollars? So he could feed on the vulnerability of our son…and crow, as he did so, with that revealing question: 'I wonder how much this moron will pay. Let's find out.' Some things are very hard to understand."
Perry's father and stepmother, John and Debby Perry, also shared their grief in their victim impact letter. Writing that Plasencia "didn't deserve to hear" their feelings, John and Debby called the late actor "a warm, loving man who was to be our rock as we aged. An uncle to our grandchildren and the mountain his siblings could turn to. Our next patriarch."
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"Matthew's recovery counted on you saying NO," they go on, seeming to address Plasencia directly.
"Your motives? I can't imagine. A doctor whose life is devoted to helping people? Whatever were you thinking? How long did you possibly see supplying Matthew countless doses without his death to eventually follow? Did you care? Did you think? How many more people have you harmed that we don't know about?" the letter continues, adding, "We ask the court to give you plenty of time to think about your actions by extending your sentence beyond the mandatory time."
PEOPLE previously reported that Plasencia could face up to 40 years in prison for the four counts of distribution of ketamine.
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In August 2024, Plasencia and four other people werearrested on charges related to the actor's death.
Jasveen Sangha— referred to as "The Ketamine Queen" by federal prosecutors — was charged with several counts related to allegedly distributing ketamine. In August 2025, Sanghaagreed to a plea deal in connection with Perry's deathandpleaded guiltyon Sept. 3.
Sangha pleaded to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury, theAssociated Presspreviously reported. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10.
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The other defendants — Perry's assistant Iwamasa,Dr. Mark Chavezand alleged drug dealer Erik Fleming — all pleaded guilty in August 2024. Federal prosecutors have alleged that the five defendants"took advantage" of Perryfor their own "profit."
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