United Kingdom, June 10 -- Matthew Perry's doctor has appealed his sentence in connection with the actor's death.

The late Friends star died from accidental drowning caused by the acute effects of ketamine use in October 2023, and Dr. Salvador Placencia was one of five people convicted of crimes relating to his passing and was the first to be sentenced in December 2025, given a 30-month prison term.

According to a defense brief obtained by People magazine, the doctor has argued he received a harsher sentence for violating a position of trust as a medical professional, when he was "nothing more than a drug dealer".

The medic's lawyers argued their client - who pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine as part of a plea a...