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Drug counselor who delivered ketamine dose that killed Matthew Perry gets two years
Erik Fleming sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s death
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A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, to two years in prison for his role in the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.
Fleming, 56, acted as a middleman by delivering the actor the doses of ketamine that killed him in October 2023. He had pleaded guilty in 2024 to a count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, and a count of distribution resulting in death.
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Dani Anguiano and agencies · Wed, May 13, 2026, 11:19 AM
California | The Guardian
Erik Fleming sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s death
A Los Angeles judge on Wednesday sentenced Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, to two years in prison for his role in the death of the Friends actor Matthew Perry.
Fleming, 56, acted as a middleman by delivering the actor the doses of ketamine that killed him in October 2023. He had pleaded guilty in 2024 to a count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine, and a count of distribution resulting in death.
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