Former Drug Counselor Who Supplied Ketamine to Matthew Perry Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison

Erik Fleming pleaded guilty last year to distributing ketamine that contributed to the actor’s fatal overdose in 2023.

Actor Matthew Perry arrives at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sept. 23, 2012. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

A former addiction counselor who admitted to supplying ketamine connected to the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry, was sentenced on Wednesday to two years in jail.

U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence in Los Angeles to Erik Fleming, 56, the fourth defendant to be sentenced in the case.