Doctor, drug dealers arrested in connection to Matthew Perry’s death: report
Matthew Perry ’s personal assistant injected him with the fatal dose of ketamine which led to his death after buying a batch of illicit drugs from a “master chef” on behalf of the late star, according to the federal indictment against him.died on October 28 last year in the hot tub of his rented home following ketamine injections administered by Iwamasa, prosecutors said. Iwamasa, who has been Perry’s assistant since 1994, now faces up to 15 years in prison when sentenced.
Authorities have also charged alleged street dealer Erik Fleming, 54, and Jasveen Sangha, 41 – an alleged drug dealer prosecutors claim was known as the “Ketamine Queen” of Los Angeles – in connection with Perry’s death. Five people — including his assistant and two doctors — arrested in Matthew Perry’s ketamine death after police probeMatthew Perry had over $1.5 million in personal bank account before his death‘Multiple people’ may be charged in Matthew Perry’s ketamine death after police investigation: reportFleming allegedly referred to Sangha’s ketamine source as a “master chef” and a “scientist”, in text messages sent to Iwamasa cited in the indictment.
Perry was seeking treatment for his mental health struggles when he fell back into active drug addiction last year, DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said Thursday. “Matthew Perry’s journey began with unscrupulous doctors who abused their position of trust because they saw him as a payday, to street dealers who gave him ketamine in unmarked vials.”According to court documents, Plasencia learned Perry was interested in obtaining ketamine in September 2023, and discussed how much to charge him in text messages to Chavez.Plasencia offered to sell more ketamine to Iwamasa for Perry the day before the star died.
Perry was undergoing ketamine therapy for depression, but he had last been treated over a week before he died, according to the autopsy report.
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