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Almost 10 months after 54-year-old Matthew Perry was found dead in a heated pool at his residence, the law enforcement agencies made multiple arrests from Southern California on Thursday. Perry’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa; another doctor, Mark Chavez; and Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry’s, were all charged separately with counts including conspiracy to distribute ketamine.
The charges against them include conspiracy to distribute ketamine; distribution of ketamine resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; and altering and falsifying records related to a federal investigation.
In documents filed in federal court in California, prosecutors said that Perry’s assistant and an acquaintance had worked with two doctors and a drug dealer to procure thousands of dollars worth of ketamine for Perry, who had long struggled with substance abuse and addiction, in the weeks leading up to his death.
The law enforcement agencies executed search warrants and seized computers, phones and other electronic equipment to reach to those who supplied Matthew Perry with the illegally prescribed Ketamine that caused his death, TMZ reported. The texts revealed how much Matthew was willing to pay for the drug.
The Friends actor who was fighting long with his addiction issue was found face down at the pool and his death was attributed to accident after medical examination found acute effects of ketamine.
The Los Angeles Police in May said that it was working with the federal authorities to investigate the source of the ketamine. Ketamine was not suspicious in Perry’s case as he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression and anxiety. But investigators doubted something strange as his last therapy session was more than a week before his death and the therapy could not have possibly caused his death after so many days.
The levels of ketamine in his body were high — equivalent to the amount used for general anesthesia during surgery, according to the medical examiner.
It’s not uncommon for law enforcement to investigate — and in some cases bring charges against — the people who supplied the drugs that caused a high-profile death, NBC reported.
“After the death of Michael Jackson in 2009, his private physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for providing the singer with a fatal dose of powerful drugs. More recently, federal prosecutors in New York brought charges against four men who supplied actor Michael K. Williams with the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed him in 2021,” it said.
The charges against them include conspiracy to distribute ketamine; distribution of ketamine resulting in death; possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine; and altering and falsifying records related to a federal investigation.
In documents filed in federal court in California, prosecutors said that Perry’s assistant and an acquaintance had worked with two doctors and a drug dealer to procure thousands of dollars worth of ketamine for Perry, who had long struggled with substance abuse and addiction, in the weeks leading up to his death.
The law enforcement agencies executed search warrants and seized computers, phones and other electronic equipment to reach to those who supplied Matthew Perry with the illegally prescribed Ketamine that caused his death, TMZ reported. The texts revealed how much Matthew was willing to pay for the drug.
The Friends actor who was fighting long with his addiction issue was found face down at the pool and his death was attributed to accident after medical examination found acute effects of ketamine.
The Los Angeles Police in May said that it was working with the federal authorities to investigate the source of the ketamine. Ketamine was not suspicious in Perry’s case as he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression and anxiety. But investigators doubted something strange as his last therapy session was more than a week before his death and the therapy could not have possibly caused his death after so many days.
The levels of ketamine in his body were high — equivalent to the amount used for general anesthesia during surgery, according to the medical examiner.
It’s not uncommon for law enforcement to investigate — and in some cases bring charges against — the people who supplied the drugs that caused a high-profile death, NBC reported.
“After the death of Michael Jackson in 2009, his private physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter for providing the singer with a fatal dose of powerful drugs. More recently, federal prosecutors in New York brought charges against four men who supplied actor Michael K. Williams with the fentanyl-laced heroin that killed him in 2021,” it said.
