LOS ANGELES — A prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death, including the actor's assistant and two doctors. U.S.
Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying the doctors supplied Perry with a large amount of ketamine and even wondered in a text message how much the former “Friends” star would be willing to pay. “These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry’s addiction issues to enrich themselves.
They knew what they were doing was wrong," Estrada said. Matthew Perry appears at the premiere of "Ride" in Los Angeles on April 28, 2015. Rich Fury, Associated Press Los Angeles police said in May that they were working with the U.
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Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old had so much of the surgical anesthetic in his system. An assistant found Perry face down in his hot tub on Oct. 28, and paramedics who were called immediately declared him dead.
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His autopsy, released in December, found that the amount of ketamine in his blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery. Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack The decades-old drug has seen a huge surge in use in recent years as a treatment for depression, anxiety and pain. People close to Perry told coroner’s investigators that he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy.
But the medical examiner.