Court documents that have been unsealed and filed in the case against Matthew Perry ’s live-in assistant Kenny Iwamasa allege that Perry and Iwamasa spent at least $55,000 on 55 vials of ketamine and numerous injections in the 29 days before the actor’s death on October 28, 2023. The documents, obtained by Us Weekly , detail a series of back-to-back text messages from Iwamasa asking for more ketamine almost every day, with at least one time engaging in illegal drug deals in the early morning hours. The records also describe how the Friends star and Iwamasa met the now-infamous doctor arrested known as “Dr.
P.” (real name Dr. Salvador Plasencia) in a parking lot for ketamine injections in the back of a car, while the doctor and Perry’s assistant exchanged thousands in cash for bottles of the drug that the Food and Drug Administration has approved for use as a general anesthetic.
However, doctors sometimes prescribe it for “off-label” uses, such as depression. Some also use ketamine for its hallucinogenic properties which can become dangerous when taken recreationally. Additionally, according to the docs, Dr.
P. went to Perry’s house on multiple occasions to inject him — one time even within hours of Perry already having received a ketamine infusion treatment and the double administration causing a spike to his systolic blood pressure and rendering him unable to speak or move. On a separate occasion, the docs allege that just 9 days after illegally buying 25 v.