Months after the demise of the beloved 'Friends' star Matthew Perry , the investigator has charged five people including the actor's assistant and two doctors. The actor was found dead in his bathtub having passed away from a ketamine overdose. ADVERTISEMENT US Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges at a press conference on 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.
“This network included a live-in assistant, various go-betweens, two medical doctors and a major source of drug supply known as ‘The Ketamine Queen,'” said Estrada, announcing the charges. “These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry’s addiction issues to enrich themselves.
They knew what they were doing was wrong. They knew what they were doing was risking great danger to Mr. Perry, but they did it anyways.
In the end, these defendants were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than caring for his well being.” Perry died in October due to a ketamine overdose and received several injections of the drug on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant.
The assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, is the one who found Perry dead later that day. The lead defendants in the case are doctor Salvador Plasencia and drug trafficker Jasveen Sangha. Together, they worked with doctor Mark Chavez, Perry’s live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and a “broker” named Erik Fleming to o.