Matthew Perry’s assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and four others (including two doctors) have been charged in connection with Perry’s death. The five have been charged for their roles in supplying Perry with large amounts of ketamine, causing his October 2023 overdose death. {"@context":"https://schema.

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They knew what they were doing was wrong,” US lawyer Martin Estrada said Thursday while announcing the charges. Perry, who was 54, died in October due to a ketamine overdose and prosecutors said he received several injections on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who found Perry dead later that day and was the first to talk to investigators. Here’s everything we know about Kenneth Iwamasa.

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