He died on Oct. 28, 2023, after an afternoon of playing pickleball and retreating to his house overlooking the Pacific Ocean.A new documentary about Matthew Perry and his final days was just released on Peacock. In the piece, brand new details about his struggles with addiction are revealed. Perry died in October 2023 from an accidental ketamine overdose.
Several people have been since charged in connection to his deathProsecutors say an underground network of drug sellers and suppliers – including two doctors, Perry’s live-in personal assistant, a person referred to by authorities as the “Ketamine Queen,” and a man accused of being a go-between – were responsible for distributing the ketamine, a potentially deadly drug, that killed Perry.
Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” died in October 2023 at age 54 because of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office autopsy report. His body was found floating face down in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home.
Investigators believe Perry – who previously detailed his decades-long struggles with drugs – “fell back into addiction” last fall, US Attorney Martin Estrada said in announcing the charges last week. The defendants “took advantage of Mr. Perry’s addiction issues,” Estrada said. According to the Associated Press, people close to Perry told coroner’s investigators he was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy. The medical examiner said he was being treated by a psychiatrist and an anesthesiologist,
and his last ketamine therapy treatment was a week and a half before his death, the AP reported. Perry obtained dozens of vials of ketamine from just one of the defendants, costing at least $200 per vial, according to court documents. Doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez worked to supply Perry with ketamine, Estrada alleged. Perry’s acquaintance Erik Fleming said he obtained ketamine from
alleged drug dealer Jasveen Sangha and distributed the ketamine that killed Perry, according to prosecutors. And Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, injected the actor with ketamine despite having no medical training, Estrada said.
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