The tragic final hours of Matthew Perry have been made public by court documents, which show that the “Friends” star was using ketamine six to eight times per day.
Five people were charged this week about the death of the 54-year-old actor who overdosed in Los Angeles on October 28 of last year.
Perry’s assistant and two physicians were among those who “took advantage” of Matthew. According to US Attorney Martin Estrada. Who made this announcement on Thursday.
Perry had fought for years to stay sober following years of battles with addiction. In the year before his death, he had relapsed and became dependent on drugs daily.
According to court documents, Perry bought ketamine for £42,500 in the month before his passing.
Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s live-in personal assistant, doctors Mark Chavez and Salvador Plasencia. Drug dealer Jasveen Sangha and her middleman Eric Fleming are among those accused.
It was alleged that Dr. Chavez gave a fake prescription to Dr. Plasencia, who subsequently sold Perry the ketamine through Iwamasa.
Perry also acquired the medication from Sangha so that Fleming and Iwamsa could purchase it.
Iwamasa is charged with injecting Perry with ketamine on the day that proved fatal at 8.30 a.m., 12.45 p.m. while he was watching a movie, and 40 minutes later before he took a bath.
Perry was found face down and dead in the water when Iwamasa returned from running errands and left him to take a bath.
It has been reported that he was taking the medication to treat depression, and Iwamasa, who lacks any medical training or experience, was treating him.
Court records revealed texts exchanged between the physicians, one of which said, “I wonder how much this moron will pay” for the medication.
According to reports, Dr. Plasencia informed a patient, that Perry had fallen into an addiction but persisted.
Even the most experienced doctors in the UK can use ketamine, but only to treat extremely severe pain.
The quantity that was discovered in Perry at the time of his passing was the same as putting a person under general anesthesia.
The others have all pleaded guilty and will be sentenced at a later date, but Dr. Plasencia and Sangha have pleaded not guilty and are scheduled to go on trial.
