JAKARTA - Kenneth Iwamasa, personal assistant to the late actor Matthew Perry, was sentenced to 41 months in a federal prison on Wednesday, May 26. He was found guilty and involved in the overdose of ketamine that Perry experienced in October 2023.
Imawasa proved to be the party who received and repeatedly gave the drug to Matthew Perry. With an overdose, it caused Perry to die according to a statement from the United States Department of Justice, citing Variety.
Kenneth Iwamasa has worked as Perry's assistant since 2022 but they have been friends since 1992. He was first arrested in August 2024 for allegedly being involved in the distribution of ketamine.
With this verdict, he became the fifth and last defendant to be convicted for the death of the "Friends" series star.
According to the criminal record, Iwamasa admitted that he knew Matthew Perry's history with drug addiction and that he did not have a medical license to provide the drug directly.
"Instead of helping Perry pass through his addiction, (Iwamasa) became a pusher and supplier of drugs," the prosecutor said.
Not alone, Iwamasa worked with doctors Salvador Plasencia and counselor Erik Fleming who supplied Perry with drugs. The two also gave Iwamasa guidance to inject the drug to the actor.
Kenneth Iwamasa saw Plasencia inject the drug and made Matthew Perry have a seizure so he asked not to do it again. However, Iwamasa injected ketamine from Jasveen Sangha, a ketamine supplier with a dose of three times.
On the day of Perry's death, Iwamasa called 911 and did not mention ketamine in the list of drugs that Perry consumed. He had eliminated all the ketamine and contacted Fleming to remove any evidence.
Sangha, Plasencia, and Fleming were sentenced to 15 years in federal prison like Kenneth Iwamasa. In addition, Iwamasa must also pay a fine of 10 thousand US dollars.
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