Matthew Perry’s ex-girlfriend calls for wider probe into 'network of dodgy doctors' behind his death

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Matthew Perry’s ex-girlfriend and lifelong friend Kayti Edwards is throwing some serious shade at the late actor’s massive network of doctors and nurses who allegedly supplied him with illegal drugs. 

Five individuals, including two doctors, Dr Salavadore Plasencia, and Dr Mark Chavez; a woman dubbed as the “Ketamine Queen” Jasveen Sangha; a broker named Erik Fleming and the ‘Friends’ actor’s live-in assistant Kenneth “Kenny” Iwamasa have been charged in Perry’s death recently. 

However, Edwards, 47, hinted that the network is even bigger than that and urged the investigators to widen their probe into the ‘7 Again’ star’s death while claiming that she had to leave the job of Perry’s assistant as she “could not watch him die.”

Kayti Edwards suggests there is huge network behind Matthew Perry’s death

The actor who played the character of Chandler Bing was found dead in his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, 2023. An autopsy report later revealed that he died due to “acute effects of ketamine.”

After five individuals have been arrested for the actor’s death, Kayti Edwards, the step-granddaughter of British actress Julie Andrews, is asking the cops to probe deeper into the case. 

Speaking to The Mirror, Edwards recalled the ‘Fools Rush In’ actor once told her, “I’m in with the doctors.”

She continued, “There’s a whole network of people beyond those facing criminal charges who the police need to investigate.”

“Detectives need only delve back into his medical history. There are so many more doctors who have been on his books over the years who will be terrified right now,” added Matthew Perry’s ex, who dated the actor in 2006.

She further revealed, “Whenever he was in active addiction, he knew instantly where to turn. It’s a scandal.”

Though their relationship did not work, Edwards took up a job as Perry’s assistant in 2011 and has remained his lifelong friend. She further suggested that Perry's link with doctors goes back in years though his choice of drugs changed. 

Edwards continued, “Ketamine was his new thing, but it all started with unscrupulous doctors oversubscribing prescription pills like Vicodin.”

She confidently added, “When the charges dropped, I knew they would be doctors because that was what he always did. I was not surprised.”

"His addictive brain would think, ‘well, it was prescribed from a doctor so I can take it.’ In his head, it wasn't like he was out on the street, scoring drugs,” revealed Edwards.

Perry’s friend also raised the question of why no drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.

She claimed, "If you have given him a big shot, there would be a needle and evidence of ketamine in the house. Where did it all go? Why did the assistant shoot him up with all those drugs and leave.”

"I always stayed with Matthew if he was taking drugs as I didn’t want him to OD, or anything to happen. I could call 911. But why wasn’t his assistant there,” said Edwards who once worked as Perry’s assistant.

Kayti Edwards reveals she left her job because she ‘could not watch him die’

Kayti Edwards revealed the sad truth of why she left her high-paying job as Matthew Perry’s assistant.

Per Radar Online, she said, "Matthew paid me very well as his assistant, but there came a point for me that he got so bad that I had no choice but to walk away from that salary. But I knew that I could not watch him die. I would never, ever be able to live with myself."

She also talked about Perry’s then-live-in assistant Kenny Iawamasa administering ketamine-filled injections to Perry despite not having any medical training. 

Edwards said, "This is the weird thing to me, Matthew always, always told me that he would never, ever, use needles or inject anything into his body. He didn't even want to have tattoos."

"I would often see him very high and using lots of different drugs. I would always get so scared and tell him that he had to stop mixing all this stuff, saying, you're gonna die", added the heartbroken friend to The Mirror. 

"But he was like, you only die when you use needles and I would never, ever, ever do that," she recounted.