Matthew Perry's live-in assistant Kenneth Iwamasa found him 'unconscious' twice before overdose death
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Matthew Perry’s former assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, revealed that he found the 'Friends' star "unconscious" multiple times before his tragic death in October 2023.
Iwamasa, who administered the lethal ketamine dose to Perry on October 28, recently pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine with the intent to cause death.
Kenneth Iwamasa found Matthew Perry 'unconscious on at least two occasions'
In a plea deal obtained by Page Six, Kenneth Iwamasa admitted to injecting Matthew Perry with "6-8 shots per day" or "significant quantities of ketamine" before the actor's fatal overdose.
Iwamasa also revealed that Perry had been found "unconscious at his residence on at least two occasions" due to the overdose
He was reportedly asked to administer a ketamine injection at 8:30 am and again at 12:45 pm on the day Perry died.
Forty minutes later, Perry allegedly asked Iwamasa to set up his jacuzzi and "shoot [him] up with a big one"—a high dose of ketamine. Tragically, those were his final words.
After Iwamasa administered Perry's third dose of ketamine that day, the actor was found face down in his jacuzzi hours later.
The incident, which sent shockwaves around the world, was later determined to be an accidental drowning.
Perry was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The autopsy report released by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner on December 15 listed his cause of death as the "acute effects of ketamine."
The effects of buprenorphine, coronary artery disease, and drowning were also mentioned in the autopsy report as contributory reasons for Perry's death, per Radar Online.
Additionally, it was revealed that Perry and his assistant spent at least $55,000 on illegal ketamine injections in the 29 days leading up to the actor's tragic overdose death.
Authorities have filed charges against several of the late actor's associates, including Kenneth Iwamasa, Dr Mark Chavez, Dr Salvador Plasencia, Erik Fleming, and Jasveen Sangha—dubbed the "Ketamine Queen"—in connection with Perry's death.
Matthew Perry's assistant and 'Ketamine Queen' tried to hide actor's overdose
In the days following his passing, Matthew Perry's assistant and alleged drug traffickers attempted to cover up the 'Friends' star's ketamine overdose.
According to a plea deal obtained by Fox News Digital, Perry's assistant Iwamasa, middleman Erik Fleming, and "Ketamine Queen" Jasveen Sangha attempted to erase evidence of multiple ketamine injections administered to the actor on October 28.
According to the court documents, Fleming and Sangha tried to conceal their role in Perry's death as soon as they heard the news.
On October 28, Sangha and Fleming discussed over the phone their plans to "delete digital evidence" from their devices to distance themselves from the drug trade.
On October 30, two days after Perry's death, Fleming and Perry's personal assistant had a phone conversation. According to the plea agreement, Iwamasa admitted to "cleaning up the scene" by disposing of the ketamine vials and syringes.
Court documents reveal that Sangha instructed Fleming to delete all text messages between them and altered the settings on Signal, an encrypted messaging app, to ensure that texts would be automatically erased.
In addition, Iwamasa claimed he had "deleted everything." It seems Fleming directed blame toward Iwamasa in text messages to Sangha, the "Ketamine Queen."
Fleming reportedly supplied 25 vials of ketamine on October 14 and another 25 vials on October 24. Court filings allege that Iwamasa administered injections to Perry six to eight times a day between October 24 and October 27.
The ketamine that Fleming is said to have delivered to Iwamasa from Sangha ultimately led to Perry's death on October 28.
