Matthew Perry Death: ‘Friends’ Star’s Assistant Sentenced; Ken Iwamasa Injected Fatal Ketamine Shots
Ken Iwamasa, Matthew Perry's personal assistant, has been sentenced to nearly three and a half years in prison for injecting the actor with fatal doses of ketamine. Iwamasa was also fined $10,000 and is the last of five defendants sentenced in connection with Perry's death. The judge noted that while there was no hard evidence of malicious intent, Iwamasa's conduct was deemed reckless.
- ▪Ken Iwamasa was sentenced to almost three and a half years for injecting Matthew Perry with ketamine.
- ▪He was fined $10,000 by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett.
- ▪Iwamasa was the last of five defendants sentenced in connection with Perry's death.
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LAPD tape off the street leading to Matthew Perry's house where he was found dead in 2023. Getty Matthew Perry‘s live-in personal assistant was sentenced today to almost three and a half years behind bars for injecting the Friends star with the three ketamine doses that killed him on October 28, 2023. Also hit with a $10,000 fine Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett, Ken Iwamasa is the fifth and final defendant in Perry’s death to be sentenced. Perry’s pal since 1992, and his $150,000 a year right-hand man since 2022, 60-year-old Iwamasa was the last person the actor spoke to before he died. He was also , in August 2024, was the first defendant to cop a plea with the feds in the whole sordid matter.
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