Matthew Perry's assistant jailed for 41 months over actor's ketamine death

Key Points:

• Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, was sentenced to 41 months in prison for injecting the actor with ketamine, contributing to Perry's overdose death in October 2023.
• Prosecutors revealed Iwamasa, with no medical training, worked with doctors to supply Perry with over $50,000 worth of ketamine in the weeks before his death and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death.
• Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett cited Iwamasa's awareness of Perry's addiction struggles, reckless conduct, evidence concealment, and lying to police as factors in the sentencing, also imposing two years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine.
• Perry's family expressed strong condemnation of Iwamasa, accusing him of abandoning Perry in a vulnerable state and failing to protect him despite being entrusted as his guardian during his addiction battle.
• Iwamasa apologized in court, expressing remorse and hoping to serve as a cautionary example, while his attorney argued that Perry directed the injections and bore agency in the situation, highlighting a complex power dynamic.