Personal Assistant Sentenced for Ketamine Role
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- Published
- May 27, 2026
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- 1:25
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- Last updated
- May 28, 2026
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Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry’s personal assistant, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiring to supply the actor with over $50,000 worth of ketamine in his final weeks — drugs that prosecutors say directly led to his death. Despite having no medical training, Iwamasa allegedly worked with two doctors to obtain the drugs, and even tried to…
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Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry’s personal assistant, has been sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiring to supply the actor with over $50,000 worth of ketamine in his final weeks — drugs that prosecutors say directly led to his death. Despite having no medical training, Iwamasa allegedly worked with two doctors to obtain the drugs, and even tried to conceal evidence after Perry’s October 2023 death. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine that caused death, facing up to 15 y
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