Kenneth Iwamasa Faces 41-Month Sentence in Matthew Perry Ketamine Death Case

13 articles · Updated · The Independent · May 26

41 months is the sentence prosecutors want for Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry’s former live-in assistant, who is due in court this week after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death.
Court filings say Iwamasa injected Perry repeatedly in the final days of his life, gave him a final dose on Oct. 28, 2023, then left for errands and returned to find him dead in a jacuzzi.
Prosecutors say he initially hid the ketamine use from police, omitting it from Perry’s medication list, before admitting after a January 2024 search that he had been giving Perry six to eight injections a day.
Perry’s family told the judge they felt deeply betrayed by a man they had trusted for decades, with his mother and sisters saying he enabled Perry’s addiction, misled them after the death and even spoke at the funeral.
Iwamasa, 60, was the first of five defendants to strike a plea deal and became a key witness against the others, a factor likely to reduce his punishment below the 15-year term given to dealer Jasveen Sangha.

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