A new documentary claims that Matthew Perry must have been strongly sedated.
In a new documentary entitled “Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy” it is said that the actor received a total of 27 ketamine injections in the three days before his death in October 2023. The documentary, which was published on Peacock on Tuesday (February 25), illuminates the last days of the “Friends” star and the circumstances that led to his tragic death.
US prosecutor Martin Estrada, who headed the investigation, expresses serious allegations against the people who are said to have gained the anesthetic. Among the accused is Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who is accused of considering Perry’s addiction as a lucrative source of income. Text messages are intended to prove that he continued to provide Perry with ketamine despite obvious warning signals. In addition to Plasencia, the alleged drug dealer Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen”, is also the focus of the investigation.
Here are the trailer for the documentary “Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy”:
Matthew Perry: After his death, there were several arrests
A total of five people were arrested in connection with Perry’s death, including two doctors, his long -time assistant and a suspected drug dealer. While some of the accused are waiting for their process scheduled for March 2025, Perry’s former assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, has already made a confession of guilt. The California doctor Mark Chavez also announced himself guilty before a federal court in Los Angeles at the conspiracy of the illegal sales of the narcotics at the former “Friends” star.
District judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett assumed the confession as “voluntary and repentant” and started the judgment for April 2, 2025. Until then, Chavez remains at large for a deposit of $ 50,000. He threatens a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and three years monitored freely.
Dealers and helpers are also held accountable
In the documentation, Estrada emphasizes that such cases were previously called “overdose-to-death” and blamed the victim. Today, however, the focus is on holding drug dealers and irresponsible doctors. This had already happened in the course of Michael Jackson’s tragic death.
Perry had spoken openly about his many years of fighting with addiction and substance abuse – also in his autobiography “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing”. His autopsy report confirmed that his death was due to the acute effects of ketamine and was classified as an accident by drowning.