Matthew Perry's Assistant Ken Iwamasa Sentenced to 3.5 Years for Fatal Ketamine Injections
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Dominic Patten
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Summary
Ken Iwamasa, Matthew Perry's live-in personal assistant, was sentenced to nearly 3.5 years in prison and fined $10,000 for injecting the Friends star with the fatal ketamine doses that killed him on October 28, 2023. Iwamasa, who had been Perry's friend since 1992 and his assistant since 2022, is the fifth and final defendant sentenced in connection with Perry's death. He was the last person Perry spoke to before dying and was the first defendant to plead guilty in August 2024.
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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
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