Ketamine is recognized as a fast-acting antidepressant, but it also has hallucinogenic properties.
Several people, including Perry’s resident assistant and two physicians, have been… charged in connection with his death.
Details about the actor’s final days have now come to light.
Perry, who He died on October 28thLast year he was battling addiction to ketamine, a drug he initially used for depression.
On September 30, the actor and his personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, met with Dr. Salvador Plasencia at Perry’s home in Los Angeles.
Perry, dissatisfied with the limited ketamine treatments offered by his regular doctor, sought out more. Plasencia obtained ketamine from his doctor friend, Mark Chavez. That same day, Plasencia purchased four vials of ketamine and returned to Perry’s home, where Iwamasa paid him $4,500 in cash. Plasencia administered two injections to Perry and taught Iwamasa how to do it himself.
On Oct. 2, Iwamasa contacted Plasencia to request more ketamine, using the code “Dr. Pepper.” Plasencia complied, provided him with injections and left him additional vials.
On October 4, Iwamasa administered ketamine to Perry for the first time on his own. He found the right spot to inject himself, but quickly ran out of ketamine and needed more. This pattern of increasing dependency continued as Iwamasa and Perry repeatedly contacted Plasencia for more ketamine.
On October 12, 2023, Plasencia allegedly administered a “large dose of ketamine” worth $21,000, causing an adverse reaction that left Perry unable to move or speak.
Despite these warning signs, Perry continued to receive ketamine injections in the weeks that followed.
Around October 20, Perry received his last legal ketamine treatment from his regular doctor, who believed his depression was under control and reduced the frequency of the treatments.
However, Perry’s dependence on the drug persisted, and by October 25, Iwamasa was administering multiple injections to him daily.
On the day of Perry’s death, his assistant Kenneth Iwamasa is said to have administered three separate doses of ketamine, the last of which occurred near Perry’s hot tub.
After running some errands, Iwamasa returned to find Perry unconscious, face down in the hot tub. The Los Angeles Fire Department pronounced Perry dead at 4:17 p.m. that day.
Iwamasa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine, while Fleming admitted to distributing the drug, leading to Perry’s death. Chavez agreed to plead guilty to the conspiracy charges, while Plasencia and Sangha pleaded not guilty to several felony charges.
Perry’s stepfather, Keith Morrison, expressed the family’s grief but also gratitude toward the law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation.
“We were and still are heartbroken over Matthew’s death, but it was helpful to know that the authorities took his case very seriously. We hope that justice will take its course and we appreciate the exceptional work of the multiple agencies whose officers investigated Matthew’s death. We hope that unscrupulous purveyors of dangerous drugs get the message,” the family said in a statement.
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