Live-in assistant Iwamasa got more than 3 years in prison.
The prosecution of defendants involved in the death of Friends star Matthew Perry saw its final chapter today (27), as his former live-in assistant was sentenced to 41 months in prison, after pleading guilty to drug distribution charges.
Matthew Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, will be the fifth and final person sentenced for playing a role in the actor’s 2023 ketamine death.
Iwamasa injected the “Friends” star and was the first to plead guilty, becoming a witness against his four co-defendants.… pic.twitter.com/lmOD7dvFK5
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) May 27, 2026
Matthew Perry’s mom, Suzanne, and husband, Keith Morrison, arriving for final sentencing hearing in criminal case over the actor’s 2023 ketamine overdose death
Kenneth Iwamasa, the assistant who injected Perry 3x on day he died, should get 41 months in prison, prosecutors say pic.twitter.com/Uf3GjJZ3Fx
— Nancy Dillon (@Nancy__Dillon) May 27, 2026
BREAKING: Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant has been sentenced to more than 3 years in prison for his role in the actor’s ketamine overdose death.
60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa admitted he injected Perry with ketamine before the “Friends” star was found dead at his Los Angeles… pic.twitter.com/YmD5Y6sR5a
— Fox News (@FoxNews) May 27, 2026
CBS News reported:
“Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, is the fifth and final person sentenced for playing a role in the actor’s 2023 ketamine death. In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. He was sentenced to three years and five months in prison, two years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.”
#BREAKINGNEWS: Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, who had a central role in the “Friends” star’s descent into ketamine addiction and injected him with the fatal dose of the drug, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison. https://t.co/xJktd6m4VO pic.twitter.com/my2NolkmC0
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 27, 2026
Iwamasa admitted to purchasing the drugs and injecting Perry with ketamine, including the three fatal shots that led to his death in October 2023.
“Perry, best known for his portrayal of Chandler Bing on ‘Friends’ from 1994 to 2004, was found dead by Iwamasa in the backyard hot tub of his Pacific Palisades home. The autopsy report revealed he died from ‘acute effects of ketamine’, with contributing factors of ‘drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects’. His death was ruled accidental.
One of the two doctors who pleaded guilty to distributing the ketamine to Perry, Salvador Plasencia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The other, Mark Chavez, was sentenced to three years of supervised release with special conditions of eight months of home confinement and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service.”
NEW: Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison for administering the dose of ketamine that killed the “Friends” actor in 2023.
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— Good Morning America (@GMA) May 27, 2026
The steepest sentence was handed to Jasveen Sangha, the ‘Ketamine Queen’: 15 years in federal prison.
The man who delivered the drugs to Perry, Erik Fleming, was sentenced to two years in prison.
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