Matthew Perry's assistant among 5 people, including 2 doctors, charged in 'Friends' star's death

A prosecutor says five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death from a ketamine overdose last year, including the actor's assistant and two doctors.

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges Thursday, saying the doctors supplied Perry with a large amount of ketamine and even wondered in a text message how much the former “Friends” star would be willing to pay.

“These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry’s addiction issues to enrich themselves. They knew what they were doing was wrong," Estrada said.

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[miltonbates]

The entire pharmaceutical industry and their C suite executives should also receive the same scrutiny and treatment.

[unfailingcolt]

Thank you for doing due diligence to make this justice for Matthew and Cody. RIP to both of these men. 🙏♥️🙏♥️

The reason this is such a big deal is because Perry was specifically targeted and conspired against by an organized ring of medical professionals and assistants - I don't understand how people don't get this. They broke the ethical rules and laws of medicine, and they broke trust of the patient to exploit, feed and fuel his disease for profit and they caused his death. The doctors and assistants had close intimate ties to Perry, they had access to his home and life, knowledge of his wealth and addictions, vulnerabilities and weaknesses and they were supposed to care for him and prevent death. They knew he was "spiraling out of control" by their own e-mails yet continued to conspire and feed him and profiting - this wasn't just "drug dealing", this was a conspiracy to financially exploit, abuse and destroy their victim. This is a whole other level of evil inside the medical professions that must be exposed and put to serious investigations and oversight.

[phillydisc]

I'm not surprised that the Assistant was involved. I thought it was odd that they somehow left Matthew for a period of time, then came back to find him dead.

[suzanneeckstein]

RIP Matthew Perry it's very sad that this Doctor turnd agaist his medical code of conduct 😢

[sickoffindingnames]

This makes me furious but also incredibly sad. He was struggling with years long addictions and all they cared about was how much money they could get from his misery before he died. Before they killed him. Yes, he could have got it somewhere else but he got it from them, 2 doctors and a trusted assistant.

[earthwormjim]

What a sad ending for a person wo struggled with addiction their entire life...

[davidramlagan]

This guy speaks very well. Hardly looked at his notes

Imagine if they went after all dealers like this and not just high profile cases. In my city people are dying from CUT stuff, not their own irresponsibility like Mathew Perry, but dealers are rarely arrested and when they are they’re out in less than 5 years. You could end the war on drugs if you took it seriously.

[_Just_Another_Guy]

Reminds me of how Michael Jackson's "doctors" also basically ended his life by putting him on all those dangerous medications.

Doctors in the U.S. are wild. They'll prescribe just about any drug as long as you have the $$$$ money.

[suzanneeckstein]

Doctor's like this fool make it extremely difficult for those of us that do need pain meds that are on the regulation scale thankfully my Doctor is fine with my Percocet prescription medication every month. Doctor's should do blood tests at random to prove meds are taken correctly

[ShashVimi]

I understand Perry addictions . But sometimes patients insisted on these meds from doctors but a good doctor would not give him . Money talks .

[carmencolfer]

R.I.P. Mathew Perry 😢. You are always in my prayers.🙏 Thank you for all the joy that you brought to the world and the help you gave and give to people with addictions 😇. May your family and friends find peace and comfort. God bless you eternally 🙏. I will love you forever Chandler Bing ❤

[suzanneeckstein]

Cp 24 thank you for bringing this to us ❤

[DonnellOkafor-rd]

Ultimately " Mr. Perry" was responsible for his own demise.
50 vials for 50k? He got ripped off.
Of course a licensed physician was dead wrong.
He should lose his license.

[G-gk]

These doctors take an oath to protect their patients but because of greed and wickedness.

[daisycow]

Imagine if they put this many resources to helping those suffering with addiction all over not just the famous ones. So many good people lost.

[giannipuface]

Imagine the police did this kind of work everytime there was a overdose of a non-celeb

[starfireproductions]

This happens all day every day with fentanyl and ketamine and nothing is done to prevent it or stop the ppl selling it. Why is this different?

[CarlMiller-qlwz]

So now u took care of the rich actor who died can u go after the other thousands of fentynal dealers who pray on vulnerable people. As an ex addict I know first hand how these dealers prey on people like vultures through intimidation and violence.