Former assistant to TV star Matthew Perry sentenced to 41 months in prison

The sentencing of Kenneth Iwamasa concludes the prosecution of five people in connection with the Friends star’s death.The former personal assistant to actor Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 41 months in prison in connection with the television star’s death from a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine.On Wednesday, Judge Sherilyn Garnett issued the sentence against Kenneth Iwamasa in a Los Angeles courtroom.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Woman given 15 years for role supplying drugs linked to Matthew Perry deathlist 2 of 3Doctor accused of supplying actor Matthew Perry with ketamine pleads guiltylist 3 of 3Doctor pleads guilty over overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perryend of listIwamasa had testified, as part of a plea agreement, that he injected Perry with ketamine at the actor’s request on October 28, 2023, before leaving to run errands. He had no medical training.When Iwamasa returned, he found Perry’s lifeless body floating in a hot tub at his home in Los Angeles’s Pacific Palisades neighbourhood. Perry was 54 years old at the time.“I am so sorry to all of you,” Iwamasa told the court. “I’m just so sorry to have done illegal acts I will forever regret. I will take that to my grave.”The sentencing of Iwamasa concludes the prosecution of five people alleged to have facilitated the actor’s death by helping him access the drug without proper medical supervision.Perry, best known as the character Chandler Bing in the sitcom Friends, had been struggling with alcoholism and drug addiction for years.Prosecutors say he had grown increasingly dependent on ketamine, which is sometimes used to help treat depression. They described Iwamasa as Perry’s “enabler and supplier”, continuing to give him injections despite troubling incidents.Iwamasa allegedly gave Perry more than 25 shots of the drug in the days leading to his death, including three on the day he died.