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, has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison.
Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa in federal court in Los Angeles.
He was also sentenced to two years of probation and a $10,000 fine.
Perry died at age 54 on the 28th of October, 2023.
Before handing down the sentence, Judge Garnett said your conduct was reckless, not just on the day of his death but in the days leading up to his death.
Iwamasa was at Perry’s side through the final days of his life, acting as the actor’s enabler, drug messenger and de facto doctor.
He was the last person to see Perry alive, and he was the one who found him dead in his Jacuzzi.
Perry had hired Iwamasa in 2022, and he was paying him $150,000 a year to live at his Los Angeles home and act as his assistant.
