In May, we reported that an investigation was underway to determine how the beloved actor Matthew Perry acquired ketamine who played a significant role in his tragic death last October.
We now have an update on this investigation.
According to TMZ, multiple arrests have been made in connection with Perry’s fatal overdose several months ago.
The aforementioned website claims that at least one doctor and one drug trafficker are under arrest.
THE arrests were made after Los Angeles police authorities executed search warrants and seized computers, phones and other electronic equipment to determine who supplied Perry with the drug that caused him to lose consciousness in October and drown in his hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home.
There are reports of text messages between one of the arrested individuals and Perry in which the parties discuss how much the latter is willing to pay for ketamine.
For those who remember the terrible incident…
Perry I had was receiving ketamine infusion therapy for anxiety and depression; however, his last therapy lasted a week and a half previous until his death, meaning the ketamine in his system through autopsy was NOT prescribed by his doctor.
The 54-year-old former Friends actor struggled with addiction for many years, including during much of his time on the iconic NBC sitcom.
An autopsy report last year concluded that Perry passed away due to acute effects of ketamine.
Other contributing factors included drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.
To her extreme credit, Perry wrote openly about her battle with substance abuse in the memoir. Friends, Lovers, and the Great Terrible Thing.
“I wanted to share when I was confident that I wouldn’t go to the dark side again,” Perry told People Magazine for a 2022 cover story.
“I had to wait until I was well sober—and away from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction—to write it all down. I was sure it would help people if I did.”
Perry also cited his ketamine infusions while in a rehab clinic in Switzerland during the Covid-19 pandemic in this same book.
“Ketamine was a very popular street drug in the 1980s. There’s a synthetic form of it now, and it’s used for two reasons: to relieve pain and to help with depression,” he said, adding:
“It’s got my name written all over it — they might as well have called it ‘Matty’.”
Following Perry’s death, his former co-stars shared a series of tributes to their close friend.
“He visits me a lot, if we can believe that,” Courteney Cox said about Perry on the May 19 episode of CBS Sunday Morning.
“I talk to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I feel like there are a lot of people who guide us. I feel like Matthew is around, for sure.”
She continued on the time of her on-screen romantic partner:
“I think he’s probably one of the funniest human beings in the world. He’s genuinely a huge heart — he’s obviously struggled. I’m so grateful to have worked so closely with him for so many years.”