Court Reveals Matthew Perry’s Last Words Before Fatal Ketamine Injection

Matthew Perry asked his longtime assistant to administer ketamine three times on the day he died, highlighting his reliance on the drug.

According to court documents obtained by NBC News, Perry asked Kenneth Iwamasa to “shoot me up with a big one” shortly before he was found face down and unresponsive in his hot tub on October 28, 2023.

The information was revealed after Iwamasa and four others were charged in connection with his death.

On the day of his death, Perry, who was 54, first asked Iwamasa to administer ketamine at 8:30 a.m. He received a second dose about four hours later while watching a movie at his $5.2 million Los Angeles mansion.

Perry then requested a third dose and asked his assistant to prepare the jacuzzi. After fulfilling his boss’s requests, Iwamasa left to run errands. He returned to find Perry deceased.

Perry had been vocal about using ketamine to treat his depression, but in the weeks leading up to his death, he was abusing the drug. According to Iwamasa’s plea deal, he had been administering ketamine to Perry for about a month.

Prosecutors allege that Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, taught Iwamasa how to administer the drug after meeting Perry around the end of September 2023. He allegedly provided the actor with liquid ketamine and lozenges.

Perry was being treated with ketamine by a doctor, with his last official dose administered two weeks before his death. Nevertheless, Perry instructed his assistant to purchase more ketamine from Plasencia and a man named Erik Fleming, both of whom have been charged.

Plasencia allegedly conspired with Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, to supply more ketamine to Perry, seeing it as an opportunity for financial gain.

“I wonder how much this moron will pay,” Plasencia allegedly texted Chavez.

Perry reportedly paid the duo $55,000 in cash for ketamine in the weeks leading up to his death.

Plasencia was fully aware of Perry’s problematic relationship with ketamine. Days before Perry’s death, he allegedly told another individual the star was “spiraling out of control with his addiction.”

He also witnessed Perry’s body “freeze up and his blood pressure spike” on October 12 while administering ketamine, despite Perry having just received a dose from his official doctor.

Perry struggled with substance abuse throughout his adult life and candidly discussed his use of ketamine in his 2022 memoir, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir.” He described the drug as having his name “written” all over it, acknowledging it helped him “disassociate” from life but made him feel like he was “dying.”

“Taking K is like being hit in the head with a giant happy shovel. But the hangover was rough and outweighed the shovel,” he added.

In November 2022, the “17 Again” actor shared on the “Q with Tom Power” podcast that he wanted to be remembered as “somebody who lived well, loved well, and was a seeker.”

“And his paramount thing is that he wants to help people. That’s what I want,” he said.

Source: NBC News, SplashNews.com