Kenneth Iwamasa, Matthew Perry’s live-in personal assistant, was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. Iwamasa, who admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, was the last person to see the actor alive and found him dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on October 28, 2023. The cause of death was ruled as the acute effects of ketamine, with drowning as a contributing factor. Iwamasa pleaded guilty in 2024 and cooperated with prosecutors in the case against four others. He expressed remorse in court, and the judge acknowledged his lack of malicious intent but found his actions reckless. The sentence aligns with the prosecution’s recommendation.

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