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Matthew Perry's family trusted his assistant to help keep him sober. He instead helped him overdose

Suzanne Morrison says Kenneth Iwamasa betrayed the family’s trust and repeatedly injected Perry with ketamine, including on the day he died.

  • On Wednesday, Suzanne Morrison delivered an emotional victim impact statement at Kenneth Iwamasa's sentencing hearing, condemning her son Matthew Perry's former assistant for his role in the fatal ketamine supply that killed the actor in October 2023.
  • Suzanne Morrison insisted her family "trusted a man without a conscience" for 25 years, claiming Iwamasa betrayed his role as a "companion and guardian in his fight against addiction" by injecting the actor with drugs.
  • Seeking to maintain closeness after Matthew's death, Iwamasa allegedly acted as a "good guy" by drawing maps to the cemetery and sending songs, while secretly enabling the illegal drug use that killed him.
  • Prosecutors recommended a 41-month prison term for Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine, with his formal sentencing hearing scheduled for May 27 in Los Angeles.
  • While the investigation led to multiple convictions including "Ketamine Queen" Jasveen Sangha, Suzanne Morrison concluded that "nothing takes this pain away, nor will it, for as long as I live.
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Ex-assistant who injected Matthew Perry with ketamine faces prison term

Matthew Perry paid Kenneth Iwamasa $150,000 a year to be his live-in personal assistant. His role for the Friends star would expand to drug messenger, addiction enabler and de facto doctor, according to court filings.Iwamasa injected Perry with the doses of ketamine that would prove fatal on Oct. 28, 2023, and then left the actor to run errands. He returned to find Perry dead in the Jacuzzi.The ex-assistant became the first to reach a plea deal …

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TMZ broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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