Matthew Perry's Family Rips Into Assistant in Impact Letters

Matthew Perry's onetime right-hand man is headed to federal prison. On Wednesday, former live-in personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa was sentenced to three years and five months behind bars for conspiring to distribute ketamine that led to Perry's fatal overdose in October 2023. He pleaded guilty in August to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death, and admitted repeatedly injecting the Friends star with the drug despite having no medical training, including multiple injections on the day Perry, 54, was found dead in his Los Angeles hot tub.

The sentencing capped a case that ensnared five people in Perry's underground ketamine supply. Prosecutors say Iwamasa worked with dealer Jasveen "Ketamine Queen" Sangha—serving 15 years—and three others to obtain the drug after Perry developed a dependence on ketamine treatments for anxiety and depression. Iwamasa, who was hired by Perry in 2022, was paid $150,000 a year. In blistering victim impact statements, NBC News reports those close to Perry accused Iwamasa of betraying his role as protector, enabling the addiction he was supposed to guard against, and even speaking at the funeral while concealing his role:

• "The person responsible for my brother's death stood up and addressed the people who loved him most," wrote Perry's half-sister, Madelina Morrison, in her victim impact statement. "That is like a cruel joke I still struggle with. He didn't just take my brother's life—he tainted our final memories of saying goodbye."
• As Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, put it, per the AP, "Matthew trusted Kenny. We trusted Kenny. Kenny's most important job—by far—was to be my son's companion and guardian in his fight against addiction. We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price."
• TMZ reports that in her own letter, Lisa Calio, who worked with Perry for decades, accused Iwamasa of "driving one of Matthew's cars from the house in the Hollywood Hills to the house in the Palisades [shortly after Perry's death]. And he was loving it. ... Whatever sentence he receives, it won't be long enough. He will always be known as the man who killed Matthew Perry, I suppose there should be some comfort in that."