The U.S. Attorney's Office and other officials are sharing new insight into Matthew Perry's ketamine death, and the arrests they've made ... and TMZ will be streaming it live.
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10:35 AM PT -- Matthew Perry's assistant,
Kenneth Iwamasa, and
Erik Fleming, who prosecutors say helped broker the drug deals
, already copped plea deals.
According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Iwamasa pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury.
Fleming, meanwhile, pled guilty to a pair of charges ... conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury.
Iwamasa was facing up to 15 years behind bars and Fleming was staring down up to 25 years in prison ... but in exchange for their plea agreements, prosecutors agreed to seek reduced sentences based on their acknowledgement of responsibility and cooperation with the investigation.
atthew Perry Death, Charges Against 2 Doctors, 'Ketamine Queen' and Personal Assistant
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10:35 AM PT -- Matthew Perry's assistant,
Kenneth Iwamasa, and
Erik Fleming, who prosecutors say helped broker the drug deals
, already copped plea deals.
According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Iwamasa pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury.
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Fleming, meanwhile, pled guilty to a pair of charges ... conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death and serious bodily injury.
Iwamasa was facing up to 15 years behind bars and Fleming was staring down up to 25 years in prison ... but in exchange for their plea agreements, prosecutors agreed to seek reduced sentences based on their acknowledgement of responsibility and cooperation with the investigation.
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Law enforcement authorities say a broad, underground criminal network was responsible for supplying Matthew Perry with the ketamine that led to his death.
Two medical doctors, Perry's live-in assistant, and someone referred to as the "Ketamine Queen" have been charged with illegally conspiring to provide the drug to the "Friends" actor.
Authorities say the 5 defendants all knew Perry was in the throes of addiction from September, 2023 to the time of his death on October 28, 2023, but cared more about making money off of him than his well-being.
One defendant sent an email asking "I wonder how much this moron will pay [for the ketamine]."
Perry's assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, allegedly administered more than 20 shots of ketamine in the last 4 days of Perry's life ... this at a time Iwamasa allegedly knew Perry was "spiraling out of control."
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Jasveen Sangha, aka "The Ketamine Queen," allegedly sold the fatal dose. Her home was searched and it looked like a drug emporium, with 80 vials of ketamine, thousands of meth pills, coke, Xanax and other drug paraphernalia.
Prosecutors say Erik Fleming was a drug broker who delivered the ketamine from the stash house to Perry's assistant. He threw in ketamine lollipops as an add on for the large purchase.