LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities have launched an investigation into how it happened. Matthew Perry Police said Tuesday that he was supplied with the ketamine that led to his death.
The Los Angeles Police Department, working with the Drug Enforcement Administration and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, is investigating why such a large amount of drugs was found in the 54-year-old “Friends” star’s system, LAPD Capt. Scott Williams said in an email.
On October 28, Perry, 54, was found face-down in the bathtub of her home by her assistant and paramedics immediately pronounced her dead. His autopsy results, released in December, showed: The amount of ketamine in his blood was within the range used for general anesthesia during surgery. According to the report, the death was listed as the main cause of death, but foul play was not suspected and it was ruled an accident.
Drowning and other medical issues were contributing factors, the coroner said.
The investigation was first reported by TMZ.
People close to the actor told coroner’s investigators that he was undergoing tests. Ketamine drip therapy. This decades-old surgical drug has seen a huge surge in use in recent years as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and pain.
But the coroner said Perry’s last treatment a week and a half ago did not explain the ketamine levels in his blood. Drugs are usually metabolized within a few hours. According to the medical examiner’s report, at least two doctors were treating Perry, a psychiatrist and an anesthesiologist who served as Perry’s primary care physician. No illegal drugs or paraphernalia were found in his home.
Perry spent many years Struggling with Addiction During his 10 seasons on Friends from 1994 to 2004, he became one of the biggest TV stars of his generation as Chandler Bing, alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer. dates back to NBC’s hit sitcom.
In some cases, drug-related celebrity deaths have led authorities to prosecute drug suppliers.
After the rapper mac millerDied of an overdose cocaine, alcohol, and counterfeit oxycodone containing fentanyl; Two of the men who provided him with fentanyl convicted of drug distributionOne was sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison, and the other was sentenced to 10 years.
Two doctors and a manager for a model and reality TV star anna nicole smith He was charged with conspiring to obtain prescription drugs before her death in 2007, but not with causing her fatal overdose. All counts except one misdemeanor fraud charge against one of her doctors were ultimately dismissed.
onwards Michael jackson He died in 2009 not from the insomnia the singer had sought, but from a fatal dose of propofol, a drug intended only for use during surgeries and other medical procedures, his doctor said. Conrad Murray, was convicted of manslaughter in 2011. Murray maintains his innocence.
