Eight months after Matthew Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine,” authorities reportedly believe “multiple individuals” should be charged in his untimely death.
The investigation into Perry’s death is “nearing completion,” the source said. People MagazineThe official also said the U.S. Attorney’s Office will decide whether to file charges.
Star of “Friends” Died October 28th He was found dead at the age of 54, apparently having drowned in a hot tub at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
LAPD and DEA launch joint criminal investigation into Matthew Perry’s death
Matthew Perry died in October from “acute effects of ketamine.” (Christopher Polk)
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to Fox News Digital that police are still actively investigating the incident.
“Police are currently investigating the death of Matthew Perry,” authorities said.
When asked by Fox News Digital about the status of the investigation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office responded with “no comment.”
Matthew Perry’s cause of death listed as ‘acute effects of ketamine’
Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Scott Williams said in an email last month that police were working with the DEA and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service to investigate why Perry had so much ketamine in his system when he died in October, The Associated Press reported.
Matthew Perry describes his use of ketamine therapy in his autobiography, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing. (Getty Images)
Perry’s autopsy revealed traces of ketamine in his stomach contents. “The exact method of ingestion in Mr. Perry’s case is unknown,” the report said.
Other medical conditions that contributed to his death included “coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphrine,” according to the report. The autopsy also found “prescription medications and pills” in his home.
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The autopsy report detailed that ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with “established medical and surgical uses” and that Perry had reportedly been receiving “intravenous ketamine therapy to treat depression and anxiety.”
Although he had last received medical treatment more than a week before his death, the coroner determined that “ketamine has a half-life of less than three to four hours, so any ketamine remaining in his system at the time of his death was not from intravenous therapy.”
The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that authorities are still actively investigating Matthew Perry’s death. (David M. Bennett)
According to Lt. Eric Scott, the “Fools Rush In” actor was already deceased when emergency personnel arrived on scene to find an adult male “unconscious in the freestanding hot tub.” “A passerby managed to hold the male’s head above water and over the edge, after which firefighters removed him from the water.”
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A “rapid medical evaluation” determined the man “was deceased prior to emergency responders arriving,” Scott said, adding that the circumstances were under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office, which concluded its investigation in December.
The case was transferred to the Los Angeles Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Division, which is not unusual given the department’s high-profile cases.
Matthew Perry played Chandler Bing on Friends, which first aired in 1994. (John Reigel)
Born in Massachusetts and raised in Canada, Perry began playing Chandler Bing at age 24. The sitcom “Friends.”
One of the most-watched shows on television, “Friends” first aired on NBC in 1994 and starred Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer.
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