Three years after Matthew Perry’s death, new details of his death continue to emerge. The 54-year-old actor was found lifeless in his jacuzzi, at his home in Los Angeles, causing a shock in Hollywood. Quickly, the investigation revealed that the death of the star of Friends had been caused by a ketamine overdose, also highlighting an illegal supply network involving five people. If four of them have already been convicted by American justice, Kenneth Iwamasa, the comedian’s personal assistant, is still awaiting his verdict, which will be delivered this Wednesday, May 27. He admitted to having administered three injections to Matthew Perry on the day of his death.
But a new court document consulted by TMZ indicates that the star’s assistant may have committed other wrongdoing. Kenneth Iwamasa allegedly tried to cover up traces of ketamine use by “cleaning up the scene” by a third person. The man also allegedly lied to the police. Actions which pushed prosecutors to demand 41 months in prison.
Matthew Perry’s sisters devastated by Kenneth Iwamasa’s behavior
Faced with these revelations, Matthew Perry’s sisters, Caitlin and Madeline Morrison, reacted in a poignant letter addressed to the judge. “It’s hard for me to express in words the feeling of betrayal that I felt when I found out what Kenny had done…a déclaré Madeline Morrison d’après People. Before adding: “In many ways, I felt like my brother had died again. Everything I thought I knew about the day he died – everything Kenny had told us – was a lie.â€
The pain was all the greater because the two women had known their brother’s assistant for years. “The idea that someone my brother considered family could betray him in such an unimaginable way is something I could never have contemplated.†, confided Matthew Perry’s sister. The worst for the family? Imagine that after having administered drugs to the actor and cleaned the apartment leaving his boss for dead, Kenneth Iwamasa attended the funeral as if nothing had happened. “I wouldn’t make up a story to cover my tracks. I wouldn’t try to extort money from a mother whose eldest son lost his life because of me.†, condemns Caitlin Morrison.
Matthew Perry’s mother recounts her grief upon discovery of body
A few days ago, it was a statement from Suzanne Morrison, the actor’s mother, which caused emotion. In her statement, she recounted the moments following the discovery of her son’s lifeless body. “He was nothing more than a body, almost naked, lying on the cold, damp grass of his garden. Helicopters circled overhead, eager to catch a glimpse of my dead little boy […] while I stood there in the street, freezing, begging for a blanket to cover him with. Impossible, of course.†, she confided in the text consulted by Entertainment Weekly. Faced with the terrible reality of this tragedy, Matthew Perry’s family now hopes that justice will be done.
