Matthew Perry was given 27 shots of ketamine before death: documentary

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“Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy.”According to the autopsy report, Perry’s death was chalked up to “acute effects of ketamine” and the manner was accidental drowning.The “Whole Nine Yards” actor had been candid about his struggles with addiction and substance abuse, which the documentary covers.In the documentary, Estrada — who oversaw the case into Perry’s death before stepping down in January — said that the late actor had received 27 doses of ketamine from “people who should have known much better.”“Dr.

Plasencia was very clear in text messages… that he saw this as an opportunity to make a lot of money in a short amount of time, and he allegedly did just that,” Estrada says in the new documentary.The documentary also covers the five arrests that were made in Perry’s death probe, which include two doctors, his live-in personal assistant, and an alleged drug dealer known as “the Ketamine Queen.”Some of them are still awaiting trial, such as Dr.

Salvador Plasencia and Jasveen Sangha, who has been dubbed the “Ketamine Queen.” Both of them pleaded not guilty to the crime and US District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett has set the pair’s joint trial for March 4, 2025.Perry’s former live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, pleaded guilty on Aug.

7, 2024, to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death.“In the past, we used to call these things overdose deaths and do more blaming of the victim,” Estrada says in the documentary.“We don’t do that anymore.