'A Cruel Joke': Matthew Perry’s Grieving Sisters Call out Late Actor's Assistant Ahead of Sentencing

Late actor Matthew Perry’s family has spoken out before the sentencing of his former assistant, Kenneth “Kenny” Iwamasa, who admitted to giving Perry ketamine without medical training.

Prosecutors said Iwamasa injected Perry with the drug on multiple occasions, including on the day of his death.

The Friends actor was found dead in October 2023 at his Los Angeles home. Authorities ruled that he died from the “acute effects of ketamine.”

Now, as part of victim impact statements submitted to the court, Perry’s sisters, Caitlin and Madeline Morrison, accused Iwamasa of leaving the actor “in a hot tub to die.”

According to People, Caitlin and Madeline expressed their grief in the May 20 court filings and criticized Perry's former assistant for enabling the actor's drug use.

While Iwamasa has been convicted of crimes connected to Perry’s 2023 ketamine overdose death, the Morrison sisters also accused him of misleading grieving relatives.

Madeline wrote, “It is difficult to put into words the sense of betrayal I felt when I found out what Kenny had done. In many ways, it felt like my brother died all over again. Everything I believed about the day he died — everything Kenny told us — was a lie.”

She explained how Iwamasa tried to paint a different picture, until the government's account of the case forced them to face the reality of Perry's death.

“A few days after Matthew died, my sister and I went to choose clothes for him to be buried in — one of the most surreal and heartbreaking experiences of my life,” Madeline stated, adding, “I remember how manic and unsettled Kenny seemed. He repeatedly volunteered his version of events without being asked, as if he were being interviewed rather than mourning a friend.”

“In reality, he was trying to distract us from the truth: that he had injected my brother with a lethal dose of ketamine and left him in a hot tub to die,” she alleged.

Madeline further wrote, “Kenny even spoke at Matthew’s funeral. The person responsible for my brother’s death stood up and addressed the people who loved him most. That is like a cruel joke I still struggle with.”

Caitlin shared the same frustration, as she wrote, “I cannot read Kenny’s thoughts… But I know that when Kenny left the house, he was doing one of two things. He was either escaping from something he knew he had done or he was willfully abandoning a vulnerable person in a dangerous situation.”

“What I would not do is hound the grieving family left behind,” Caitlin added, explaining how Iwamasa tried to manipulate Perry's relatives after his death.

Caitlin went on, “I would not weave a story to cover my tracks. I would not try to extort a payout from a mother whose firstborn son’s life had been lost at my hands.”

Iwamasa is one of five people associated and convicted of crimes connected to Perry's untimely death.

According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, two doctors, a drug dealer, Iwamasa and a former acquaintance have been charged in relation to the actor's death.

Jasveen Sangha, a.k.a. The Ketamine Queen, and Dr. Salvador Plasencia have been charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine.

Sangha has also been charged with other crimes, like distributing ketamine and other illegal drugs from her stash house.

If convicted of all charges, Sangha could receive a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in federal prison, with the possibility of life imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Plasencia faces seven charges related to ketamine distribution, along with two counts of tampering with and falsifying records tied to the federal investigation.

Plasencia could receive a sentence of up to 10 years in federal prison for each ketamine distribution charge and up to 20 years for each count related to falsifying records.

Iwamasa, on the other hand, conspired with Sangha and the two doctors to obtain and distribute ketamine to Perry.

He faces one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing the actor's death, leading to 15 years in federal prison.

Further, there's Dr. Mark Chavez, who has also been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was charged through an information filed under a plea agreement and is scheduled to be arraigned on August 30.

As a result, Chavez could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in federal prison.

Finally, there's Erik Fleming, TV director and longtime friend of Perry, who pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death.

He is set to face 25 years in federal prison.