Matthew Perry death case: Several arrests made, including a doctor; deets here

The death of Friends actor Matthew Perry has resulted in several arrests, according to reports that surfaced on Thursday, August 15.

On October 28, 2023, the 54-year-old Hollywood star was discovered dead in a hot tub at his Pacific Palisades home in Los Angeles.

After the Los Angeles police department stated that it was attempting to determine how the actor had obtained the psychedelic anesthetic, NBC initially reported on Thursday that an arrest had been made in Southern California. However, TMZ quickly reported that multiple people, including multiple drug dealers and at least one doctor, had been taken into custody.

Details about Matthew Perry’s death

In an effort to determine who gave Perry the prescription medicine that finally caused his death in October, investigators “executed search warrants and seized computers, phones, and other electronic equipment,” according to officials who spoke with the outlet.

For anxiety and depression, the actor was undergoing ketamine infusion therapy. Perry’s final session was allegedly planned for a week and a half before he passed away, suggesting that the ketamine he consumed at the time of his death was not authorized by a doctor.

Additionally, the outlet disclosed that Perry’s system contained the same dosage of the medication used in surgery for general anesthesia.

The search warrant turned up multiple text messages mentioning Perry and the ketamine he had allegedly requested, according to TMZ’s sources.

It appeared that during their investigation, authorities had also located other celebrities connected to the Hollywood drug scene. Charlie Sheen’s ex-girlfriend Brooke Muller appears unrelated to the recent arrests, despite the fact that they allegedly obtained a search warrant for her. Muller and the Friends star had been in a treatment facility together.

“At the high levels of ketamine found in his postmortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression” the autopsy report said, stating that Perry’s death was ruled an accident.

In May, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Los Angeles Police Department announced their collaboration on a criminal investigation aimed at determining the precise cause of the drug overdose.