The personal assistant who injected "Friends" star Matthew Perry with a fatal dose of ketamine was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in federal prison.
Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, who lived with Perry and served as his daily caretaker, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett in Los Angeles, along with two years of probation and a $10,000 fine.
Iwamasa was injecting Perry up to eight times a day in his final days. On Oct. 23, 2023, he administered a large dose before leaving to run errands—and came home to find the 54-year-old actor dead in his Jacuzzi. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner determined ketamine was the primary cause of death, with drowning listed as secondary.
"Your conduct was reckless, not just on the day of his death but in the days leading up to his death," Garnett said before delivering the sentence.
Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, wrote to the court: "We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price.”
Iwamasa was the first of five defendants to reach a plea deal, pleading guilty in August 2024 to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. His was the final sentencing in the case. Others convicted included street dealer Jasveen Sangha—dubbed "The Ketamine Queen"—who received 15 years, and doctor Salvador Plasencia, who was sentenced to two and a half years.