Matthew Perry's personal assistant sentenced to 3 years in prison in connection with his death

Local News Matthew Perry's personal assistant sentenced to 3 years in prison in connection with his death By Chelsea Hylton Chelsea Hylton Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining CBS in 2024, she worked at NBC LA, Telemundo 52, The Los Angeles Times and KOMO 4 News in Seattle. Read Full Bio Chelsea Hylton Updated on: May 27, 2026 / 3:08 PM EDT / CBS LA Add CBS News on Google Matthew Perry's former live-in assistant, who pleaded guilty to drug distribution charges in connection with the death of the "Friends" star, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison on Wednesday. Kenneth Iwamasa, 60, is the fifth and final person sentenced for playing a role in the actor's 2023 ketamine death. In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine. He was also sentenced to two years of probation and ordered to pay a $10,000 fine. Prosecutors said Iwamasa purchased the drugs and repeatedly injected Perry with ketamine, including the three shots that led to his death on Oct. 28, 2023. Perry, best known for his portrayal of Chandler Bing on "Friends" from 1994 to 2004, was found dead by Iwamasa in the backyard hot tub of his Pacific Palisades home. The autopsy report revealed he died from "acute effects of ketamine," with contributing factors of "drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects." His death was ruled accidental.One of the two doctors who pleaded guilty to distributing the ketamine to Perry, Salvador Plasencia, was sentenced to 30 months in prison. The other, Mark Chavez, was sentenced to three years of supervised release with special conditions of eight months of home confinement and ordered to perform 300 hours of community service. Jasveen Sangha, the woman prosecutors refer to as the "Ketamine Queen," was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after...