{"id":11408,"date":"2026-05-27T18:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=11408"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:58:05","slug":"matthew-perrys-assistant-kenneth-iwamasa-sentenced-to-3-years-and-5-months-for-actors-ketamine-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=11408","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Perry&#8217;s assistant Kenneth Iwamasa sentenced to 3 years and 5 months for actor&#8217;s ketamine death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Matthew Perry\u2019s personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, who helped to administer ketamine to the actor, was sentenced to three years and five months behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>Iwamasa looked stoic and wore a grey suit with a white shirt and grey tie with long grey tie as his fate was revealed by the judge.<\/p>\n<p>Perry\u2019s stepfather, Keith Morrison and his estate manager both gave very dramatic victim impact statements during the hearing \u2014 Iwamasa appeared to be on the verge of tears as Morrison spoke.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matthew Perry died in 2023.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for GQ<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors had asked the judge to sentence Iwamasa to three years and five months behind bars after he pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death in August 2024. Iwamasa cooperated with investigators throughout their investigation into the actor\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Iwamasa marks the last person in the actor\u2019s death saga to be sentenced \u2014 he will be taken into custody on July 17 to begin his sentence.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perry\u2019s mom, Suzanne, and stepfather, Keith Morrison, were both in attendance for the sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Suzanne submitted an emotional victim impact statement, reminding the court of what she saw on the tragic October 2023 night her son died. \u201cMatthew trusted Kenny. We trusted Kenny,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Perry\u2019s stepfather, Keith Morrison and his estate manager both gave very dramatic victim impact statements during the hearing. <span class=\"credit\">David Buchan for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Kenneth Iwamasa, who helped to administer ketamine to the actor, was sentenced to three years and five months behind bars. <span class=\"credit\">@kenny-iwamasa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cKenny\u2019s most important job \u2014 by far \u2014 was to be my son\u2019s companion and guardian in his fight against addiction. We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne night he was just a body, lying all but naked on the cold damp grass of his backyard. Helicopters circled overhead, eager for a glimpse of my dead little boy,\u201d she wrote in the letter obtained by The California Post.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Cali - Morning Report\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCalifornia&#8217;s top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI stood out on the street in the cold and begged for a blanket to cover him. Impossible, of course,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>She then described her horrific trip to the morgue to see her once vibrant son, \u201cHe had been bathed and dressed and he looked almost beautiful and somehow relieved, like a gladiator who has finally earned his rest.\u201d Morrison wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Erik Fleming after being handed a two year sentence in connection with the death of Matthew Perry <span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jasveen Sangha aka \u201cThe Ketamine Queen\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@jasveen_s<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Erik Fleming, 56, had pleaded guilty in connection with Perry\u2019s overdose and was sentenced to two years on May 12.<\/p>\n<p>Fleming, a former Hollywood producer and director, introduced Perry to \u201cKetamine Queen\u201d Jasveen Sangha two weeks before the actor\u2019s shocking death.<\/p>\n<p>Sangha was sentenced last month to 15 years behind bars for her role in the actor\u2019s fatal overdose.<\/p>\n<p>Sangha told the court she took full responsibility for her crimes, adding she had the \u201crug of life ripped out\u201d from under her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Keith Morrison after Sangha\u2019s sentencing. <span class=\"credit\">David Buchan for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Mark Chavez <span class=\"credit\">Frederick M. Brown for New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Dr. Salvador Plasencia once injected Perry while he was in a parked car in a public lot. <span class=\"credit\">David Buchan New York Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At Sangha\u2019s April 8 sentencing, Perry\u2019s mother Suzanne and stepfather Keith Morrison appeared in court to address the convicted drug dealer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel bad for you, Miss Sangha. I don\u2019t hate you. \u2026 You are a drug dealer,\u201d Morrison told the court, fighting back tears.<\/p>\n<p>He called Perry a brilliant and talented man, adding he should have \u201chad another act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Chavez, 55, was hit with eight months of home confinement by a Los Angeles federal judge on December 16 after he admitted in October to supplying 22 vials and nine lozenges of powerful medical anesthesia ketamine to the actor \u2014 despite knowing his struggles with drug addiction.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Salvador Plasencia, 43, who was sentenced to two and a half years on December 3 for his role in Perry\u2019s overdose.<\/p>\n<p>Plasencia told Chavez how he once injected Perry \u201cin the back seat of a car parked at a public parking lot of an aquarium in Long Beach, Calif.,\u201d and Chavez \u201creprimanded Plasencia\u201d for \u201cdosing him\u201d in a public place where kids were, prosecutors wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>California Post News<\/strong>: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedIn<br \/><strong>California Post Sports<\/strong> Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, X<br \/><strong>California Post  <\/strong>Opinion <br \/><strong>California Post Newsletters<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>California Post App<\/strong>: Download here!<br \/><strong>Home delivery<\/strong>: Sign up here!<br \/><strong>Page Six Hollywood<\/strong>: Sign up here!<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; 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