Law enforcement authorities have arrested at least one person in connection with the ketamine-related death of actor Matthew Perry, a source familiar with the matter told CNN .
Details of Perry’s actions will be announced at a news conference in Los Angeles, the source said.
The actor who starred as Chandler Bing on “Friends” died in October last year at the age of 54. An autopsy report said the death was the result of “acute effects of ketamine” and subsequent drowning.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office revealed in December 2023 that Matthew’s death was drug-related. However, drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine were also listed as contributing factors to the tragedy.
Although the actor was undergoing treatment with the ketamine to address anxiety and depression at the time of his death, the autopsy report claimed that “the drug in his system at the time of death could not have come from infusion therapy.”
In his autobiography, “Friends, Lovers and That Terrible Thing” released in 2022, Matthew spoke candidly about receiving the controversial treatment while in rehab in Switzerland. In the book, he explained that the synthetic form of the drug is used “to ease pain and help treat depression.”
“They would take me into a room, sit me down, put headphones on me so I could listen to music, blindfold me, and put me on an IV. I was like, ‘This is what happens when you die.’ But I kept putting myself through this shit because it was something different, and anything was better than nothing. Taking ketamine is like getting hit in the head with a giant shovel of happiness. But the hangover was bad and outweighed the shovel. It wasn’t for me,” the artist recalled.
Source: CNN Brasil
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