Matthew Perry’s Ketamine Suppliers Could Face CHARGES Over His Death E- News

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00:00Matthew Perry's death is not yet a closed case. Federal authorities are still investigating who

00:06supplied the Friends actor with the ketamine he took that contributed to him drowning in

00:11his hot tub last October. While no suspects are currently being named, several people could end

00:17up charged in connection with his passing. A law enforcement source familiar with the probe tells

00:22NBC News June 26th. E-News reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department to request further

00:28comment on the matter. However, they declined, adding that they still have an open and ongoing

00:34investigation into Matthew's death. The LAPD had said in May they were working with the Drug

00:39Enforcement Administration on the inquiry. An autopsy report obtained by E-News December 15th

00:46had determined the cause of the actor's death to be from, quote, acute effects of ketamine,

00:51and his passing was ruled as a drug and drowning related accident. The medical examiner's report

00:57also noted that while the 54-year-old had taken ketamine infusion therapy to treat depression

01:02and anxiety over a week before he died, the trace amounts of the medication detected in his stomach,

01:08quote, could not be from that infusion therapy since ketamine's half-life is three to four hours

01:14or less. Matthew, who had battled addiction to prescription painkillers and alcohol for years,

01:20wrote about his sobriety journey in his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible

01:26Thing. Amid the investigation, the late actor's loved ones, including his friend's co-stars,

01:31have shared fond memories of him, with Courtney Cox, who played his on-screen love interest Monica

01:37on the sitcom, telling CBS Mornings in May the impact Matthew had on her life. He is genuinely

01:46a huge heart, obviously struggled. I'm so thankful I got to work so closely with him for so many

01:53years. He visits me a lot, if we believe in that. You know, I talk to my mom, my dad, Matthew. I

02:00feel like there are a lot of people that are, I think, that guide us. I do sense, yeah, I sense

02:08Matthew's around, for sure.