At Least One Arrest Made in Connection to Matthew Perry's Death | THR News Video
An arrest has been made in connection to the death of Matthew Perry. The charges come after the investigation into the 'Friends' star's death from the acute effects of ketamine concluded. It's been reported by NBC News that a person in Southern California was arrested Thursday in connection with Perry's accidental overdose. While other reports from The Associated Press, TMZ and ABC News are saying that multiple arrests were made.
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00:00An arrest has been made in connection to the death of Matthew Perry.
00:04The charges come after the investigation into the friend star's death from the acute effects
00:08of ketamine concluded. It's been reported by NBC News that a person in Southern California
00:14was arrested Thursday in connection with Perry's accidental overdose, while other
00:18reports from the Associated Press, TMZ and ABC News are saying that multiple arrests were made.
00:24The charges will be announced at a news briefing later in the day with the U.S.
00:28Attorney for Los Angeles and the DEA Administrator.
00:31The criminal probe launched in May, tracing the actor's acquisition of the illegal drug,
00:36which has been used recreationally for decades,
00:39but has recently been discovered as broadly useful in the treatment of depression.
00:43Perry's body was found by an assistant after he had drowned in a swimming pool's hot tub
00:48at his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, after the lethal dose of ketamine
00:52caused him to have cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression.
00:57The medical examiner's office lists the acute effects of the drug as the main cause of his
01:01death and added drowning, coronary artery disease, and the effects of buprenorphine,
01:06a drug used to treat opioid use, as contributing factors.
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