Matthew Perry's assistant sentenced to over three years in prison for facilitating the actor's fatal ketamine overdose.

Matthew Perry's assistant sentenced to over three years in prison for facilitating the actor's fatal ketamine overdose.

Washington: Kenneth Iwamasa, the longtime personal assistant of late 'Friends' star Matthew Perry, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for

Kenneth Iwamasa was sentenced to 41 months in prison for conspiring to distribute ketamine to Matthew Perry, including the fatal dose in October 2023.

Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and became the prosecution’s most important witness.

Kenneth Iwamasa had pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death. As part of a plea agreement, he admitted to repeatedly injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including the lethal dose.

The personal assistant who injected Friends star Matthew Perry with a fatal dose of the hallucinogenic drug ketamine has been sentenced to 41 months in a US federal prison.

Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 60-year-old Kenneth Iwamasa in federal court in Los Angeles. He was also sentenced to two years of probation and a $10,000 fine.

Kenneth Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, said he "will forever regret" his actions.

May 27 (UPI) -- Kenneth Iwamasa, a personal assistant who worked for Friends actor Matthew Perry, was sentenced Wednesday to three years and five months in prison for injecting Perry with the dose of ketamine that killed him.

Kenneth Iwamasa, who pleaded guilty last year to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, said he "will forever regret" his actions.

Kenneth Iwamasa was sentenced to three years and five months in federal prison for injecting Perry with multiple doses of ketamine before his death.