Five people have been arrested on federal drug charges, including two doctors, in connection to Matthew Perry’s overdose death.
The arrests were made in an early morning operation Thursday, according to ABC News.
As previously reported by Breaking Digest, on October 28 of last year, Perry was discovered unresponsive, face down in his hot tub, and was pronounced dead by paramedics.
A December autopsy from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office revealed that Perry had a significant amount of ketamine in his system at the time of his death.
The charges are expected to be announced by law enforcement and investigators later on Thursday.
From ABC News:
Five people are now facing federal charges in connection with the ketamine death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry, ABC News has learned.
The arrests were made in an early morning operation Thursday, according to law enforcement sources.
Five people — including two doctors — have been charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine, according to a federal source. The indictment alleges that the two doctors were the initial sources of supply, but at one point federal officials believe the drugs became too expensive and Perry switched to a new source, including a woman known as the “Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles,” according to the federal source.
The charges will also include the death of another person who is referred to in the indictment by the initials C.M., according to the federal source.
The charges will be announced at a news briefing later on Thursday with the U.S. attorney for Los Angeles and the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
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There's been a BIG BREAK in the #MatthewPerry death investigation. #TMZ's #HarveyLevin gives the full rundown. pic.twitter.com/cRPGhCJHOA
— TMZ (@TMZ) August 15, 2024
