After news broke on October 28 that the Friends actor was discovered face down in his hot tub by his assistant and later pronounced dead, at 54, by paramedics, fans were perplexed by his cryptic words before his sudden passing.
But now—with the arrests connected to the investigation into the star’s death—those who loved Perry are enraged by how people close to him took advantage of someone trying to overcome habits that had long afflicted him.
On the day Perry died, his live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa—the man who discovered the actor in the hot tub—administered his first ketamine shot of the morning at around 8:30 a.m., according to a plea agreement he signed.
At 12:45 p.m., Iwamasa injected Perry again while the actor watched a movie at home. Just 40 minutes later, Perry—who had been increasingly taking ketamine in the days before his death—requested another shot.
“Shoot me up with a big one,” Perry told Iwamasa, according to the agreement, and asked him to prepare the hot tub.
The third dose was administered while Perry was either near or in the jacuzzi, according to court documents. Iwamasa then left the home to run errands. When he returned, he found Perry dead, face down in the jacuzzi.
Iwamasa—one of five defendants charged by the Department of Justice—reportedly injected Perry six to eight times per day. Court documents state that Perry received at least 27 shots of ketamine—administered by his assistant—in the five days leading up to his death.
