Overview

• In a Vanity Fair cover story published Aug. 11, Jennifer Aniston said the Friends cast had been mourning Matthew Perry’s long struggle with addiction for years before his sudden death.
• Aniston said she felt relief that Perry was out of pain and recalled texting him the morning he died, when he appeared happy and healthy.
• The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s December 2023 autopsy ruled that acute ketamine effects caused Perry’s Oct. 28 death, with drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine noted as contributing factors.
• Federal prosecutors have charged five individuals in connection with supplying ketamine to Perry, including his assistant Kenneth Iwamasa and acquaintance Erik Fleming.
• Several defendants, among them Iwamasa, Fleming, Dr. Mark Chavez and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate, with multiple sentencing dates set for later this year.