The Los Angeles Police Department and Drug Enforcement Administration have launched a joint criminal investigation over the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry. The actor and comedian, who played Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom, died aged 54 on October 28, 2023 from drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine and ketamine. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New investigation launched over circumstances around Matthew Perry’s death.
Stream the world's best reality, entertainment and true-crime shows free on 7plus Law enforcement sources confirmed the investigation on Tuesday to the Los Angeles Times. The autopsy report, released in December by the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office, found Perry had died from the “acute effects of ketamine”. He was found floating face-down in the pool of his Pacific Palisades home and his death was ruled as an accident.
“At the high levels of ketamine found in his post-mortem blood specimens, the main lethal effects would be from both cardiovascular overstimulation and respiratory depression,” the report stated. The examiner’s report also noted Perry was heavily reliant on over-the-counter medication. “In the assistant’s bedroom there were multiple open, empty, half-filled medication bottles prescribed to the decedent, as well as over-the-counter medications, vitamins, digestive aids and dishes filled with multiple various loose pills, tablets, caplets, candy and breath mints,” the report read.
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