A California doctor charged with supplying admittedly “dangerous” amounts of liquid ketamine to Matthew Perry without proper medical monitoring pleaded guilty Wednesday to his role in the Friends actor’s ketamine overdose death last year. Dr. Mark Chavez appeared in a federal courtroom in downtown Los Angeles and entered the plea …
Read More »Matthew Perry, Ketamine, and Me
The last time I did ketamine, inside San Diego’s Kadima Neuropsychiatry Institute, my first hallucinatory stop found me right at home, surrounded by the cushy, lovable walls of what I’ve always called my crimson corduroy cathedral, but then, just like that, those walls gave up their support, tilted in on …
Read More »Matthew Perry Doctor 'Incredibly Remorseful' Over Role in Actor's Ketamine Death: Lawyer
One of the doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s ketamine overdose death made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday under his cooperation deal with prosecutors. Dr. Mark Chavez was one of five people charged with supplying large quantities of ketamine to Perry before he was found …
Read More »Want Some 'Friends' Memorabilia? The Sitcom's Couch, Clothing Up for Auction
Some of your favorite Friends memorabilia will be up for auction. To celebrate the sitcom’s 30th anniversary, tops worn by Courteney Cox’s Monica, Jennifer Aniston‘s Rachel, and Lisa Kudrow’s Phoebe — along with a reproduction of the couch, seen in the opening credits — will be up for grabs. The …
Read More »Matthew Perry Was Receiving Multiple Ketamine Injections a Day Before Death
Matthew Perry was receiving multiple ketamine shots per day and was twice found unconscious at his home in Los Angeles in the lead-up to hisdeath on Oct. 28, 2023. He reportedly asked his assistant to “shoot me up with a big one” before he was found face down in a …
Read More »Matthew Perry Death: Assistant, 2 Doctors, More Charged in Actor's Fatal Overdose
Five people have been charged in connection with the death of Matthew Perry, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Perry, an actor best-known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit sitcom Friends, died on Oct. 28, 2023, at the age of 54 from the acute effects of ketamine, his autopsy determined. He …
Read More »Matthew Perry's Family on Feds Indicting Suspects: 'We Look Forward to Justice Taking Its Course'
The family of Matthew Perry applauded the indictments of five people allegedly connected to the actor’s 2023 death. “We were and still are heartbroken by Matthew’s death, but it has helped to know law enforcement has taken his case very seriously,” the family of journalist Keith Morrison, Perry’s stepfather, told …
Read More »Matthew Perry's Autopsy Findings Spur Joint Investigation by LAPD and DEA
Matthew Perry’s death is being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration following the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s autopsy report findings, which stated he died of “acute effects of ketamine,” the LAPD confirmed to Rolling Stone. The Friends star died on Oct. 28 at the …
Read More »Matthew Perry Was 'Happy' Before His Death, Stepfather Keith Morrison Says
Matthew Perry was in a good space mentally at the time of his death, according to his stepfather, TV newsman Keith Morrison. “He was happy, and he said so, and he hadn’t said that for a long time,” the journalist told TV host Hoda Kotb in an interview for her …
Read More »Matthew Perry Leaves $1 Million to Trust Named After Woody Allen Role
Matthew Perry designated over $1 million to the trustees of the “Alvy Singer Living Trust,” which is named after the main character Woody Allen portrayed in his 1977 film Annie Hall. According to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone, the will (which was signed by Perry in 2009) outlines that …
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