The Los Angeles police announced this Tuesday, May 21, that they were investigating the circumstances of the death of actor Matthew Perry, star of the series. Friends He died in October from the “acute effects” of taking ketamine.
Matthew Perry, 54, was found unconscious on October 28 by his assistant in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home.
According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office report, the man who played Chandler Bing in the comedy Friends had died from the “acute effects” of taking ketamine. His death was determined to be an “accident,” but remains under investigation.
“I should be dead.”
In a press release, the Los Angeles police indicated that they were “continuing their investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Perry’s death,” with the assistance of the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United States Postal Police (USPIS). ). “based on the forensic report.
Ketamine, an anesthetic sometimes misused for stimulant or euphoric purposes, was taken by the actor on a supervised basis as part of his therapy sessions for depression.
The question of how Matthew Perry (who had not had a supervised injection session several days before his death) obtained the ketamine is now at the center of the investigation.
Matthew Perry struggled for years with his addiction to painkillers and alcohol. In his memoirs published last year, he confesses to having gone through 65 sessions of withdrawal and spending more than nine million dollars.
He had also undergone several surgeries related to his drug addiction problems, including a seven-hour colon operation in 2018, even saying one day: “I should be dead.”
His unexpected death sparked an avalanche of tributes, from major Hollywood figures to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Source: BFM TV
