MATTHEW PERRY DEAD AT 54

[Inthedetails]

His assistant also had a choice--not to keep injecting him after the first overdose. I know that I would not have continued to aid in his destruction...paycheck or no paycheck. A true friend makes the hard choices. This assistant was only thinking of his paycheck and nothing beyond that.

JMO.

I think drug use is normalized in some circles - it's part of the so-called glitzy life (that easily slips into "seedy" but with expensive clothes and housing). If everyone is on "something," after awhile it stops being seen as dangerous, I am guessing.

jmo

 

[GRT]

I agree. Why didn't the guy contact Matthew's loved ones and tell them what was going on and have them at least try to stage an intervention. It was apparent that this was going to end in Matthew's death. He was doing more and more of the drug and had passed out from it more than once in the month prior to his death. At the very least, why on earth didn't he stick around after he injected him to make sure that he didn't pass out in the hot tub? Matthew told him to warm up the hot tub. So, this guy knew that he was going to use it.

JMO.

He probably looked at Matthew only as a paycheck. He was being paid to stay quiet, and he probably did so to an extent. But like the doctors who called Matthew a "moron," those he hired might also have sneered at him behind his back. People don't always see drug addictions as being genuine illnesses but rather, as weaknesses and they look at addicts as wastes of breath.

It's really too bad no one took the time to actually care about him.

All MOO

 

[SophieRose]

I haven’t read his book but I recall hearing an excerpt of him saying that this assistant was the best friend he has ever had. (Paraphrasing)

He had another personal assistant that quit before his death that was said to be his best friend. He mentioned her under the pseudonym Erin in his book.

Matthew Perry's REAL best friend, live-in 'sober companion' revealed

Moses, 37, is a 'sober companion' who the troubled Friends star described as 'the nicest person in the world'. Another close source says: 'Morgan saved Matthew time and again.'

www.dailymail.co.uk

As Perry wrote in Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, when he and Morgan initially met at rehab, he 'didn't get sober' that time, but quickly saw 'how wonderful she was in every way.'

Two years later, in another bid to go clean, Perry 'stole her' from her rehab job and hired her as his assistant.

Initially, Moses slept in the same room as him in a 'sober living house' in Southern California in a separate Queen bed. They then lived together for a period at his $22 million Century City penthouse condo. She was so dedicated to his recovery that she gave up smoking to help him.

 

[Cedars]

I found this link to the indictments, I don't think it's been posted.

Five Defendants, Including Two Doctors, Charged in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry’s Fatal Drug Overdose Last Year

A licensed physician and an alleged San Fernando Valley drug dealer were arrested today in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry, who suffered a fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023.

www.justice.gov

They refer to federal crimes, such as, for Iwassa, 'conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death and serious bodily injury'.

So these are not general charges such as homicide, but federal criminal code violations relating to 'distributing' specific controlled substances.

I'm sure there are legal definitions of what it means to 'distribute'. It's likely much more serious than simple possession (ie for personal comsumption).

JMO

 

[Cedars]

He probably looked at Matthew only as a paycheck. He was being paid to stay quiet, and he probably did so to an extent. But like the doctors who called Matthew a "moron," those he hired might also have sneered at him behind his back. People don't always see drug addictions as being genuine illnesses but rather, as weaknesses and they look at addicts as wastes of breath.

It's really too bad no one took the time to actually care about him.

All MOO

I recall a brief interview with Keith Morrison, his stepfather, after his death. He didn't say anything personal, but I got the impression he and MPs mother were extremely caring and compassionate, and had done everything they could to support him. But he was an adult (a very rich one), they couldn't force him into yet another rehab clinic.

ETA: IMO MP shouldn't have kept living in LA. The lifestyle is all glitter and drugs. Develop a new passion and move somewhere where you just can't buy drugs.

 

[airportwoman]

I saw a documentary on the early days of the opiod epidemic.

The clinic was an obvious large scale pill mill. Armed security guards kept order in the parking lot. It also took cash only for appointments- and doctors were also paid in cash at the end of each day they worked. Fearing ubber violent "rip off" robberies from a rival drug gang (not the white coat kind, but say, the Bloods come a' calling), the clinic was fortified.

The owners ran adds on Craigs List for doctors to mass produce prescriptions. They expected one or two answers from "Dr. Badnewz" types with past license suspensions etc. Instead, they got 16 fast repsonses and hired the first 7 or so. Their specialties were varied: Sports medicine, plastic surgeons, general practitioners, ER. Some were just out of medical school.

Anyways...

I wonder if there are a good number of doctors who lack the qualifications, people skills etc. to get hired on by hospitals, and also lack the business skills to establish their own practices? They then run into mounting school debt and the "need" to maintain an expected life style? Or, is there a glut of doctors out there? Maybe @BeginnerSleuther as some insights?

This, this, this and THIS.

 

[grammieto5]

His assistant also had a choice--not to keep injecting him after the first overdose. I know that I would not have continued to aid in his destruction...paycheck or no paycheck. A true friend makes the hard choices. This assistant was only thinking of his paycheck and nothing beyond that.

JMO.

I just heard Mathew Perry was unconscious when he was injected. That would certainly take away Mathew Perry's right to choose to take this drug. Wouldn't that be considered murder? I so hope someone is charged, convicted and sentenced for this. No plea deals! What kind of human injects a drug into an unconscious person.