Matthew Perry’s assistant and two doctors among those charged over his death

Personal assistant and two doctors among those indicted after Friends star died last year of ‘acute effects of ketamine

Matthew Perry, who most famously played Chandler Bing in hit US sitcom Friends, was found “unresponsive in the pool at his residence” in Los Angeles on October 28. Picture: Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File

Five people have been arrested and charged over the death of Matthew Perry, prosecutors said, including the actor’s personal assistant and two doctors.

The doctors supplied the Friends actor, who died at his Los Angeles home in October 2023, with a large amount of ketamine, the US attorney Martin Estrada said, and “took advantage of Mr Perry’s addiction issues to enrich themselves”.