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The Los Angeles Police Division is conducting a prison investigation into the supply of the ketamine that led to the death of actor Matthew Perry, LAPD Capt. Scot Williams advised CNN Tuesday.
Two federal businesses, the US Drug Enforcement Administration and the US Postal Inspection Service, are additionally concerned within the joint investigation, which has been ongoing, the LAPD mentioned in a social media post later Tuesday.
“Buddies” star Perry, who was discovered floating face down within the pool of his Pacific Palisades residence on October 28, 2023, died on account of “acute results of ketamine” and subsequent drowning, CNN previously reported, citing the Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Workplace post-mortem report. He was 54.
The LAPD’s Theft-Murder Division led the preliminary demise investigation due to Perry’s excessive profile as a well known actor, and continued trying into the supply of the ketamine after the post-mortem report was launched in December, practically two months after his demise, Williams mentioned.
The captain wouldn’t elaborate on the investigation, however indicated that it’s prison in nature.
“Hypothetically there’s a possible for prison culpability relying on what the investigation undercovers, however at this level, we’re not there but,” Williams mentioned, including that authorities are trying into the place Perry received the medicine and who provided them.
The DEA had no touch upon the investigation and spokesperson Rosa Valle-Lopez referred inquiries to the LAPD.
Perry was “reported to be receiving ketamine infusion remedy for despair and anxiousness,” the post-mortem report said.
Perry’s final recognized therapy was per week and a half previous to his demise, in accordance with the post-mortem, effectively past the time it could nonetheless be in his system from the therapy.
The beloved, Emmy-nominated actor loved a decades-long profession, most notably because the affable Chandler Bing on the NBC sitcom “Buddies” between 1994 and 2004, starring alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow. He additionally appeared on the massive display in motion pictures together with “Fools Rush In,” “The Entire 9 Yards” and “17 Once more.”
CNN’s Alli Rosenbloom contributed to this report.