Nightline: The closing chapter for Matthew Perry’s family after assistant sentencing

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Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant was sentenced on Wednesday to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison for administering the dose of ketamine that killed the "Friends" actor in 2023.

Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, is one of five people charged and convicted in what federal prosecutors called a conspiracy to illegally distribute ketamine to Perry. The assistant pleaded guilty in August 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death.

Read more: https://abcnews.com/US/matthew-perrys-assistant-set-sentenced-injecting-ketamine-killed/story?id=133315706
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