The charges were revealed on Thursday by U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada, who claimed that the doctors gave Perry a significant amount of ketamine and even questioned in a text message how much the former “Friends” star would be willing to pay.
“To benefit themselves, these defendants exploited Mr. Perry’s addiction problems. They knew what they were doing was wrong,” Estrada said.
Perry died in October due to a ketamine overdose and received several injections of the drug on the day he died from his live-in personal assistant. The assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, is the one who found Perry dead later that day.
Two of the people, including one of the doctors charged, have been arrested, Estrada said. Two of the defendants, including Iwamasa, have pleaded guilty to charges already, and a third person has agreed to plead guilty.
Iwamasa’s attorneys did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
