Multiple people could be charged in the death of Matthew Perry: Police
Law enforcement sources tell ABC News multiple people could be charged in the death of Matthew Perry as the investigation into who supplied the actor with the drug ketamine comes to a close.
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Does this mean they will be investigating EVERY overdose death to this same extent??? Or only a celebrity?
@frozenwarning
2 күн бұрын
It only applies to celebrities. Or people with families that have influence. This is nothing new. I’m sorry to tell you.
@cherzee8964
2 күн бұрын
Exactly. Prosecutors care is bc it’s high profile, not bc they care about everyone equally.
@bettylewis9886
2 күн бұрын
Only the celebs.
@BillyAu
2 күн бұрын
Only VIPS, the rest will rarely even be heard 😢
@leaveit2beemr685
2 күн бұрын
Exactly!!! Well said....
Matthew Perry’s death was Matthew Perry’s fault-this seems entirely unnecessary to me.
@FuhqEwe
2 күн бұрын
Agreed.
@Chicothadawg
2 күн бұрын
Natural selection
@tomv5988
2 күн бұрын
You realize drug dealing is ILLEGAL.
@carolmooney822
2 күн бұрын
Matthew was a grown up, he paid his bills, taxes etc etc, he was able to make his own decisions, why always is there people wanting blood money.
@douglaspinsak1246
2 күн бұрын
@@tomv5988 I understand that, but his death was nearly a year ago, and he was a long-term hard-core addict to multiple legal and illegal substances; in some sense his death was a long-time coming. To be pursuing all these different people regarding his death just seems like a colossal waste of everything. This case is closed from my perspective.
This would have never happen if he weren't famous.
@Jo-my2od
2 күн бұрын
You mean nobody would’ve talked about it
@goodpainlive
2 күн бұрын
@@Jo-my2od exactly
@IaneHowe
2 күн бұрын
You don't know what childhood trauma he had there's plenty or regular people addicts and or that overdosed
Matthew Perry was so wealthy that he would pay $75 a pill (from his book). He was determined and I don’t think people like him can be stopped.
This is dumb. If you buy the product you know the risk you're taking. It's on you.
@tomv5988
2 күн бұрын
So dealing drugs is legal now?
Yeah... let's punish people for giving a grown, level-headed adult exactly what he asked and paid for, on what he admittedly said was not his first time.
It's not like someone forced him to buy and use the drug.
His death was entirely his own fault. He knew the risks.
I don't think Mathew would want that person to get in trouble. He knew what he was taking was bad.
@stormdancer25
2 күн бұрын
Matt didn't care about others, only to please himself
This whole thing is distasteful and unfair.
Pretty simple- don’t do drugs!
@jj_177
2 күн бұрын
his first addiction to a drug was to painkillers he was prescribed. so it wasn't like he originally chose to do drugs
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
@@jj_177Doesn't matter
Given his pre-existing medical issues, they would have a hard time holding anyone responsible for his death. He had chronic pulmonary disease , chronic pancreatitis, chronic kidney disease, hypertension , coronary artery disease , emphysema , diabetes, digestive issues, anxiety, major depression, an opioid addiction, previous alcoholism, had just stopped smoking 2 packs a day and had other prescribed drugs in his system (related to the above) that could have diminished his alertness home alone in a hot tub before the Ketamine kicked in.
The irony is that when all of this is over they will probably end up charging and convicting one of his friends.
@HannaIvy-pi4qn
2 күн бұрын
One of his Friends...too soon?
Perry made a choice to take drugs. He is to blame.
When did they start investigating the supplier in overdose cases
@frozenwarning
2 күн бұрын
Cases involving celebrities or people with influence are always more thoroughly investigated and dealt with. Didn’t you know?
@dawnblattel6347
2 күн бұрын
In Ohio, I know of two cases where the dealers were charged/sentenced with murder or involuntary manslaughter. (One was a former student) The deceased were just everyday humans.
@AttilatheThrilla
2 күн бұрын
Michael Jackson.. 🤷♂️
Might as well charge the president for failing to protect the people.
Charges for what. This Actor knew what he was doing and could have an ending like he had. No one held him at gunpoint and forced him to make him take the drugs. Time people wake up. Only one life to comes around.
He’s an adult he can make his own decisions of what to put in his body. If you die your problem nobody is to blame for what he chose to put in his body! End of conversation! 😮❤Saint Michael
@Fat12219
2 күн бұрын
😮 right ✅️
@Mission404JW
2 күн бұрын
Lol no.........i think he was murdered. Its sad you guys just believe anything anybody tells you. Doctors lie. Police lie. Judges lie. Alot is very suspicious about his death.
@simonstevenson6686
2 күн бұрын
Not quite. We’ll see
Why is anyone charged.
@libramoon9968
2 күн бұрын
Someone wants money
Apparently the actor had no friends.
He snorted the ketamine himself, don't blame the dealers.
I remember a teen in LA had gotten drugs at school from some kids and they didn’t even want to investigate that. They blamed the teen for buying it or whatever. And she was a young girl who also od’d
I remember Perry having a very heated debate with Peter Hitchens about the use of drugs. Perry's gone and Hitchens is still around.
these raids are unbelievable. If a rich person ruins himself, the family soon holds the whole world responsible. Insane idiocy and money-hungry afterthoughts. As a survivor, aren't you first responsible for your family? Stop making such a fool of yourself. It was his decision and his life
A dope head is a dope head no matter the status....
🙄 Just let it go. Matthew Perry was an unreformed addict. Wouldn't have stayed clean or sober for long. Too much money, opportunity, and idle time.
Matthew Perry would be mad that they are seeking charges on other people. He knows it's on him if he were here today I think he would say that loudly and proudly.
How about Matthew Perry is responsible for Matthew Perry's death??? He was an addict who knowingly, voluntarily took drugs! C'mon people!
@MoneyMan28
2 күн бұрын
but he's got over $100 million
@Mission404JW
2 күн бұрын
Maybe not.... why can't anything else be plausible? What's wrong with you people? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 WE ARE DOOMED!!!
@Jorbz150
21 сағат бұрын
Firstly, multiple people can be held criminally responsible for the same thing. Secondly, what evidence do you have that Perry took those drugs voluntarily, that they were not mislabeled, that he was not misled into taking something he didn't mean to? All I heard was that he probably overdosed on something, presumably ketamine. That's all I know. I don't know how it got into his system, and I'm not sure why you think law enforcement would charge anyone else if they didn't have evidence of someone else being involved in criminal activity. I'm not willing to overlook the possibility of foul play any time someone is an addict.
Finally comments that make sense
Is it me or is the Entertainment industry 🤔 full of Drug Abuse 🤔. Is it worth the fame
@ElanaMccullum
2 күн бұрын
MUST HAVE MISSED TRUMPS DR. RONNY JACKSON DRUG MILL HE WAS RUNNING😂😂😂
@frozenwarning
2 күн бұрын
It’s not the fame. It’s people getting into professions that lead to fame for all the wrong reasons. The same reason that they are drug addict is the same reason that they’re becoming an actor or a musician or whatever else it is, that giving them attention that they crave. It’s not because they are an artist who has something to give to the world. Those people don’t need in the same way. What they have comes from the inside. They don’t have to get it from outside of themselves. Dolly Parton, Patty LaBelle, many people with long Illustrious careers who have never touched drugs- And warn others not to.
@mymobilebuddy4392
2 күн бұрын
@@frozenwarning People don't understand fame. All your dreams come true all at once. There is nothing else left to achieve. If there is nothing inside to fall back on, Drugs and alcohol are the only thing left for the next HIGH in life.
@ilttpvvm
2 күн бұрын
@@mymobilebuddy4392In other words, where do you go from up?
Accountability for one's actions is gone.
Click bait Media.
@Mission404JW
2 күн бұрын
Is it real? How is it clickbait?
AS A RECOVERING ADDICT NO ONE EVER FORCED ME OR SOLICITED ME TO USE I MADE THE CHOICE TO USE SOME ADDICTS WITH UNLIMITED RESOURCES ARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO OVERDOSE WITH DEADLY OUTCOMES MATTHEW WAS ONE OF THEM UNFORTUNATELY. 😢 RIP MR PERRY 🙏
They are portraying him as Americas boy next store sweetheart because of his image on Friends and the public response to his apparent popularity and untimely death. All of that is not reality. As nice a guy as he may have been he was a drug user. Plain and simple and admittedly so. This doesn’t make him a terrible person especially if he had an addiction but it also doesn’t make him any less responsible for seeking and abusing the drug and making the choices that led to his death. Going after the supplier in this case and putting all the attention on that is just a lame attempt to protect the image of Matthew Perry rather than being honest about who the real person was and using this opportunity to help encourage people to not idolize or lift him up as anything other than a drug user who played pretend for a living and should no way be considered someone you would look up to if they were your friend.
@Mission404JW
2 күн бұрын
It doesn't make him guilty of taking a drug.
Ketamine is the cocaine of the psychedelic world.
He kind of played with fire
How sad 😔 It won’t bring him back 💔💔💔RIP Matthew
Perry was the one who found someone to supply him the drug and made the decision to take the drug. His death is his responsibility and no one else’s. I also found it terrible that he lied to the public about being clean and sober and made millions from his book sales. It is tragic but he is the one who caused the tragedy. And I agree with other posts that this would not be happening if he wasn’t famous
it was a tragedy and this sort of thing should be avoidable. I hope the culprits will be brought to justice!
Imagine they did this for non famous victims
@dawnblattel6347
2 күн бұрын
In Ohio, I know of two cases where the dealers were charged/sentenced with murder or involuntary manslaughter. (One was a former student) The deceased were just everyday humans.
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
They do.
So does this mean he died of an overdose?
Unless they forced him to take it nobody responsible except him!
Ironic that the ketamine suppliers for a grown arse celebrity are now considered chargeable for contributing to his demise. But only a few months ago, Maya Kowalski’s ketamine pushers-including her own mother-when she was only 9 years old, were considered heroes for medicating her to zombie-like state, and the JHCH doctors who actually saved her life are the villains who had to pay her neglectful father million$$$. Insane 🤡 justice.
Shifty Shellshock just died of an OD after a life long addiction .. They gonna investigate his dealer as well??
A rich and famous actor didn't know how to spend his money. He died because of drug used? Too sad!
Ugh waste of time, he was an addict he did it to himself, he had all the money in the world and therapy too mental disease is terrible but to blame others for his solo actions is not going to bring him back
What was up with all the batman decor??
So if someone dies from alcohol or prescription drugs does the government get charged?
He knew what he was taking, maybe his was his plan to take himself out?
Too much money. Sad.
If he only took prescribed amounts from a licensed pharmacist via orders from his doctor, then he shouldn't be dead. Since he is, then he must not have. It's a little strange that Perry's death is a homicide, but it is understandably possible considering possible circumstances.
Wow, upside down world
Ketamine is not an illegal drug. There are companies like “Mindbloom” and “Innerwell” that set you up with psychiatrist and a psychologist. If they decide that Ketamine is the best route, the therapy IS MAILED TO YOU HOME. This system has been in place for people who genuinely needed the treatment. The problem occurs when an addict, which Matthew Perry was, starts Ketamine Therapy and it DOESN’T WORK. When this occurs the patient feels the high that they used to feel, or dizzy and memory-less like they used to feel. This is problematic because these people are ADDICTS and Ketamine can kill you. He made the decision to either enter a 2nd program, or purchase ketamine on his own. These are the actions of a person who should’ve been living in a sober house. He was very aware that Ketamine could kill him, and he made the decision to take “just a little extra”. It would be cruel to press charges against any company that gave him Ketamine or any Doctor who prescribed it to him. If he bought it on the street- that is different, get whoever sold it.
It's called a "K-hole." You do so much that you can only move your eyeballs. Happened to me in 2003.
The rich and famous are treated different!
Man walked his path, that's on him.
I feel like he was being completely manipulated, and that people abused his honesty about his weekness. What doctor would give a former addict ketamine? It's a horse tranquilizer.
Hell they should charge big pharma while they are at it. Blame everyone for his stupidity
Hey he ask for the drug
Because they are celebrities they get special treatment? Ultimately it is the addicts who are responsible for their own actions. Addicts get more empathy then any other group of people, yet cause so much pain and grief to those around them. Enough is enough. 💊
He overdoes because he was an addict and other ppl are going to jail smh addicts put stress in your life when they are alive and dead. He was an addict it’s his own fault
Did he not know what Ketamine did?.. I'm sure he had a phone to look up what the drug did before he took it???
wow a drug addict killed himself, shocker
People like Matthew Perry with power and money are going to find drugs legally or illegally to support their habit. The fact that they're wasting time trying to figure out who gave him this drug is ridiculous he admitted to a drug addiction he admitted to ketamine and he admitted to a lot of things let it rest if Matthew did not have money and he was not a celebrity nobody would care
There should be charges. They sought him out, forced him to buy the drugs, and forced him to take them. Oh wait... I'm pretty sure Walmart should be charged because I'm big boned. They knew I was big boned, they sold me family packs of pork chops, and they made me eat them.
He’s the one that did the drugs. Why charge anyone beside the government for not making it legal and controlling it? Society is stupid.
@Jorbz150
21 сағат бұрын
How would the government control drug flow without criminal charges against people providing drugs? Which do you want, more control or less control?
A GROWN MAN, EXCUSE ME? JUST BECAUSE HE WAS FAMOUS?
America's love drugs is you own risk he was 50 + years old to choose use drugs America's needs better drug treatment don't blame the drug dealer
Ummmm, is this the way of the legal system for ALL overdoses? Are you helping ALL the other families get justice like this? No? Sounds completely american, just a disgrace to justice...
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
For many others, yes.
All I see here is favoritism and privilege. Over half million dead since 2020 and no arrests like this one, until a privileged celebrity dies. Talk about a broken justice system. If you want to arrest the people guilty of this.. go to the southern border and do your dam jobs. Matthew Perry got what he voted for..
This is dumb
Ooohhhhhhh!! Maybe they COULD'VE done the same with G. FLOYD.
Sounds like a lot of dopers and dealers in the comments section here getting nervous. There is that nasty word again - accountability.
If thats the case should Drs be charged when their patients overdoses 🤔 ? Just a thought. I agree with he was a grown man. He chose to use what ever he wanted to use. Sad situation but it happens every day. Prayers & hugs for his family & friends. God bless.
I have heard arguments in the comments sections of many videos where this guys fans swear up and down that he didn't die from drug use. It shows you just how messed up our society is when people are confronted with the truth, still make up their own reality because they can't deal with the truth.
@LumiOlpero
2 күн бұрын
All you have to do is look at his face and see he was an addict
No one forced him to use drugs, which this wasn’t his first rodeo.🤔🤫
It's his fault
Nobody likes it when people become drug addicts, but he did this to himself, and is at peace now.
💔✌️
Rlp
TO BE HONEST MATTHEW PERRY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN DEATH. YES HE WAS A BELOVED ACTOR BY MANY BUT IN ALL REALITY AS AN ADDICT IT IS HIS CHOICE TO USE/CONSUME THE PRODUCT FOR WHICH HE HIMSELF PURCHASED. HIS CHOICE TO USE WAS HIS CHOICE AND NO ONE SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS CHOICES.AT SOME POINT WE NEED TO STOP POINTING THE FINGER AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CHOICES THAT WE MAKE AS ADULTS!!! SAD THAT HE DIED THIS WAY BECAUSE HE WAS APART OF THE BEST PARTS OF MY CHILDHOOD WATCHING FRIENDS BUT ULTIMATELY HE CHOSE TO BUY THE PRODUCT AND HE CHOSE TO IRRESPONSIBLY JUMP IN THE POOL. NO ONE SAID GET WASTED AND GO SWIMMING AT HOME ALONE. AND SADLY HIS POOR CHOICES LEAD TO HIM DYING AT HOME ALONE!!!
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
*a part
Maybe was a Doctor...whoever prescribed the drug
@stormdancer25
2 күн бұрын
No
Does this mean Perry will not be on next Friends reunion.Maybe they can do a hologram like they did wth Tupac
Anyone who sells a product that causes harm should be jailed.... cigarettes, matches, cars, food etc.
Wishing him a speedy recovery..
@georgiadavis670
2 күн бұрын
He died last October.
@345mrse
2 күн бұрын
@@georgiadavis670 Hope that he gets better.
@rosselliswilkinson
2 күн бұрын
@georgiadavis670Perry most likely faked his death, live a quiet life, happens all the time
@georgiadavis670
2 күн бұрын
@@rosselliswilkinson Idiot.
@345mrse
2 күн бұрын
@@rosselliswilkinson Yes. Elvis. And the comedian Andy Kaufman. I hope that they get well soon too.
still an addict after all that rehab and continued rehab. he took his therapy and that wasnt enough he wanted MORE. he got alright.
His choice. His fault. Ridiculious!
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
*ridiculous
Why thise were his choices? We need to stop looking for blame on others instead of the addict. Its sad we'll miss him but unfortunately he did this to himself
He caued his own death as tragic as his death was don't blame anyone for his decision that is addiction..........
@l.a.3479
2 күн бұрын
*caused
Kinda weird how the news guy somewhat looked like Ross.
@sunnydelight5255
2 күн бұрын
Yes lol
Made .million dollars per episode on TV... Poor little rich 1:3 boy ...was tragically sad and found solace only in drugs
I had no idea Chandler Bing was a drug user. Joey yeah that was a given. Definite pothead that one. Ross fits the mold as a classic cocaine user. It was obvious Rachel was into ecstasy. Monica’s constant emotional roller coaster was indicative of meth use. But Chandler was so clean cut and prim and proper drugs didn’t even enter my mind. Homosexual obviously but not drugs. I’m willing to bet the investigators on this case will be paying Phoebe a little visit. If anyone was supplying to all these drug addicts it was definitely her.
Who? AND WHO GIVES A F*CK?
Why? It was his fault. He knew his risks, his parent too. Sorry for them. Unnecessary!
Friends its trash they make good for sociaty taking garbage out
What was up with all the batman decor??
What was up with all the batman decor??