BREAKING_ arrests made in Matthew Perry's death, TMZ reports

Breaking arrests made in Matthew Perry's death, TMZ reports

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00:00We are following some breaking news right now coming in from our partners over at TMZ.

00:05They say there's been a big break in the death investigation of actor Matthew Perry. We're told

00:10there have been multiple arrests that have been made, including at least one doctor. Again,

00:15law enforcement sources telling our partners over at TMZ that multiple law enforcement agencies

00:21executed search warrants and seized computers, phones, and other electronic equipment to

00:27determine who supplied Perry with a ketamine that caused him to lose consciousness last October

00:33and drown in his hot tub. We're told that Perry had been getting ketamine infusion therapy for

00:39treatment of anxiety and depression, but the last therapy was a week and a half before his death,

00:45so the ketamine in his system was not prescribed by a doctor. TMZ also broke the story that Perry

00:52had the same level of ketamine in his system that is used for general anesthesia during surgery.

00:58Law enforcement sources also telling TMZ that the ketamine Perry ingested was not legally

01:04prescribed, and multiple agencies, including the DEA, U.S. Postal Service, and LAPD,

01:11had conducted a criminal investigation that went on for several months. We are told via TMZ that

01:17at least one doctor has been arrested, along with several dealers who helped to allegedly arrange

01:22and deliver that ketamine to Perry. Sources telling TMZ the search warrant revealed text messages that

01:29discussed Perry and the ketamine that he wanted and what they were doing to get it to him.

01:35The text also discussed the price the friend's actor did pay for that drug. Sources telling TMZ

01:41authorities got a search warrant for Brooke Mueller, Charlie Sheen's ex, who had been in a

01:46treatment center with Perry, but as far as we know, she is not connected to any of the arrests.

01:52In their investigation, authorities found other celebrities who were involved in the Hollywood

01:56drug scene, so they have gathered a lot of information as this is an investigation that

02:01does involve multiple agencies. TMZ, you'll remember, broke the story of Perry's death

02:06back on October 28th of 2023. He was 54 years old. The arrests making it clear that authorities

02:14are making it a priority to go after doctors and dealers who illegally push drugs. Notably,

02:20Ryan Revis got an 11-year sentence as the middleman who delivered drugs laced with fentanyl

02:25to Mac Miller, resulting in the rapper's death. Again, we have learned here from TMZ that several

02:32arrests have been made in connection to the death of friend's actor Matthew Perry, all connected,

02:37of course, to that death back in October and related to the supply of ketamine. As we do

02:42get any more details here, we will make sure to bring those to you on Live Now from Fox.