Matthew Perry’s ex-girlfriend calls for wider investigation into ‘network of shady doctors’ behind his death

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Matthew Perry’s ex-girlfriend and longtime friend Kayti Edwards is slamming the late actor’s vast network of doctors and nurses who allegedly supplied him with illegal drugs.

Five people, including two doctors, Dr. Salavadore Plasencia and Dr. Mark Chavez; a woman known as the “Ketamine Queen” Jasveen Sangha; a jogger named Erik Fleming and the “Friends” actor’s assistant, Kenneth “Kenny” Iwamasa, have recently been charged with Perry’s death.

However, Edwards, 47, hinted the net is even bigger than that and urged investigators to widen their probe into the ‘7 Again’ star’s death while claiming she had to quit her job as Perry’s assistant because she “couldn’t watch him die.”

Kayti Edwards suggests there is a large network behind Matthew Perry’s death

The actor who played the character of Chandler Bing was found dead in his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, 2023. An autopsy report later revealed that he died due to “acute effects of ketamine.”

After five people were arrested over the actor’s death, Kayti Edwards, the granddaughter of British actress Julie Andrews, is calling on police to investigate the case further.

Speaking to The Mirror, Edwards recalled the ‘Fools Rush In’ actor once telling her: “I’m with the doctors.”

She continued: “There is a whole network of people beyond those facing criminal charges that police need to investigate.”

“Detectives just need to look into his medical history. There are plenty more doctors who have been on his list over the years who will now be terrified,” added Matthew Perry’s ex, who dated the actor in 2006.

He also revealed: “Whenever I had an active addiction, I knew immediately who to turn to. It’s a scandal.”

Although their relationship didn’t work out, Edwards took a job as Perry’s assistant in 2011 and has remained a lifelong friend. She also suggested that Perry’s bond with doctors goes back many years, even though her choice of medications changed.

Edwards continued: “Ketamine was the new trend, but it all started with unscrupulous doctors prescribing too many prescription pills, like Vicodin.”

He added confidently: “When the charges were dropped, I knew they would be doctors because that was what they always did. I wasn’t surprised.”

“His addict brain was thinking, ‘Well, a doctor prescribed it for me, so I can take it.’ In his head, it wasn’t like he was out on the street buying drugs,” Edwards revealed.

Perry’s friend also raised the question of why no drug paraphernalia was found at the scene.

She said: “If he had been injected with a large amount of drugs, there would have been a needle and evidence of ketamine in the house. Where did it all go? Why did the assistant inject him with all those drugs and leave?”

“I always stayed with Matthew if he was using drugs because I didn’t want him to overdose or have anything happen to him. I could call 911, but why wasn’t his assistant there?” said Edwards, who once worked as Perry’s assistant.

Kayti Edwards reveals she quit her job because she “couldn’t watch him die”

Kayti Edwards has revealed the sad truth about why she left her high-paying job as Matthew Perry’s assistant.

According to Radar Online, she said: “Matthew paid me very well as his assistant, but there came a time when he got so bad that I had no choice but to give up that salary. But I knew I couldn’t watch him die. I could never, ever live with myself.”

He also spoke about Perry’s then-assistant, Kenny Iawamasa, who administered ketamine injections to him despite having no medical training.

Edwards said: “This is what I find strange. Matthew always told me he would never, ever, ever use needles or inject anything into his body. He didn’t even want to get tattoos.”

“I often saw him very high and taking lots of different drugs. It always scared me a lot and I would tell him he had to stop mixing all that stuff, telling him he was going to die,” the heartbroken friend added to The Mirror.

“But he told me that you only die when you use needles and that I would never, never, never do that,” she said.