BREAKING REPORT: Multiple arrests made in Matthew Perry Death.. 

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TMZ reports that law enforcement officials "carried out search warrants and confiscated computers, phones, and other electronic devices" to determine who provided Perry with the illegally prescribed ketamine that led to his death.

The doctor and dealers who were arrested are accused of facilitating and supplying the ketamine to Perry.

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Five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry's death as officials investigate how the actor obtained ketamine.

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Matthew Perry‘s loved ones and fans are getting closer to finding some closure over his painful death. Almost a year after the Friends actor mysteriously drowned in his hot tub due to ketamine consumption, those connected to the case have been taken into custody. Authorities have made major arrests following investigations into how Perry got the ketamine that caused him to lose consciousness.

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When 'Friends' actor Matthew Perry was found dead in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home last year, it seemed like it could have just been an accident. He'd been treating his depression with ketamine infusion therapy, wasn't found with drug paraphernalia or anything suggesting foul play, and appeared to have drowned. He'd spent decades fighting addiction, but the actor had said he was finally sober.

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More people have been named and charged in the criminal investigation into actor Matthew Perry’s death in late October 2023. On Thursday morning, as originally projected earlier this week, major news networks began to report that arrests had been made in connection with the accidental death of 54-year-old actor Matthew Perry, who was found face down and unresponsive in the hot tub at his Los Angeles area home in late October 2023.

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BREAKING REPORT: Multiple arrests made in Matthew Perry Death.. DEVELOPING.. TMZ reports that law enforcement officials "carried out search warrants and confiscated computers, phones, and other electronic devices" to determine who provided Perry with the illegally prescribed ketamine that led to his death. The doctor and dealers who were arrested are accused of facilitating and supplying the ketamine to Perry.

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