Overview
- A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced Kenneth Iwamasa on Wednesday to three years and five months in prison, plus two years of supervised release and a $10,000 fine, marking the final sentence in the criminal case.
- Iwamasa pleaded guilty in 2024 and admitted he repeatedly injected Perry with ketamine, with prosecutors saying he gave the actor more than 25 doses in the days before his death and at least three injections on October 28, 2023.
- The prosecution traced a supply chain that included two doctors, an intermediary and a supplier nicknamed the “queen of ketamine,” and other defendants have already been sentenced, including a 15-year term for supplier Jasveen Sangha.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled that Perry’s death was caused by the acute effects of ketamine with accidental drowning and health factors listed as contributors, a finding central to the conspiracy charge that produced these sentences.
- Prosecutors and law enforcement framed the case as a warning about diverted prescription drugs, raising questions about how medical access, personal assistants and informal supply networks can enable addiction and lead to criminal liability.