Overview
- Federal prosecutors made the allegations public in a court filing dated May 26 that says Kenneth Iwamasa ordered the disposal of ketamine vials and syringes, shredded records, deleted files, and changed device passwords after Perry’s October 2023 death.
- The filing alleges Iwamasa told a person identified as “B. M.” to throw away drug evidence, lied to investigators about injecting Perry, and admitted in a phone call to cleaning the scene and deleting materials.
- Iwamasa pleaded guilty in 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine resulting in death and faces sentencing on Wednesday, May 27 with prosecutors asking for about 41 months behind bars.
- Family victim impact statements accuse Iwamasa of betraying Perry’s trust by repeatedly injecting him and abandoning him in a hot tub, and prosecutors say the assistant abused the caretaker role entrusted to him.
- The filing arrives after multiple other defendants were already sentenced — including a 15-year term for supplier Jasveen Sangha and roughly 30 months for Dr. Salvador Plasencia — and could sharpen scrutiny of illegal ketamine distribution and caregiver oversight.