Matthew Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, reportedly drove around in the actor’s car after his October 2023 death.
Lisa Calio, who worked for the “Friends” alum for nearly three decades, wrote a letter to the judge ahead of the sentencing hearing for Iwamasa, according to TMZ.
In the letter, Calio claimed Iwamasa went on a ride in Perry’s car at 4 a.m. — shortly after the actor died.
“I received a text from Kenny at 4 a.m. as he was driving one of Matthew’s cars from the house in the Hollywood Hills to the house in the Palisades. And he was loving it,” she wrote in the letter obtained by the outlet.
Calio slammed Iwamasa for not looking after the “17 Again” actor.
“His true concern was not upsetting the lifestyle to which he’d become accustomed,” she wrote, per TMZ, adding that she read that Iwamasa allegedly “watched Matthew seize up more than once and never told any of us who cared so deeply for Matthew.”
“Kenny Iwamasa killed my friend,” Calio alleged in her letter. “His narcissistic, outrageous, irresponsible behavior, his psychotic plan, caused him to heat up the jacuzzi, give Matthew the giant shot he requested and leave him alone to die.”
Calio, who worked alongside Perry to build his Matthew Perry Foundation, claimed Iwamasa was “persistent in wanting a position in the Foundation” after the “Ron Clark Story” star’s death.
She claimed in the letter that Iwamasa said, “That was what Matthew wanted.”
“No, it wasn’t,” she penned. “Kenny had many outrageous requests and expectations that he thought would continue for the rest of his life.”
Calio concluded her letter, writing, “Whatever sentence he receives, it won’t be long enough. He will always be known as the man who killed Matthew Perry. I suppose there should be some comfort in that.”
Perry was found dead in his jacuzzi on Oct. 28, 2023. He was 54.
A coroner announced that the “Fools Rush In” actor died from “acute effects of ketamine,” in addition to drowning, coronary artery disease and buprenorphine effects.
In 2024, federal prosecutors charged five people with conspiracy and distribution of ketamine, causing Perry’s death.
Three of the defendants — Iwamasa, drug counselor Erik Fleming, and Dr. Mark Chavez — agreed to plead guilty.
Iwamasa is set to be sentenced on Wednesday. Though he is facing up to 15 years in prison, he recently asked the judge for leniency, insisting that he could not “simply say no” to the late actor when it came to his drug addiction.
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