Matthew Perry relied on a number of people to supply and inject the ketamine that ultimately led to his fatal overdose in October.
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Rither Alabre, a former New York prosecutor and partner in White Collar Group at Blank Rome LLP, told Fox News Digital that prosecutors are "definitely sending a strong message" to dealers by charging them in this high-profile case.
"There has been a recent trend of prosecutors charging dealers who provided the drugs that caused the deaths of other high-profile individuals," Alabre said.
"For example, federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) charged the dealer of the fentanyl-laced heroin that resulted in the death of actor Michael K. Williams (The Wire), and that dealer was ultimately sentenced last year to 10 years in prison. SDNY prosecutors also charged the dealer of the drugs that led to the death of Robert De Niro’s grandson, and that dealer faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for each of the two counts she is charged with."
Alabre noted the importance of federal prosecutors taking the lead on the Perry investigation due to access to more resources and the ability to work alongside additional agencies.
"The defendants are more likely to get much higher sentences in federal court," Alabre said. "In the case involving Perry’s death, one of the defendants faces a minimum of 10 years and a maximum of life imprisonment. The prosecutors not only charged the dealers but also charged two doctors (not Perry’s regular doctors), who are alleged to have provided the drugs to the dealers, another sign of the strong message that prosecutors are sending in these types of cases."
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"Matthew Perry Death Probe Reveals Actor Was Manipulated by ‘Leeches’ in His Inner Circle," by Tracy Wright was published in Fox News Digital on August 16, 2024.
