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Surprising Arrests in the Death of Matthew Perry | Crime Alert Recap Saturday 08.17.24 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to the Crime Alert hourly update. Here now
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  Speaker 1: some of the biggest stories of the week.
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  Speaker 2: A dramatic twist in the investigation into the death of
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  Speaker 2: beloved star Matthew Perry. Federal authorities have charged five individuals,
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  Speaker 2: including Perry's personal assistant and two doctors, in connection with
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  Speaker 2: the death of the star. The indictment reveals a web
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  Speaker 2: of deceit and exploitation as a way to make quick money.
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  Speaker 2: Here's US Attorney Martin Estrada.
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  Speaker 3: These defendants took advantage of mister Perry's addiction issues to
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  Speaker 3: enrich themselves. They knew what they were doing was wrong.
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  Speaker 3: They knew what they were doing was risking great danger
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  Speaker 3: to mister Perry, but they did it anyways. In the end,
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  Speaker 3: these defendants were more interested in profiting off mister Perry
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  Speaker 3: than caring for his well being.
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  Speaker 2: Kennethy Wemasa, Perry's longtime personal assistant, along with doctor Mark Chavez,
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  Speaker 2: doctor Salvador Pla Sensia, Eric Fleming, and Jasvine Sangha, known
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  Speaker 2: in some circles as the quote Ketamine Queen, are facing
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  Speaker 2: serious allegations, according to the US Attorney's Office. The office
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  Speaker 2: revealed that all five defendants are charged with conspiring to
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  Speaker 2: distribute ketamine, the drug that led to Perry's tragic death Lacks.
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  Speaker 2: October twenty eighth, twenty twenty three, Perry was found unresponsive
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  Speaker 2: in his Specific Palisades hot tub. The official autopsy confirmed
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  Speaker 2: death from quote acute effects of ketamine combined with drowning.
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  Speaker 2: Perry had been undergoing ketamine and fusion therapy for depression
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  Speaker 2: and anxiety, but investigators determined that the amount of ketamine
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  Speaker 2: in his system at the time of death far exceeded
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  Speaker 2: what would have been expected from such a therapy. The
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  Speaker 2: indictment details a disturbing operation involving code names for ketamine,
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  Speaker 2: which was referred to as quote, Doctor Pepper, Cans, and
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  Speaker 2: bots among the huge Investigators uncovered that Ewamasa allegedly administered
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  Speaker 2: over twenty ketamine shots in the last four days of
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  Speaker 2: Perry's life for fifty five thousand dollars in cash, even
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  Speaker 2: though he knew Perry was spiraling out of control. Here's
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  Speaker 2: US attorney Martin Estrada again.
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  Speaker 3: Defendant Placentia saw this as an opportunity to profit off
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  Speaker 3: of mister Perry, he wrote in a text message in
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  Speaker 3: September twenty twenty three quote, I wonder how much this
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  Speaker 3: moron will pay.
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  Speaker 2: In the meantime. Sang Ja's residence was also reportedly rated,
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  Speaker 2: revealing a treasure trove of drugs, including eighty miles of ketamine,
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  Speaker 2: meth pills, cocaine, and xanax. According to authorities, prosecutors are
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  Speaker 2: charging the group with conspiracy to distribute ketamine, maintaining drug
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  Speaker 2: involved premises, and falsifying records.
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  Speaker 4: A former Colorado cartiologist is convicted in Denver of drugging
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  Speaker 4: and raping nearly a d women after meeting them on
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  Speaker 4: dating apps. The jury found Stephen Matthews, aged thirty six,
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  Speaker 4: guilty of thirty five felony counts of assault and sexual
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  Speaker 4: assault involving eleven victims. Matthews was arrested in March of
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  Speaker 4: last year after a woman reported he had drugged and
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  Speaker 4: assaulted her during a date. As more victims came forward,
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  Speaker 4: the charges against him grew, leading to a total of
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  Speaker 4: fifty one felony charges. One of the women, first named Audrey,
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  Speaker 4: talked to CBS News.
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  Speaker 3: Doing the right thing is hard, but you know you
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  Speaker 3: can do it if you really need to, and I
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  Speaker 3: think I really need to in order to protect other women.
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  Speaker 4: By October, Matthews it pleaded not guilty, but the jury
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  Speaker 4: found him guilty on all but three charges crime spanning
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  Speaker 4: from twenty nineteen to early twenty twenty three victims shared
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  Speaker 4: similar stories as Audrey. They met Matthews on dating apps
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  Speaker 4: like Hinge and Tinder, and after meetium for drinks, they
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  Speaker 4: would lose memory of the evening and wake up disoriented,
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  Speaker 4: often in his home. Some only realized what had happened
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  Speaker 4: after finding explicit photos that Matthews had taken without them
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  Speaker 4: their consent. Adjuror who spoke out said the evidence was overwhelming,
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  Speaker 4: including disturbing text message and the photos that Matthews had
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  Speaker 4: taken up the women.
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  Speaker 5: In Texas, a twelve year old girl is dead after
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  Speaker 5: police say her mother and father allegedly failed to seek
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  Speaker 5: medical attention for her life threatening injuries. This according to
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  Speaker 5: a news conference from Sheriff David Soward, the little girl's
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  Speaker 5: parents did not seek medical attention, not taking her to
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  Speaker 5: the doctor or calling nine one one, even though the
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  Speaker 5: little girl was mentally and physically incapacitated and non responsive.
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  Speaker 5: It was only when the little girl went into respiratory
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  Speaker 5: distress that the mother finally called nine to one one.
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  Speaker 5: Here's more from Sheriff David Soward nine one.
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  Speaker 6: Dispatcher's share at my office received a call from a
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  Speaker 6: lady that said her daughter was in needed medical attention,
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  Speaker 6: having trouble breathing, maybe even stopped breathing. While the deputies
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  Speaker 6: and ms were enrapped, the lady left with the child
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  Speaker 6: on Dispatchers made contact with him again and told him
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  Speaker 6: to pull off on the side.
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  Speaker 5: Of the road.
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  Speaker 6: Transported to Methodist Sati Scotia Hospital here in Jordenton, and
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  Speaker 6: helicopter was dispatched, but she was never airlifted. The child
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  Speaker 6: passed away in the emergency room.
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  Speaker 5: The thirteen year old victim, identified as Miranda SIPs, received
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  Speaker 5: life threatening injuries and suffered in her home for four
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  Speaker 5: days without her parents taking her to the doctor. When
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  Speaker 5: questioned by authorities, her mother said she offered her smoothies
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  Speaker 5: and tried to nurse her back to health, this while
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  Speaker 5: the child was unconscious. The Sheriff's Department has not released
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  Speaker 5: the cause of injuries, but the girl's mother, Denise of Albanita,
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  Speaker 5: and stepfather Gerald Gonzalez were arrested and charged with injury
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  Speaker 5: to a child causing serious bodily injury by omission, a
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  Speaker 5: third degree felony. Upon receiving the nine to one one call,
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  Speaker 5: medical staff tried to treat the girl, but she was
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  Speaker 5: pronounced dead. Autopsy results are pending.
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