More shocking details about Matthew Perry's life and struggle with substance abuse have emerged following his death.
Did Matthew Perry Really Trick Young Women on Raya into Giving Him Drugs?
The actor, who died from ketamine and drowning at the age of 54, allegedly lied about his sobriety and would often sneak drugs into his home via hook-ups from the dating app Raya.
According to the reports, late actor Perry was still on drugs while he was penning down his sobriety memoir, "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing."
The "Friends" star had claimed in the book that he was sober after spending several million dollars over the years, trying to rid himself of the habit.
However, it turns out that Perry lied about his sobriety and had a special way of bringing drugs into his $6 million Pacific Palisades home despite having both a 24/7 nursing team and a live-in sober companion at his disposal.
"He would meet girls on dating apps and have them come over. There was a slew of 21 to 25-year-olds that he would meet on Raya. They would bring drugs with them," a source said of Perry's alleged antics.
They added, "It was mostly Oxycontin [a powerful opioid pain killer]. He would also get illicit drugs from old girlfriends, there was a kind of network."
In the end, an overdose of one of the drugs he indulged in led to his death. The actor was found unresponsive in his hot tub on October 28, which initially led to the assumption that he died from drowning.
However, upon the release of his autopsy, it was confirmed that the drowning was only a secondary factor, as he had a very high level of ketamine in his body at the time of his death.
The amount of ketamine detected "would be enough to make him lose consciousness and lose his posture and his ability to keep himself above the water," said medical toxicologist Andrew Stolbach in an interview with The Associated Press, per ABC.
He added, "Using sedative drugs in a pool or hot tub, especially when you're alone, is extremely risky, and, sadly, here, it's fatal."