Matthew Perry's family in Ketamine Queen trial: 'You're going down'

A year after Matthew Perry's death, the late “Friends” star's family sat down with “Today” show's Savannah Guthrie to reflect on his legacy.

Perry's mother, Suzanne Morrison, stepfather Keith Morrison and three younger sisters spoke about the aftermath of his death from the acute effects of ketamine and the justice they hope to see after a trial date was set for two of the defendants who supplied him with drugs.

“I’m thrilled,” Perry’s mother said of the trial, scheduled for March 2025.

“What I hope, and I think the authorities who took part in this hope, is that people who have made it their business to supply people with drugs that kill them are now being put on notice,” Keith Morrison added added. “It doesn’t matter what your professional qualifications are, you’re going to sink, baby.”

Earlier this year, the DEA and LAPD launched an investigation to determine who supplied Perry with the drugs that led to his death. This led to the arrest of five people in August, including Perry's assistant, doctors and Jasveen Sangha, also known as the “Ketamine Queen.” Sangha and one of the doctors will stand trial next year and face decades in prison.

Perry died on October 28, 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine after being found lifeless in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home. His death was ruled accidental and other factors included drowning, coronary artery disease and the effects of buprenorphine, which is used to treat opioid use disorder.

On Friday, Guthrie released a preview of the interview in which Morrison said she was “worried” after one of her recent conversations with Perry.

“He went through a period, interestingly enough, right before he died, where he showed me one of his new houses,” Morrison told Guthrie. “He came up to me and said, 'I love you so much and I'm so happy to be with you now.' It was almost like it was a premonition or something. I didn't think about it at the time, but I thought, 'How long has it been since we last had a conversation like this?' It's been years.'”

She continued: “I think there was something there. What was going to happen next to him was inevitable and he felt it very strongly. But he said, ‘I’m not afraid anymore.’ And it worried me.”

Keith Morrison said he was under the impression Perry was still sober at the time of his death. “It certainly seemed that way to me. Although he had been treated with ketamine, it had not become something he could not control,” he said. “Although he was a guy who would make decisions. “I can handle it. I can do that. I can tell you what is right. I know the whole system inside and out. I know what the drug does to me.' So there was a concern, what is he really doing?”

His sister Madeline added: “I don't even know if he thinks he's relapsed.”

To help others struggling with addiction, Perry's family founded the Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada, of which his sister Caitlin is executive director.