Matthew Perry’s family is speaking out about arrests on the anniversary of his death

Matthew PerryHis family commemorates his legacy on the first anniversary of his death and shares they are hopeful for justice after five people were charged in connection with his fatal drug overdose.

Perry’s mother Suzanne Morrison said she was “excited” about the charges in a joint interview with husband Keith Morrison and her three daughters Caitlin, Emily and Madeline Today which aired on Monday to mark the anniversary of Perry’s death on October 28 from last year. He was 54.

Perry’s stepfather Keith Morrisona television journalist known for his correspondent work Dateline NBCeven had a message for the defendants: “You’re going down, baby.”

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“What I hope, and I think the agencies involved in this, hope is that people who have put themselves in the business of supplying people with the drugs that will kill them are now aware,” Keith said. Morrison. “It doesn’t matter what your professional credentials are. You’re going down, baby.”

Two doctors, Perry’s assistant, and an alleged San Fernando Valley drug dealer known as “The Ketamine Queen” from North Hollywood were among those charged in August with distributing ketamine to the Friends actor during the last weeks of his life.

“These defendants cared more about taking advantage of Mr. Perry than his well-being,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said at the time. “Drug dealers who sell dangerous substances gamble with the lives of others out of greed. This case, along with our many other prosecutions of drug dealers who cause death, sends a clear message that we will hold drug dealers accountable for the deaths they cause.”

Matthew Perry.

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Perry’s family has since shared the Matthew Perry Foundation of Canada (the late actor was American-Canadian), founded to help others struggling with addiction.

“He made it a major focus of his life to help other people, to encourage other people to say, ‘I need help.’ He tried to show people that that was a courageous thing to do,” Perry’s sister Caitlin Morrison, who is the foundation’s executive director, said at Today. Helping others gave him a “sense of purpose,” she added.

“If anyone asked him for help, he would drop everything and do it,” Perry’s other sister Emily Morrison added. “It doesn’t matter where he was in his life.”

The late actor wrote candidly about his addiction issues in his 2022 memoir Friends, lovers and the big terriblewhich notes in one excerpt, “If I die, as far as my so-called achievements go, it would be nice if Friends were far behind the things I did to help other people.”

Watch the Morrison family’s full interview above.