Five charged in Matthew Perry’s death

[Kevin M.]

Lots of “doctors” charged, but also Perry’s personal assistant 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyjnj07w34t

Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Marti Lawrence]

Such a sad story. None of those people close to him seemed to give a damn.

~Marti

[Kevin M.]

If I may paraphrase a movie line…

Forget it, Marti. It’s Hollywood. 

I suspect a lot of people who publicly mourned his passing were well aware that his addiction had returned. Some, like those charged, profited from it. Others simply said nothing. 

Kevin M. (RPCV)

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[PGage]

So happy with this prosecution. The story below the main one lays out the issues very well, and is important enough I am pasting below. Addicts are responsible for their choices and behaviors. So too are the people who exploit and profit off of them.

Sam Granville
Reporting from Los Angeles

Some cases like this can prove hard to prosecute before a jury because "when somebody chooses to do something of their own volition - take drugs and overdose - we tend to hold those people accountable for their own actions," Tre Lovell, a former prosecutor and trial attorney in California, tells the BBC. 

It's sometimes more difficult to try these cases when "you try to hold other people accountable", he adds. 

But, Lovell says there's been a big push by federal US authorities to go after drug dealers and doctors in hopes of preventing overdoses. 

"They're tough cases", Lovell adds, but officials are cognisant that charges have to be "tailored to the laws" that would allow a conviction. 

While Perry was conducting unlawful conduct, he's also a "victim", Lovell says and investigators have noted, "he should have been helped in regards to his addiction and not exploited".

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