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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: 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 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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