The Docket 09.12.24: Matthew Perry and the fame double standard
the true crime that's worth your time
Matthew Perry's overdose death last year has resulted in a raft of charges against those alleged to have supplied and enabled the Friends star -- and a raft of coverage about the role of assistants in enabling celebrity misbehavior. Did Perry's fame mean this case was pressed harder by law enforcement? Has anything changed in terms of 1) who tends to get punished in drug cases, or 2) how we talk about these deaths and who's responsible? All that, plus the case docuseries we don't want to see, in this week's Docket.
SHOW NOTES
The LA Times on the so-called "Ketamine Queen" and her "star-studded life"
US Attorney announces sentencing of dealer who supplied Michael K. Williams
Former Weinstein assistant Rowena Chiu's op ed for the NYT (gift link)
NYT (phew; also a gift link) on "The Undoing of New York Nightlife's Lawyer King," Sal Strazzullo"