TRAGIC MATTHEW PERRY NEVER STOOD A CHANCE

Addicted star was betrayed by his ruthless inner circle

TROUBLED Matthew Perry was cruelly betrayed by money-grubbing docs, fake pals and sycophantic staffers who saw the Friends funnyman as an idiotic cash cow-before the helpless addict tragically drowned in a drug-induced stupor in his backyard hot tub, lawmen say.

Ten months after Perry's corpse was found floating at his Pacific Palisades pad in October 2023, authorities made five arrests for conspiracy related to the 54-year-old's heartbreaking death!

Now, The National ENQUIRER is exposing damning court documents showing the TV legend's inner circle branded him a "moron," while milking him dry through illicit dope deals!

Hollywood insiders say the kindhearted sitcom king selflessly sought to save others from the horrors of addiction, while his own sobriety secretly faltered and his life spiraled out of control!

Yet prosecutors charge California doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez, Perry's longtime live-in personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, courier Erik Fleming and accused dealer Jasveen Sangha dubbed the Ketamine Queen - ghoulishly took advantage of the hapless actor by supplying him a steady stream of prescription meds!

U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada ripped into those arrested by barking, "These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves.