Two entertainment industry figures connected to Matthew Perry’s death, one of whom pled guilty in the federal investigation, were involved in another fatal L.A. area overdose nearly three years earlier, family members of the deceased tell The Hollywood Reporter.

Erik Fleming, a former film director and TV producer with a colorful résumé, was recently described by the Department of Justice as a “street dealer” for his role in distributing vials of ketamine to Perry’s live-in personal assistant in the days before the actor’s October 2023 death.

Brooke Mueller, the ex-wife of former addict Charlie Sheen who’s made headlines for her own struggles over the years with sobriety, reportedly cooperated with investigators in the Perry case due her ties to the suspects, including a long-standing friendship with Fleming as well as time spent in rehab with Jasveen Sangha, the so-called “Ketamine Queen,” from whom Fleming had purchased the vials.