Matthew Perry's former home in Pacific Palisades sold in an off-market deal for $8.55 million, nearly a year to the day the actor was found dead on the property.
The four-bedroom, 3,500-square-foot midcentury modern home was sold to Anita Verma-Lallian, a film producer and real estate developer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, a representative told The Times. He intends to use the property as a vacation home, his representative said.
Perry bought the property in 2020 for $6 million, records show.
Verma-Lallian purchased the home through a trust and was represented by Brooke Elliott Laurinkus of Christie's International Real Estate Southern California, her representative said. The listing was held by Greg Holcomb of Carolwood Estates, he added.
Perry was found unconscious in his backyard hot tub in October 2023. While his death at age 54 was initially classified as drowning, an autopsy revealed that the level of ketamine in his blood was about the same as would be used during the general anesthesia.
In August, Perry's personal assistant, two doctors and two alleged drug dealers, one known as the “Ketamine Queen,” were charged with supplying ketamine that led to Perry's death.
Ketamine is a legal medication that is commonly used as an anesthetic, but is also abused recreationally for its calming and dissociative effects. Federal prosecutors allege the defendants took advantage of Perry's addiction to enrich themselves.
The news of Perry's death was met with great sadness. The beloved comedy actor played Chandler Bing on all 10 seasons of the hit comedy “Friends.”
Verma-Lallian received her MBA from USC and is the founder and CEO of a commercial real estate consulting firm called Arizona Land Consulting, which specializes in securing and developing land in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
In August, it facilitated the $136 million purchase of a 2,100-acre site to house data centers for the AI-powered Tract platform. That same month, he closed two real estate deals in Buckeye, Arizona, totaling nearly $20 million.
