Matthew Perry's Shocking Death Investigation Explored in New Peacock Documentary: 'There's Way More to This Story' (Exclusive)

The tragic story behind Matthew Perry’s sudden death — and the alleged culprits being held responsible for it — is coming to the screen.

In an upcoming Peacock documentary, Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy, the Friends actor’s final days and the investigation that was launched into the nature of his death will be broken down and examined by friends and experts.

PEOPLE can exclusively premiere the trailer for the documentary, which premieres Feb. 25 and begins with audio of the dispatch call made to first responders after Perry drowned at his L.A. home.

“This could not be true,” one insider asks of Perry’s Oct. 29, 2023 death at age 54. “How could this possibly be true?”

As footage plays of Perry and his Friends costars Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Courteney Cox amid the heyday of the ’90s sitcom, a fan says Perry was her favorite “because he just made me laugh all the time.”

Then, Morgan Fairchild, who played his character Chandler Bing’s mom on the sitcom, says of the late actor, “He really touched people’s lives.”

Insiders go on to say that Perry’s life was “overtaken by addictions” as “Hollywood is full of enablers.”

“They really preyed on somebody vulnerable,” one person says. “He was doing so well. Everyone thought he was clean and sober. That’s when we knew that there’s way more to this story.”

Martin Estrada, U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California, whose office is handling the investigation into Perry’s death, which was the result of the acute effects of ketamine, also weighs in.

“He had died as a result of ketamine,” Estrada says. “The defendants have all been charged. Three of them have pled guilty and will be cooperating. Two remain.”

“The allegations show a trained doctor is injecting Mr. Perry in parking lots,” he continues. “We used to blame [the] victim. We don’t do that anymore.”

As the trailer wraps up, an insider says, “This story has become so big that we’re really forgetting this story is about one man and that he will be missed.”

It fittingly concludes with footage of Cox, Kudrow and Perry at the 1996 Screen Actors Guild Awards, as Cox declares, “Matthew Perry is the funniest person in the whole world.”

Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy explores the ongoing case that was opened in May 2024 and led to five people being charged, including Perry’s live-in personal assistant, two medical doctors, and an alleged Hollywood drug dealer known as “the Ketamine Queen,” with conspiracy to distribute ketamine.

“The special explores the case as two of the defendants, who have pleaded not guilty, await trial,” per the official description.

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Matthew Perry: A Hollywood Tragedy airs Tuesday, Feb. 25 on Peacock.