Matthew Perry’s former home in Pacific Palisades has been sold in an off-market deal for $8.55 million — almost a year to the day since 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. She intends to use the property as a vacation home, her representative said.
Perry purchased the property in 2020 for $6 million, records show.
Verma-Lallian purchased the house 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 spa in October 2023. While his death at age 54 was initially ruled a drowning, an autopsy found the level of ketamine in his blood was about the same as that used during general anesthesia.
In August, Perry’s personal assistant, two doctors and two suspected drug dealers – one of whom is known as the “Ketamine Queen” – were charged with supplying ketamine that led to Perry’s death.
Ketamine is a legal drug commonly used as an anesthetic, but it is also used recreationally due to its calming and dissociative effects. Federal prosecutors say the defendants took advantage of Perry’s addiction to enrich themselves.
News of Perry’s death sparked an outpouring of grief. The beloved comedic actor starred as Chandler Bing on all 10 seasons of the hit sitcom “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, specializing in securing and developing land in the Greater Phoenix area.
In August, it facilitated the $136 million purchase of a 2,100-acre site to house data centers for the AI-based Tract platform. That same month, she closed two real estate deals in Buckeye, Arizona, totaling nearly $20 million.
