'Ketamine Queen' Jasveen Sangha pleads guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with fatal dose
A woman known as the 'Ketamine Queen' has plead guilty to supplying Matthew Perry with the drug that killed him.
The Friends star, 54, was found dead in his Los Angeles home on 28 October 2023 by Kenneth Iwamasa, his assistant.
Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to five federal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry’s death.
She faces up to 65 years behind bars after admitting to one count of maintaining drug-involved premises, three counts of distributing ketamine, and one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death.
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She was the fifth and final defendant charged in Perry’s overdose death to admit guilt, after Dr Salvador Plasencia plead guilty in July.
Dr Plasencia will face up to 10 years in federal prison after being found guilty of four counts of distribution of ketamine.
Three other defendants, Dr Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa, and Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in exchange for their co-operation.
Prosecutors portrayed Sangha, a 42-year-old dual citizen of the US and the UK, as a prolific drug dealer known as the 'Ketamine Queen' to her customers.
The US Attorney's Office said she worked with Erik Fleming, 55, of Hawthorne, to knowingly distribute ketamine to Perry.
They noted that his 'struggles with drug addiction were well documented' and that 'in October 2023, Sangha and Fleming sold Perry 51 vials of ketamine'.
Attorney Martin Estrada said in a press conference last year: "These defendants took advantage of Mr Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves.
"They knew what they were doing was wrong, they knew what they were doing, was risking great danger to mister Perry, but they did it anyways.
"In the end, these defendants were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than caring for his wellbeing."
In her plea agreement, Sangha admitted to selling four vials ketamine to victim Cody McLaury in August 2019, after he died hours later from a drug overdose.
Estrada continued: "As many of you know, Mr Perry struggled with addiction in the past. Now, on many occasions he sought help for his addiction issues.
"The investigation revealed that in the fall of 2023, Mr Perry fell back into addiction, and these defendants took advantage to profit for themselves.
"These defendants cared more about profiting off of Mr Perry than caring for his well-being.
"Drug dealers selling dangerous substances are gambling with other people’s lives over greed. This case, along with many other prosecutions of drug dealers who cause death, sends a clear message that we will hold drug dealers accountable for the deaths they cause."
Topics: Matthew Perry, Friends, Celebrity
Anish Vij