'Ketamine Queen' sentenced over Matthew Perry's death
The 'Ketamine Queen' who had been linked with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, was one of five people who pleaded guilty for their roles in Perry’s 2023 death, and she has been handed a significant sentence during today's court case (8 April).
Family members of the actor, who died in 2023 from the acute effects of ketamine, were present in Los Angeles for today's (8 April) sentencing, with several providing victim statements regarding Sangha's role in the 54-year-old's death.
'You caused this... Chose the one way that hurts people'
“The pain you’ve caused to hundreds maybe thousands is irreversible,” Debbie Perry, who is married to Matthew Perry’s father, John Bennett Perry, wrote in a victim impact statement ahead of the sentencing.
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“There is no joy to be found, no light in the window. They won’t be back. That thought comes through our day everyday. No escape. You caused this.
"You who has talent for business. Enough to make money. Chose the one way that hurts people.”
She added: “To the court: please give this heartless woman the maximum prison sentence so she won’t be able to hurt other families like ours.”
15 years in prison for the 'Ketamine Queen'
In the end, it was a 15 year prison sentence for the drug dealer, who admitted to selling 25 vials of fatal ketamine to Perry, who was just 54 when he was found unresponsive in the pool of his LA home back in October 2023.
A coroner later ruled that he had died due to the 'acute effects of ketamine'.
Sangha's plea deal included the acknowledgement that it was her drugs that had caused the actor's death, and prosectors were successful in achieving the 15-year sentence that they were seeking.
The 'Ketamine Queen' is a British/American dual citizen who had shown off her lavish lifestyle on social media thanks to the drug business she had built, with her defence's argument that she was an intelligent woman who had made a mistake disregarded, partly due to her previous convictions.
Perry, who also appeared in comedy 17 Again, had reportedly spent around $6,000 on the drug just four days before he died, with his assistant also initially charged in connection with his death.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who illegally sold ketamine to Perry and injected him, was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
Dr. Mark Chavez, a San Diego doctor who ran a ketamine clinic and was the source of the doses that Plasencia sold to Perry, received eight months of home detention and three years of supervised release.
Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, and Erik Fleming have also pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.
Topics: Matthew Perry, Crime, Drugs
James Moorhouse