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Ketamine Queen’ Pleads Guilty to Supplying Ketamine That Caused Matthew Perry’s Death

The plea closes the prosecution phase of the case, with sentencing set for December 10 under a potential 65-year maximum.

Overview

  • Jasveen Sangha admitted to five federal counts, including distribution of ketamine resulting in death and maintaining a drug-involved premises, under a plea deal that dismisses additional charges.
  • Prosecutors said they will seek less than the statutory maximum at sentencing, though the judge is not bound by their recommendation.
  • Court filings state Sangha operated a North Hollywood stash house and supplied 51 vials of ketamine to intermediary Erik Fleming, who routed the drug to Matthew Perry through assistant Kenneth Iwamasa.
  • Investigators seized dozens of ketamine vials during searches, and filings say Iwamasa injected Perry multiple times, including on the day he died; the medical examiner ruled the cause as acute effects of ketamine.
  • All four co-defendants—the two doctors, the assistant, and the intermediary—had already pleaded guilty, and Sangha also acknowledged a 2019 ketamine sale to Cody McLaury, who later died of an overdose.