A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen” will plead guilty to five federal charges after she was accused of providing the drugs that led to Matthew Perry’s overdose and death.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, is set to plead guilty to charges including three counts of distributing ketamine and one count of distributing the drug resulting in death or bodily injury, according to the Justice Department. Other charges against her have been dropped in exchange for the plea.
Sangha is one of five people charged in connection with the death of the Friends actor. Per her plea agreement, Sangha and 55-year-old Erik Fleming sold 51 vials of ketamine to Perry via his personal assistant.
According to federal prosecutors, records showed that Sangha deleted her Signal messages after learning of Perry’s death and told Fleming to do the same. She also left Fleming a voicemail and texted him to “please call.”
She claimed in the message that she never directly dealt with Perry, “only his assistant.”
“I’m 90% sure everyone is protected,” she wrote. “Does K stay in your system or is it immediately flushed out[?]”
Fleming pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death and faces up to 25 years in federal prison at his sentencing on Nov. 12. Perry’s assistant and two doctors also pleaded guilty to ketamine-related charges.
Sangha could face up to 65 years total in federal prison, but prosecutors may recommend a lighter sentence. She’ll be sentenced in the upcoming months.
In Sangha's plea agreement, obtained by Complex, the government agrees to a two- to three-level reduction in the level of her guideline sentence, "provided that defendant demonstrates an acceptance of responsibility for the offenses." (Find out more about how federal sentencing guidelines work here).
Perry, whose struggles with alcohol and drugs were well documented, was found dead at the age of 54 in the hot tub of his California home on Oct. 28, 2023. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled the cause of death as "acute effects of ketamine.”
