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Jasveen Sangha Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Providing Ketamine in Matthew Perry's Death
Jasveen Sangha, known as the 'Ketamine Queen,' received a 15-year federal prison sentence for distributing ketamine that contributed to the 2023 death of actor Matthew Perry. She pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including distribution resulting in death. The case involves five individuals charged with supplying drugs to Perry, who struggled with addiction.
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U.K. citizen from North Hollywood, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom for her role in supplying ketamine that led to Matthew Perry's death. She pleaded guilty in September 2024 to five federal charges, including three counts of distribution of ketamine, one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury, and one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises.
Prosecutors stated that Sangha's home operated as a drug distribution site since at least 2019, funding her lifestyle through sales of ketamine, methamphetamine, cocaine, and Xanax. Perry, known for portraying Chandler Bing on the television series Friends from 1994 to 2004, died on October 28, 2023, in the hot tub of his Pacific Palisades home in Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles County coroner's autopsy determined the cause of death as the acute effects of ketamine, with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine effects; the death was ruled accidental.
Perry had used ketamine as part of supervised therapy for depression but struggled with substance addiction for decades. Sangha admitted during her plea to supplying the ketamine that caused Perry's death and to instructing accomplices to delete incriminating text messages related to drug deals.
Federal authorities raided her North Hollywood home, seizing dozens of ketamine vials and thousands of pills.
As part of the plea agreement, Sangha also pleaded guilty to selling ketamine to Cody McLaury in August 2019, who died hours later from an overdose.
Sangha is one of five individuals charged in connection with Perry's death, including two physicians, Perry's live-in assistant, and a middleman.
