Jasveen Sangha has been behind bars since her August 2024 arrest in connection with the “Friends” star’s fatal overdose.

‘Ketamine Queen’ who sold drugs that killed Matthew Perry sentenced to 15 years in prison

Jasveen Sangha has been behind bars since her August 2024 arrest in connection with the "Friends" star's fatal overdose.

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The so-called Ketamine Queen has learned her fate.

Jasveen Sangha, the North Hollywood drug dealer who pleaded guilty last year to selling the ketamine dose that killed *Friends* star Matthew Perry, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison, according to the Associated Press. United States District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence — which matched the punishment sought by prosecutors — in Los Angeles federal court.

Perry's mother and stepfather, Suzanne and Keith Morrison, were spotted entering the courthouse and reportedly delivered victim impact statements before Sangha's sentencing.

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Sangha, a dual citizen of the U.S. and the U.K., has been behind bars since her 2024 arrest in connection with Perry's fatal overdose. She faced a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.

Perry was ​​found unresponsive in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home on Oct. 28, 2023, and pronounced dead at the scene. He was 54. According to an autopsy report, the actor's death resulted from the acute effects of ketamine, with contributing factors including drowning, coronary artery disease, and buprenorphine effects (a prescription medication used to treat opioid use disorder).

The Los Angeles Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration, and U.S. Postal Inspection Service subsequently launched an investigation into Perry's death. In August 2024, Sangha and four other individuals were indicted and charged with providing the ketamine that led to Perry's overdose: the actor’s personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa; two doctors, Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez; and Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry’s.

"These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves," U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said at the time. "These defendants were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than acting for his well-being."

Matthew Perry at the Playhouse Theatre in London in 2016.

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Sangha pleaded guilty last year to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury. In a plea agreement, she admitted to working with another dealer to provide Perry with dozens of vials of ketamine in the weeks before his death, including the ketamine that killed him.

Prosecutors said Sangha worked with Fleming and that in October 2023, they sold the actor 51 vials of ketamine that were provided to Iwamasa. In a news release last year, the DOJ said, "Specifically, on October 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry with at least three shots of Sangha's ketamine, which caused Perry's death."

Iwamasa pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death and is scheduled to be sentenced April 22 (though he has asked for a continuance to June, which Judge Garnett has yet to rule on). Fleming pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death and is set to be sentenced April 29.

Chavez and Plasencia were also convicted of illegally distributing ketamine to Perry. Chavez, who once ran a ketamine clinic, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was sentenced in December to eight months home confinement. Plasencia, who briefly treated Perry prior to his death, pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine and was sentenced in December to 30 months in prison.

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For her part, Sangha also admitted to selling ketamine in connection with another overdose death, prosecutors said. The victim, Cody McLaury, died hours after Sangha sold him four vials of ketamine in August 2019, according to the DOJ.

In a court filing last month, prosecutors said Sangha ran a "high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood residence," where she stored, packaged and distributed drugs, including ketamine and methamphetamine since at least 2019. They also stated that Sangha continued to sell "dangerous drugs" even after learning she sold ketamine that contributed to the deaths of McLaury and Perry.

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"She chose profits over people, and her actions have caused immense pain to the victims' families and loved ones," prosecutors wrote. "That defendant had the opportunity to stop after realizing the impact of her dealing — but simply chose not to."

Defense attorneys for Sangha asked for time served ahead of her sentencing due to her "demonstrated rehabilitation."

"She has maintained sustained and exemplary sobriety, and actively engaged in recovery-oriented and rehabilitative programming while in custody, and has tremendously strong family and community support to facilitate successful reentry and reduce the risk of recidivism," her attorneys wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed in March.

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