'Ketamine Queen' Pleads Guilty to Distributing Drugs that Killed Matthew Perry By Christine Pelisek

The woman accused of distributing the ketamine that killed Matthew Perry in October 2023 has pleaded guilty.

Jasveen Sangha, who was dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” by federal prosecutors, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 3 in Los Angeles 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, the Associated Press reported.

Perry’s mother, Suzanne Perry, and his stepfather, “Dateline” reporter Keith Morrison, were in court during her plea, per AP.

The dual U.K. and U.S. citizen is the last defendant to plead guilty in connection with the Friends actor’s overdose death. She could face decades in federal prison.

Prosecutors alleged Sangha distributed drugs to Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry’s, who then distributed them to Perry’s live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa. Fleming was an intermediary between Sangha and Iwamasa, prosecutors alleged.

Fleming obtained 50 vials from Sangha, the Justice Department said, and then distributed them to Perry’s assistant.

On Oct. 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry with at least three shots of Sangha’s ketamine, which resulted in Perry’s death, per the plea agreement cited by prosecutors.

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“After learning from news reports of Perry’s death, Sangha called Fleming on Signal to discuss how to distance themselves from it,” per a DOJ press release. “That day, Sangha updated the settings on the Signal apps to automatically delete her messages with Fleming. She further instructed Fleming to ‘Delete all our messages.'”

Perry, 54, was found face down in the jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home that night. An autopsy later showed the actor died from acute effects of ketamine and other contributing factors such as drowning, coronary artery disease and effects from buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.

Four other defendants pleaded guilty in connection with Perry’s death including Iwamasa and Fleming, as well as doctors Mark Chavez and Salvador Plasencia.

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