Prosecutors say Jasveen Sangha operated a “drug-involved premises” that fueled a deadly high-end narcotics trade.
The “Ketamine Queen” was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for operating a long-term narcotics distribution ring that supplied the drugs responsible for the 2023 overdose death of actor Matthew Perry.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, received the 180-month sentence from U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett. The dual U.S.-U.K. citizen pleaded guilty in September 2025 to five felony counts, including the distribution of ketamine resulting in death and maintaining a drug-involved premises.
Federal prosecutors detailed a sophisticated operation run out of Sangha’s residence, which served as a hub for storing and packaging ketamine and methamphetamine since 2019. A March 2024 raid of the home uncovered 79 vials of liquid ketamine, thousands of methamphetamine pills, and various other narcotics alongside a gold money-counting machine and a hidden camera detector.
Keith Morrison, a Dateline correspondent and Perry’s stepfather, told Sangha in court, “I feel bad for you. I don’t hate you, I’m not angry at you. You’re a drug dealer. The fact is you supplied an addict,” according to Today.
The sentencing marks a major milestone in the investigation into the death of Perry, the acclaimed Friends star who died in October 2023. Court documents reveal that Sangha coordinated with middleman Erik Fleming to sell 51 vials of ketamine to Perry’s live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa. On the day of Perry’s death, Iwamasa reportedly administered at least three injections of Sangha’s ketamine to the actor.
Evidence presented in court showed that Sangha attempted to cover her tracks immediately after Perry’s death was reported. She used the encrypted messaging app Signal to instruct Fleming to “Delete all our messages” and updated her settings to automatically wipe their conversation history.
The investigation also linked Sangha to the 2019 death of another customer, Cody McLaury, who overdosed hours after purchasing ketamine from her.
Several other co-defendants have already faced judgment in the case:
- Salvador Plasencia, 44, a Santa Monica physician known as “Dr. P,” is serving 30 months for distributing ketamine to Perry despite being aware of the actor’s addiction struggles.
- Mark Chavez, 55, a San Diego doctor who supplied the ketamine to Plasencia, was sentenced to three years of probation and home detention.
Both doctors have surrendered their medical licenses. Perry’s assistant, Iwamasa, and the middleman, Fleming, are awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to federal charges in 2024.
The case was a joint effort by the Los Angeles Police Department, the DEA, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
