A drug dealer dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” has agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges in the US, including that she provided the drug that ultimately led actor Matthew Perry from the hit TV series Friends, to suffer a fatal overdose in October 2023.
42 year old Jasveen Sangha also admitted in her plea agreement to selling four vials of ketamine to Cody McLaury in August 2019.
33 year old McLaury died hours later in his Los Angeles home from a drug overdose that included ketamine.
Sangha agreed to plead guilty 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.
She was one of five people charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine to Perry, who died from acute effects of the drug.
Sangha supplied the ketamine the “Friends” actor injected on the day of his death, according to the plea agreement, which also noted that she sold drugs for years out of her North Hollywood apartment, described in a federal indictment as the “Sangha stash house.”
As part of a deal struck with federal prosecutors, Sangha admitted to knowingly distributing ketamine to Perry, whose struggles with drug addiction and numerous rehab visits were well documented.
She faces up to 65 years in prison based on the plea agreement.
Perry, who had become addicted to intravenous ketamine, started purchasing the powerful drug from a Southern California doctor in late September 2023, according to the indictment and law enforcement officials.
A month later, Perry reached out to an acquaintance, Erik Fleming, a former producer and drug counseling worker.
According to her plea agreement, Sangha worked with Fleming of Hawthorne to knowingly distribute ketamine to Perry.
In October 2023, Sangha and Fleming sold Perry 51 vials of ketamine, which were provided to Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s live-in personal assistant.
In addition to Sangha, four others have already pleaded guilty to federal charges for their roles in Perry’s death.
Ketamine is typically used as an anesthetic.
[Source : LA Times]
Stay tuned for the latest news on our radio stations
