Final Defendant Jasveen Sangha to Plead Guilty in Perry Ketamine Case

Jasveen Sangha, a Southern California drug dealer known to clients as the “Ketamine Queen,” has agreed to plead guilty to five federal charges linked to the death of Friends star Matthew Perry, making her the fifth and final defendant to accept a plea in the case. The deal, disclosed as Perry’s death case nears its conclusion, includes charges that she maintained a drug-involved premises and distributed ketamine, including a distribution that resulted in death or serious bodily injury. She is expected to formalize the plea in coming weeks and faces a lengthy potential prison term at sentencing.

According to the plea agreement, Sangha worked with a middleman to supply the ketamine that Perry’s live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, injected into the actor. Prosecutors say Sangha, who presented herself to certain buyers as providing high-quality, “celebrity-grade” ketamine, sold a substantial quantity through an intermediary. On the day of Perry’s death, Iwamasa allegedly administered at least three injections drawn from Sangha’s supply. The documents also indicate Sangha sold four vials to another man in 2019 who overdosed hours later, a detail prosecutors say underscores the...