Jasveen Sangha previously pleaded guilty to multiple drug charges in connection with Matthew Perry’s 2023 death
A woman has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison in connection with a case linked to the death of Matthew Perry. Authorities say the sentencing follows her admission to distributing substances involved in the case.
Last September, Jasveen Sangha, dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” by federal prosecutors, pleaded 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.
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 said.
In October 2023, Sangha and Fleming sold Perry — via Iwamasa — 51 vials of ketamine, according to prosecutors.
On Oct. 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry with at least three shots of Sangha’s ketamine, which caused the 54-year-old actor’s death.
“After learning from news reports of Perry’s death, Sangha called Fleming on Signal to discuss how to distance themselves from it,” a U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California press release stated. “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.'”
The Friends actor was discovered face down in his jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home on Oct. 28, 2023. An autopsy determined 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.
According to a sentencing memorandum obtained by PEOPLE, prosecutors had asked for a 15-year prison sentence.
In the memo, prosecutors alleged Sangha kept selling drugs despite finding out that she sold the ketamine that caused Perry’s overdose death. “She didn’t care and kept selling,” prosecutors wrote. “[The] Defendant’s actions show a cold callousness and disregard for life. She chose profits over people, and her actions have caused immense pain to the victims’ families and loved ones.”
“That defendant had the opportunity to stop after realizing the impact of her dealing — but simply chose not to,” the memorandum states.
Four other defendants pleaded guilty in connection with Perry’s death, including Iwamasa and Fleming, as well as doctors Mark Chavez and Salvador Plasencia. Plasencia was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in December 2025.
Chavez was sentenced to 8 months of home detention and three years of supervised release
