Jasveen Sangha, a Los Angeles woman dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” has been jailed for selling the drugs that led to the death of the actor, Matthew Perry.
Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty on September 25 to five charges, including one count of distributing ketamine that resulted in death or bodily injury.
A federal judge handed Sangha a 15-year sentence on Wednesday.
Why Is Jasveen Sangha Called the Ketamine Queen?
Sangha was dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” as she sold the drug ketamine, and that was how she was known to her customers.
Prosecutors described her home as a “drug-selling emporium.” She sold a range of drugs to well-connected and wealthy clients.
Authorities found dozens of vials of ketamine during a raid at Sangha’s Los Angeles home. She was accused of supplying the drug since as early as 2019.
Methamphetamine, cocaine and Xanax were also found.
What Are the Charges Against Jasveen Sangha?
Sangha pleaded guilty to selling the drugs that killed Perry.
The judge cited the unique role Sangha had admitted to playing in his death and her broader drug-dealing business when giving her sentence.
Prosecutors said that Sangha knew that ketamine could be deadly when she sold it to Perry. In August of 2019, she sold ketamine to the victim, Cody McLaury, hours before his overdose death.
Sangha is one of five individuals – including medical doctors and Perry’s assistant – who officials have said supplied ketamine to him and exploited his addiction for profit, leading to his overdose death.
The four have agreed to plead guilty to charges in the case.
Perry had begun using ketamine as an off-label depression treatment through his regular doctor.
When he sought more than the doctor would give him, he was led to Dr. Salvador Plasencia.
Plasencia admitted to having sold Perry ketamine illegally and was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
Then, in the days before his death, Perry purchased a $6,000 cash buy from Sangha, which included the lethal dose.
Another California doctor, Mark Chavez, who sold ketamine to Perry, was sentenced in December of 2025 to eight months of home detention and three years of supervised release.
Perry’s live-in assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who helped to purchase and inject him with ketamine, is set to be sentenced later this month. Eric Fleming, who also sold ketamine to Perry, obtained from Sangha, is set to be sentenced in June.
How Did Matthew Perry Die?
Perry had a decades-long struggle with addiction, which he explored in the 2022 memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, published a year before his death. He starred as Chandler Bing in the beloved sitcom, Friends.
Perry was found dead in the hot tub of his Los Angeles home in October, 2023.
The primary cause of death was ketamine. Drowning was a secondary cause.
What Is Ketamine?
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic, which has both legal and illegal uses.
Ketamine is FDA-approved as an anesthetic in both humans and animals. Esketamine, a drug made from ketamine, is FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression.
There has been illegal manufacturing of ketamine for decades for those who use it as a recreational drug.
Jasveen Sangha On Social Media
Sangha has a public account on Instagram, which has over 12,000 followers.
Her Instagram bio states that she attended University of California Irvine and the Hult International Business School.
Images on Sangha’s Instagram show her posing with designer clothing items, with captions referencing money and expensive goods. One December 2021 post was captioned “Play money but don’t be playing with my money,” while another post from that same year included lyrics from the 2013 song, Fashion Killa. Her post referenced luxury fashion brands like Prada and Balenciaga.
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