The so-called “Ketamine Queen” of Los Angeles pleaded guilty to supplying the dope that killed “Friends” star Matthew Perry.
Jasveen Sangha copped to five federal charges Wednesday, including selling Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.
Sangha, a 42-year-old citizen of the US and the UK, was known as the “Ketamine Queen” among the high-end customers who dropped thousands on her illicit drugs.
Her trial had been set to start next month when she cut a plea deal in August and agreed to plead 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.
She was the fifth and final defendant to plead guilty for charges in connection to Perry’s death.
Sangha is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 10, and she could get up to 65 years in prison.
The judge is not bound to follow any terms of the plea agreement, but prosecutors said in the document that they will ask for less than the maximum.
None of the co-defendants have been sentenced yet.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who pleaded guilty in July, had also been a primary target of the sweeping investigation.
Three other defendants — Dr. Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa and Erik Fleming — pleaded guilty in exchange for their cooperation, which included statements implicating Sangha and Plasencia.
Sangha presented a posh lifestyle on Instagram, with photos of herself with the rich and famous in cities around the globe. Prosecutors said she privately presented herself as a dealer who sold to the same kind of high-class customers.
Perry had been using ketamine through his regular doctor as a legal, but off-label, treatment for depression, which has become increasingly common.
Perry, 54, sought more ketamine than his doctor would give him, and his search for more led him to Sangha through his friend Fleming about two weeks before his death, prosecutors said.
Fleming messaged Perry’s assistant saying her ketamine was “amazing” and that she deals only “with high end and celebs.”
Perry bought large amounts of ketamine from Sangha, including 25 vials for $6,000 in cash four days before his death, prosecutors said.
On the day of Perry’s death, Sangha told Fleming they should delete all the messages they had sent each other, according to her indictment.
With Post wires.
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