Who is ‘Ketamine Queen’ Jasveen Sangha charged in Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death case?

Jasveen Sangha, who is also know by her notorious nickname “the Ketamine Queen”, is among the five individuals charged in relation to FRIENDS famous actor Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death last year. Authorities claim Sangha supplied the fatal dose of ketamine that caused Perry’s death. According to federal authorities, the “Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles” has been charged with supplying the ketamine that led to the overdose deaths of Matthew Perry and another man.

Sangha, aged 41, received the infamous nickname for allegedly selling ketamine and meth from her North Hollywood “stash house” since June 2019, according to a California federal indictment released on Thursday, as reported by the New York Post.

Sangha continued to distribute the dangerous drugs until her arrest for selling meth in an unrelated case. She had been released on $100,000 bond since then, according to court records.

The indictment alleges that Sangha used her North Hollywood home to “store, package, and distribute narcotics,” including providing ketamine to co-conspirator Er Fleming so that Fleming could sell it to Matthew Perry, referred to as Victim M.P. in the indictment.

During the March raid on Sangha’s residence, authorities seized 79 bottles of liquid ketamine and nearly 2,000 meth pills, as reported by the New York Times.

Sangha now faces charges alongside Dr. Salvador “Dr. P.” Plasencia, Dr. Mark Chavez, Perry’s personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, and Perry acquaintance Fleming. Perry was found dead in his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, floating face down in a hot tub, with his death attributed to an overdose of the powerful anesthetic.

At least five people, including Matthew Perry’s assistant and two doctors, have been charged in connection with his death from a ketamine overdose last year.

US Attorney Martin Estrada announced the charges on Thursday, revealing that the doctors provided Perry with a large amount of ketamine and even discussed in a text message how much the former “Friends” star might be willing to pay. Perry died in October from a ketamine overdose, receiving several injections of the drug from his live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who later found Perry dead.