Jasveen Sangha, The "Ketamine Queen," Pleads Guilty in Connection to Matthew Perry's Death
She sold the fatal dose to the actor.
Updated Sept. 4 2025, 6:27 p.m. ET
Following the death of Friends star Matthew Perry, who died of a fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023, federal charges were brought against five people. According to reports, two doctors, the actor's live-in assistant, and two alleged drug dealers, one of whom is apparently known as the "Ketamine Queen," were connected to the actor's death.
Dr. Salvador Plasencia, the doctor who facilitated several ketamine purchases for Perry, pled guilty to four counts of distribution of ketamine. He will be sentenced in December 2025. Three others — Dr. Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa and Erik Fleming — pled guilty in exchange for their cooperation. In September 2025, Jasveen Sangha, the "Ketamine Queen" also pled guilty.
Here's what we know.
Jasveen Sangha, the woman known as the "Ketamine Queen," is going to prison.
Sangha pled guilty to five federal charges, including providing the dose of ketamine that killed Perry, per the Associated Press. Both Perry's mother, Suzanne Perry, and his stepfather, Dateline host Keith Morrison, were present when the woman known as the "Ketamine Queen" admitted to what she had done.
This was the first time either of them attended a court proceeding connected to Perry's death.
When asked by the judge if she was aware that the ketamine being sold to the two middlemen was going to Perry, Sangha said there was no way she could be 100 percent certain. Sangha also didn't know if all or some of the vials given to Fleming were meant for Perry. "She feels horrible about all of this," said Sangha's attorney Mark Geragos.
\Sangha's sentencing is scheduled for December 2025. She faces up to 65 years in prison.
Sangha sold a fatal dose of ketamine to a previous customer.
When Sangha's home was searched by authorities, they were shocked by what they found. It reportedly looked like a "drug-selling emporium," with 80 vials of ketamine, thousands of meth pills, coke, Xanax, and other drug paraphernalia.
Martin Estrada, an attorney based in Los Angeles, said at the press conference, "In this investigation, we learned that several years before, in 2019, Defendant Sangha had sold ketamine to another customer; that person died the same day. And a family member of that person sent a message to Defendant Sangha telling her the cause of death was ketamine. Nonetheless, Defendant Sangha continued selling drugs, including ketamine, including the ketamine that ultimately killed Mr. Perry."
An indictment (via ABC News) alleged that while Perry initially bought ketamine from the two doctors, he eventually switched to a cheaper source, which is where the Ketamine Queen comes into the equation. Iwamasa, Perry's assistant, reportedly administered the dose that would ultimately prove fatal for the actor.
Sangha was living in North Hollywood, according to the DOJ.
It appears there are some pictures of her online at an event in December 2022; her name was tagged in some photos at a book signing and cocktail party for Make S#!+ Happen, a publication of portraits by cosmetics icon Max Factor's great-grandson Davis Factor.
Estrada said at the press conference that following "an in-depth, wide-ranging investigation," officials were able to reveal a "broad underground criminal network responsible for distributing large quantities of ketamine to Mr. Perry and others."
"This network included a live-in assistant, various go-betweens, two medical doctors, and a major source of drug supply known as, quote, the ketamine queen," he continued. "We charged five defendants in this matter. These defendants took advantage of Mr. Perry's addiction issues to enrich themselves."
"They knew what they were doing was wrong; they knew was they were doing was risking great danger to Mr. Perry," Estrada added. "But they did it anyway. In the end, these defendants were more interested in profiting off Mr. Perry than caring for his well-being."