Jasveen Sangha, who pleaded guilty last year to selling a fatal dose of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry, was sentenced to 15 years in prison this Wednesday, April 8.
Known as the “Ketamine Queen,” Sangha is the fifth defendant to accept a plea deal and enter a guilty plea in the case.
US federal prosecutors had asked for a 15-year sentence for involvement in the death of the artist and another person, citing the “broad scope of the defendant’s illegality” and “her callous response to the deaths she helped cause”.
Matthew Perry died in October 2023, aged 54. Authorities determined that consumption of ketamine, a surgical anesthetic, was the primary cause of death.
The star of Friendswho had been struggling with addiction to this substance for years, had already used ketamine legally to treat depression. After that, his doctor refused to provide the medication in the quantities the actor wanted, which led him to look for it in other sources.
Authorities charged five people: two doctors, Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez; the actor’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, who injected him with the drug before his death; Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry; and Jasveen Sangha.
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