Jasveen Sangha, 41, known as the “ketamine queen of Los Angeles,” is the only woman among the five arrested in connection with the death of the renowned actor Matthew Perry. According to the police report, the woman played a key role in the entire process that led to the artist’s death on October 28, 2023. What is her story? How did she become the ‘ketamine queen’? What was her involvement in the death of the ‘Friends’ star? In the following lines, we will see.
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The other four detainees are Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry; Kenneth Iwamasa, the actor's assistant; as well as doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez.
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Sangha was the one who gave Erik Fleming the lethal ketamine for him to take to Perry. The woman has an extensive record for selling this substance in the city, where she has had criminal charges for this offense since 2019, as reported by New York Post. This is where her nickname 'The Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles' originated.
A federal indictment from California published this Thursday says that her history dates back to June 14, 2019. The woman was selling ketamine from her home, located in North Hollywood. Her residence was a storage and distribution point for this substance, the sale of which is only allowed with the proper permits and under medical prescription. An uncontrolled dose can be lethal, and it can also cause addiction in people with depression and anxiety.
Fox 11 reports that the 'Ketamine Queen of Los Angeles' has had Hollywood celebrities among her clients, and has been very popular among celebrities. However, details have not yet emerged about which other famous individuals, besides Matthew Perry, were among her buyers.
The Post reported that court records show she was arrested on March 19 for selling methamphetamine in a case unrelated to Perry's, but was released on bail of $100,000. That month, 79 bottles of liquid ketamine and nearly 2,000 methamphetamine pills were seized at her home.
The 'ketamine queen' and her sales process to Matthew Perry
Fox 11 reported that court documents state that the 'Ketamine Queen' provided Fleming with ketamine stored in her home, so that he could sell it to Matthew Perry.
The woman gave Fleming 50 vials of this drug in October 2023 in two separate deliveries. On the 13th of that month, the 'Ketamine Queen' handed Fleming a vial of this substance in a clear glass container with a blue lid, as a sample for Perry. The next day, the actor ordered about 25 vials of the drug through Fleming, which were then delivered to him.
On October 23, Fleming searched Perry's house for $6,000 in cash to pay Sangha, and the next day he went back to the woman's house to deliver this money and receive another 25 vials of ketamine, which he gave to the artist that same day. Additionally, because the actor's order was large, Sangha gave him 'ketamine popsicles' as a courtesy.
On the same day, the 23rd, Perry's assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, injected the actor with ketamine six times. Judicially, it was revealed that phone records show that two days later, the 'Ketamine Queen' asked Fleming if they wanted more, as she and the person who provided it were going on a trip.
During the 26th and 27th, Iwamasa continued injecting the drug to Matthew Perry and on October 28th he injected him three doses. Later, he was found dead in his bathtub.
The court documents say that after the actor's death, Sangha wrote to Fleming asking him to delete all their chat messages, something he agreed to do.
Fox 11 reports that following her arrest for the death of Perry and another person in an isolated case, the woman faces a likely life sentence for several crimes such as conspiracy to distribute ketamine, maintaining a drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute ketamine, and five counts of ketamine distribution.