A North Hollywood woman has agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry in October 2023, according to an announcement from the Justice Department.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, also known as “Ketamine Queen,” will plead guilty 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 or serious bodily injury. Sangha holds dual citizenship in the United States and the United Kingdom and has been in federal custody since August 2024. She is expected to formally enter her plea in the coming weeks.
If convicted, Sangha faces a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years for maintaining a drug-involved premises, up to 10 years for each ketamine distribution charge, and up to 15 years for distributing ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
According to court documents, Sangha worked with Erik Fleming, 55, from Hawthorne, to distribute ketamine to Perry. In October 2023, they sold Perry 51 vials of ketamine through Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s live-in personal assistant. Leading up to Perry’s death on October 28, Iwamasa injected him with at least three shots of this ketamine.
After learning about Perry’s death from news reports, Sangha contacted Fleming using Signal messaging app and discussed how they could distance themselves from the incident. She changed settings on Signal so messages would automatically delete and told Fleming: “Delete all our messages.”
Two days after Perry died, Fleming left a voicemail for Sangha on Signal and sent her a text message stating: “Please call . . . Got more info and want to bounce ideas off you. I’m 90% sure everyone is protected. I never dealt with [Perry]. Only his Assistant. So the Assistant was the enabler. Also they are doing a 3 month tox screening . . . Does K stay in your system or is it immediately flushed out[?].”
Sangha admitted selling four vials of ketamine in August 2019 to Cody McLaury who died hours later from an overdose.
She also admitted possessing various drugs at her residence with intent to distribute them. Law enforcement searched her North Hollywood home in March 2023 and found pressed pills containing methamphetamine (1.7 kilograms), liquid ketamine (79 vials), MDMA tablets (Ecstasy), counterfeit Xanax pills, powdered ketamine and cocaine along with items used for drug trafficking such as packaging materials and $5,723 cash.
Sangha acknowledged using her residence since at least June 2019 as a place for storing and distributing narcotics including methamphetamine and ketamine.
Other defendants have pleaded guilty as part of this case:
– Mark Chavez from San Diego pleaded guilty last October; he faces sentencing September 17.
– Erik Fleming pleaded guilty last August; his sentencing is set for November 12.
– Kenneth Iwamasa pleaded guilty last August; his sentencing is scheduled for November 19.
– Salvador Plasencia (“Dr. P”) from Santa Monica pleaded guilty July 23; his sentencing hearing is December 3.
The Los Angeles Police Department collaborates with federal agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and United States Postal Inspection Service on this investigation.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Ian V. Yanniello (Terrorism & Export Crimes Section) and Haoxiaohan H. Cai (Major Frauds Section) are prosecuting.
