Indian-origin 'Ketamine Queen' pleads guilty in 'Friends' star Matthew Perry's drug death

Jasveen Sangha, the “Ketamine Queen,” pleaded guilty to supplying the fatal dose that caused actor Matthew Perry’s 2023 death.

Cast member Matthew Perry poses at the premiere for the television series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California U.S., March 15, 2017. / REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo

The Los Angeles drug dealer known as the "Ketamine Queen" pleaded guilty on Sept. 3 to charges that she supplied the dose of the powerful prescription anesthetic that killed "Friends" star Matthew Perry.

Jasveen Sangha, 42, who acknowledged that she ran a "stash house" for illegal narcotics in North Hollywood and had been due to stand trial this month, pleaded guilty to five felony counts stemming from Perry's overdose death in 2023.

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Sangha, a dual U.S.-British citizen, now faces a prison term of up to 65 years when she is sentenced on December 10. She was the last of the five suspects charged in the case to plead guilty rather than stand trial.

Her four co-defendants - two physicians, Perry's personal assistant and another man who admitted to acting as an intermediary in selling ketamine to the actor - are also awaiting sentencing.

Under a deal reached with prosecutors last month, Sangha pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, plus three counts of illegal distribution of ketamine and one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death.

Medical examiners concluded that Perry died from acute effects of ketamine, which combined with other factors to cause the actor to lose consciousness and drown in his hot tub on October 28, 2023. He was 54 years old.

Perry had publicly acknowledged decades of substance abuse, including periods that overlapped with the height of his fame playing the sardonic but charming Chandler Bing on the 1990s hit NBC television comedy "Friends."

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