A North Hollywood woman has agreed to plead guilty to five federal charges related to drug distribution, including providing the ketamine that led to the death of actor Matthew Perry in October 2023, according to the Justice Department.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, also known as “Ketamine Queen,” will plead guilty to maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distributing ketamine, and one count of distributing 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. Her formal plea is expected in the coming weeks.
Upon entering her plea, Sangha faces a maximum sentence of 20 years for maintaining a drug-involved premises, up to 10 years for each ketamine distribution count, and up to 15 years for distributing ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.
According to court documents, Sangha worked with Erik Fleming of Hawthorne to distribute ketamine to Perry. In October 2023, they sold Perry 51 vials of ketamine through Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry’s personal assistant. In the days leading up to Perry’s death on October 28, Iwamasa injected him with at least three doses of Sangha’s ketamine.
After learning about Perry’s death from news reports, Sangha contacted Fleming via Signal messaging app to discuss distancing themselves from the incident. She changed settings on Signal to automatically delete messages and instructed Fleming: “Delete all our messages.”
Two days after Perry died, Fleming left Sangha a voicemail and texted: “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 also admitted selling four vials of ketamine in August 2019 that resulted in another overdose death. Additionally, she acknowledged possessing various drugs at her residence when law enforcement searched it in March 2023. Authorities found pressed pills containing methamphetamine, liquid ketamine vials, MDMA tablets, counterfeit Xanax pills, powdered ketamine and cocaine, as well as items associated with drug trafficking such as packaging materials and cash.
She further admitted using her home for storing and distributing narcotics since at least June 2019.
Other defendants charged include Mark Chavez of San Diego; Erik Fleming; Kenneth Iwamasa; and Salvador Plasencia of Santa Monica. Each has pleaded guilty to related charges involving conspiracy or distribution of ketamine and faces upcoming sentencing hearings with potential prison terms ranging from ten years up to twenty-five years depending on their specific convictions.
The Los Angeles Police Department, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and United States Postal Inspection Service investigated this case.
Assistant United States Attorneys Ian V. Yanniello and Haoxiaohan H. Cai are prosecuting.
