Matthew Perry‘s ‘Ketamine Queen’ drug dealer Jasveen Sangha has pleaded guilty to selling the Friends star the dose that killed him.
Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to five federal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry’s death aged 54 in October 2023.
Her trial had been planned to start later this month – and the guilty plea comes two weeks after the Daily Mail revealed Sangha had made a plea deal in the case.
She is the fifth and final defendant charged in Perry’s overdose death to admit guilt.
In court, Sangha said there was ‘no way I could tell 100 per cent’ when asked if she knew the drugs she was giving to co-defendant and middleman Erik Fleming were going to Perry.
She later added, to a similar question on vials of ketamine she gave to Fleming, that ‘I didn’t know if all of them or some of them’ were bound for Perry. The comments didn’t affect her plea agreement.
Matthew Perry’s ‘Ketamine Queen’ drug dealer Jasveen Sangha (pictured) has pleaded guilty to selling the Friends star the dose that killed him
The Friends actor was found dead face down in his jacuzzi back on October 29, 2023, leaving Hollywood shaken to its core after he bravely shared details of his addiction struggles with the public to dissuade others from following a similar path. Pictured in 2012
Perry’s mother, Suzanne Perry and his stepfather, Dateline reporter Keith Morrison, were present in court.
Per the plea deal, Sangha pleaded 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.
Prosecutors agreed to drop three other counts related to the distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of methamphetamine that was unrelated to the Perry case.
Sangha is scheduled to be sentenced on December 10.
She could get up to 65 years in prison. The judge is not bound to follow any terms of the plea agreement, but prosecutors said in the document that they will ask for less than the maximum. None of the co-defendants have been sentenced yet.
The Friends actor was found dead face down in his jacuzzi back on October 29, 2023, leaving Hollywood shaken to its core after he bravely shared details of his addiction struggles with the public to dissuade others from following a similar path.
Months later, a medical examiner determined that the actor – who had battled substance abuse issues throughout his life – had died of ‘acute effects of ketamine’.
Sangha and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who pleaded guilty in July, had been the primary targets of the investigation.
Perry played Chandler Bing on the NBC series Friends opposite Jennifer Aniston
In court, Sangha said there was ‘no way I could tell 100 per cent’ when asked if she knew the drugs she was giving to co-defendant and middleman Erik Fleming were going to Perry
Three other defendants – Dr. Mark Chavez, Kenneth Iwamasa and Fleming – pleaded guilty in exchange for their cooperation, which included statements implicating Sangha and Plasencia.
Perry had been using ketamine through his regular doctor as a legal, but off-label, treatment for depression, which has become increasingly common.
The actor sought more ketamine than his doctor would give him, and his search for more led him to Sangha through his friend Fleming about two weeks before his death, prosecutors said.
Fleming messaged Perry’s assistant saying her ketamine was ‘amazing’ and that she deals only ‘with high end and celebs’.
Perry bought large amounts of ketamine from Sangha, including 25 vials for $6,000 in cash four days before his death, prosecutors said.
On the day of Perry’s death, Sangha told Fleming they should delete all the messages they had sent each other, according to her indictment.
Perry was the subject of an Emmys tribute in January of 2024
Sangha has been in federal custody for about a year.
Perry struggled with addiction for many years, dating back to his time on Friends when he became one of the biggest stars of his generation as Chandler Bing.
He starred alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBC´s megahit series.
