In a significant development pertaining to a high-profile drug case, Jasveen Sangha, also known as "Ketamine Queen," from North Hollywood has concurred with the terms to plead guilty to several federal drug charges, this arrangement includes her involvement in the selling of ketamine that resulted in the tragic overdose death of celebrated actor Matthew Perry back in October 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California.
Under the plea agreement, Sangha is facing a substantial amount of time behind bars, with the possibility of a 20-year maximum sentence for maintaining a drug-involved premises, another decade for each ketamine distribution count, and up to 15 years for the distribution resulting in death or serious bodily injury, Sangha operated with Erik Fleming to distribute ketamine to Perry, as per the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California.
In the aftermath of Perry's death, Sangha and Fleming engaged in a hurried attempt to cover their tracks with Sangha instructing Fleming to erase their Signal messages and later discussing ways to distance themselves from the incident, increasing the scrutiny of their actions, Fleming expressed a concern over the drug's traceability in messages and voicemails, where he also characterized the Assistant as an enabler, capturing their intent to dissociate from the death according to the Justice Department's release.
Further to Sangha's plea agreement, acknowledgment of her role in a 2019 lethal overdose involving Cody McLaury was made, she also admitted to using her residence as a hub for narcotics storage, distribution, and methamphetamine since at least June 2019—law enforcement discovered a trove of drugs during a search in March 2023 highlighting her extensive involvement in the drug trade, as reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California. The case continues to see progress with other defendants, such as Mark Chavez, Fleming, Iwamasa, and Salvador Plasencia already entered their guilty pleas and are awaiting sentencing. This has been confirmed by Assistant United States Attorneys Ian V. Yanniello and Haoxiaohan H. Cai, who are prosecuting the case with investigations carried out by the Los Angeles Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Postal Inspection Service.
