Jasveen Sangha was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to five charges tied to the ketamine overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said.
Prosecutors said Sangha admitted maintaining a drug-involved premises and distributing ketamine, including distribution that resulted in death, and pleaded guilty on September 3, 2025, to three counts of ketamine distribution.
Court filings and the Department of Justice show prosecutors sought a 15 year sentence while Sangha’s lawyers asked the court to account for time served and grant supervised release, and Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett imposed the 15 year term.
Authorities allege Sangha sent a sample vial to an assistant for the actor and later sold about 50 vials that were purchased on Perry’s behalf, and prosecutors say one of the vials contained the dose that killed him.
After news of Perry’s death, prosecutors say Sangha messaged an associate asking to delete messages, and federal agents had raided her North Hollywood apartment in March 2024, seizing cocaine, nearly 80 vials of ketamine and other drugs.
Background And Related Case Details
Sangha, described in filings and press accounts as known to customers as the Ketamine Queen, has remained detained since her August 2024 arrest after an earlier March 2024 arrest on drug charges and release on bond, court records show.
Prosecutors allege Sangha operated a distribution hub from her North Hollywood residence starting no later than 2019, and they said an earlier overdose death in August 2019 involved ketamine she sold to a customer named Cody McLaury.
The records and news reports detail that Sangha was born in London, of Punjabi origin, moved to Calabasas as a youth, and attended the University of California, Irvine and Hult International Business School, and she had ties to a Studio City business called Stiletto Nail Bar.
Investigations described intermediaries who connected Sangha to Perry, including a supplier who reduced distribution, and an associate named Erik Fleming who helped pass ketamine to the actor through his assistant.
Federal prosecutors note Sangha pleaded guilty to charges that carried a statutory maximum of up to 65 years, and she was one of five people who pleaded guilty in the broader investigation, according to news reports and Justice Department statements.
