Who is “The Queen of Ketamine” who will declare himself guilty in the case of the death of actor Matthew Perry

Jasveen sangha — Photo foot, Jasveen Sangha, 42, faces five positions for the death of Matthew Perry.

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In the surroundings of the Hollywood stars it was known as “the queen of ketamine.”

Jasveen Sangha had contact with high -level celebrities and customers in Los Angeles, to whom he directly or indirectly sold drugs and drugs for controlled medical use.

In a raid to its “clandestine warehouse”, their home in the North Hollywood neighborhood, the Federal US authorities found dozens of Ketamine roads, along with thousands of dose of methamphetamine, cocaine and xanax.

But the death of the American actor Matthew Perry ended up demolishing the emporium of the “queen of ketamine.”

This Monday it was reported that Sangha reached a judicial agreement with the prosecutors of the Perry case to declare himself guilty of selling the drugs that caused the death of the actor, which occurred in October 2023.

The 42 -year -old woman, of American and British nationality, is accused of five positions in a Los Angeles court, including one for distributing ketamine resulting in death or body injuries, the Department of Justice reported Monday.

Perry, celebrated for his performance in the series Friendshe was found dead in the jacuzzi of the backyard of his house in Los Angeles two years ago. The autopsy revealed that his death was due to the acute effects of ketamine.

This substance is a dissociative anesthetic that has some hallucinogenic effects. It can distort the senses and causes the consumer to feel disconnected and without control. It is used as an anesthetic injectable in humans and animals because it makes patients feel pain.

It should only be administered by a doctor and patients who have taken it should be supervised by a professional due to their possible harmful effects.

Photo foot, Matthew Perry was found lifeless in his home in Los Angeles in 2023.

Sangha is one of five people accused of supplying that drug to the actor, taking advantage of Perry's drug addiction to obtain economic benefits, which in the end caused death due to overdose, according to the authorities.

The other defendants are doctors Salvador Plasencia and Mark Chavez, who allegedly sold Ketamina to Perry; Kenneth Iwamasa, who worked as an actor's assistant and who helped buy and inject the drug to the actor; and Eric Fleming, who sold Perry Ketamine that he had obtained from Sangha.

The five have agreed to declare themselves guilty of the charges that are imputed to them.

“According to his guilt agreement, Sangha collaborated with Erik Fleming, 55, from Hawthorne, to distribute Ketamine to Perry, a successful actor and writer whose fight against drug addiction was well documented. In October 2023, Sangha and Fleming sold to Perry 51 roads of Ketamina, who were delivered to Kenneth Iwamasa 60 years, by Toluca Lake, Perry's personal assistant, “said the Department of Justice on Monday in a statement.

“Before Perry's death, Iwamasa repeatedly injected the ketamine that Sangha had supplied to Fleming. Specifically, on October 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry at least three doses of Sangha's ketamine, which caused death.”

The trial against women has postponed several times, but it is expected to appear before a Federal Court in the coming weeks to formally submit its statement of guilt, as part of the agreement with federal authorities.

His lawyer, Mark Geragos, told the BBC that his client “is assuming the responsibility of his actions.”

It faces a maximum penalty of 60 years in federal prison, according to the Department of Justice.

A Ketamine Vial — Photo foot, A doctor interviewed by the BBC in 2024 said that the Ketamine treatment market in Hollywood is like the “West Savage.”

He directed a “drug emporium”

Perry's death and research on how he obtained large amounts of drugs for several years allowed discovering the ketamine traffic network in Hollywood.

Federal prosecutors have assured that in the case of Sangha, their home was a “drug sales emporium.” His residence, in North Hollywood, a neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles, was a warehouse of this and other substances.

In the operation carried out on March 19 of last year, 79 liquid ketamine capsules, almost 2,000 methamphetamine pills, hallucinogenic fungi, cocaine and drugs that need a recipe but that apparently were obtained fraudulently.

The researchers also found a green newspaper in which the amounts of the sale of the substances, transactions of thousands of dollars were detailed.

“The investigation revealed a wide clandestine criminal network to distribute large amounts of ketamina to Mr. Perry and others,” said prosecutor Martin Estrada at a press conference after that raid.

In the case of the actor's death, the woman sold Ketamina's roads and then tried to erase her footprints.

“After learning about Perry's death for the news, Sangha called Fleming by Signal to discuss how to distance himself from the matter. That day, Sangha updated the Signal application configuration to automatically erase his messages with Fleming. In addition, he asked Fleming to 'erased all our messages,” said the Department of Justice.

“Two days after Perry's death, Fleming left a voice message to Sangha in Signal and sent him a text message: 'Please call me … I have more information and I want to exchange ideas with you. I am sure 90% that everyone is protected. I never dealt with (Perry). organism or is it eliminated immediately? '”

Part of the police requisitioned during a raid in March at the house of North Hollywood of "The Queen of Ketamine". — Photo foot, Part of the chanta requisitioned by the police during a raid in 2024 at the house of North Hollywood of “The Queen of Ketamine”.

Connections with Hollywood

According to the investigation, Sangha related “to wealthy and famous” and was allegedly involved in the business at least since June 2019.

It is said that he socially rubbed shoulders and one of her friends declared the British newspaper Daily Mail that had even attended the deliveries of the Golden Globes and the Oscars thanks to their connections.

His presence in social networks reflected an extravagant lifestyle, with parties and trips to Japan and Mexico.

The authorities describe her as a “trafficker” who knew that the ketamine he distributed could be deadly.

And that is based on a case not related to Perry on which Sangha sold said drugs to a person named Cody McLaury hours before he died from an overdose.

After a relative of McLaury sent Sangha a text message accusing her of having caused her death, the trafficker looked on Google: “Can ketamine appear as a cause of death?”

According to the accusation, even knowing the answer, the woman continued to sell the substance since her residence in North Hollywood.

The Department of Justice reported Monday that in the guilt agreement, Sangha also admitted to having sold four Ketamine vials to McLaury.