'Ketamine Queen' Sentenced to 15 Years for Matthew Perry Overdose Death

Jasveen Sangha, a British-American drug dealer known as the 'Ketamine Queen,' was sentenced to 15 years in prison for supplying the ketamine that killed Friends star Matthew Perry in 2023. Sangha pleaded guilty to five felony drug counts, including distributing ketamine resulting in death, after admitting she sold 51 vials to an intermediary who supplied Perry's personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa. Perry, 54, had become addicted to ketamine during legitimate clinic treatments for anxiety and depression, but turned to illegal sources after doctors refused to increase his dosage. Judge Sherilyn Garnett imposed the full 15-year sentence recommended by prosecutors, citing Sangha's continued drug sales after Perry's death as evidence of her lack of remorse, making her sentence harsher than those given to two doctors also convicted in connection with the actor's overdose death.

Jasveen Sangha's sentencing and role in Perry's death

• ▪Judge Sherilyn Garnett cited Jasveen Sangha's continued sale of ketamine after Matthew Perry's death as showing a lack of remorse
• ▪Jasveen Sangha was sentenced to 15 years in prison for her role in supplying illegal drugs to Matthew Perry
• ▪District Judge Sherilyn Garnett agreed with the 15-year prison term recommended by federal prosecutors for Jasveen Sangha
• ▪Jasveen Sangha was first arrested in 2024 and had been in custody for nearly a year and eight months at the time of sentencing
• ▪Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty in September to five felony drug counts linked to Matthew Perry's death
• ▪Jasveen Sangha's defense lawyers had asked for a sentence limited to time already served
• ▪Jasveen Sangha pleaded guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of illegal distribution of ketamine, and one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death
• ▪Jasveen Sangha expressed regret for her role in supplying Matthew Perry with ketamine during her court appearance on Wednesday, 8 April 2026

Matthew Perry's ketamine addiction and the supply chain

• ▪Kenneth Iwamasa injected Matthew Perry with at least three shots of ketamine from the vials supplied by Jasveen Sangha, leading to the actor's death
• ▪Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of ketamine in 2023
• ▪Matthew Perry was 54 years old at the time of his death
• ▪Jasveen Sangha was referred to by customers as the Ketamine Queen
• ▪Jasveen Sangha admitted to selling 51 vials of ketamine to Erik Fleming, who then sold them to Matthew Perry through the actor's personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa
• ▪Matthew Perry chronicled his struggles with substance abuse in a 2022 memoir titled Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Sentences and culpability of others involved in the case

• ▪Two doctors have been sentenced in connection to Matthew Perry's death
• ▪Jasveen Sangha's sentence was harsher than those of two doctors who were sentenced in connection to Matthew Perry's death

Perspective of Jasveen Sangha's defense team led by Mark Geragos

• ▪Mark Geragos believes Jasveen Sangha received unequal treatment compared to the doctors who prescribed ketamine to Matthew Perry

Perspective of Federal prosecutors and Judge Sherilyn Garnett

• ▪Federal prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison term for Jasveen Sangha in the Matthew Perry case