Dealer to plead guilty in Perry overdose

A drug dealer dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” has agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges, including that she provided the drug that ultimately led actor Matthew Perry to suffer a fatal overdose in October 2023, prosecutors announced Monday.

- RICHARD WINTON

NARCOTICS seized from the North Hollywood home of Jasveen Sangha, nicknamed the "Ketamine Queen."

Jasveen Sangha, 42, also admitted in her plea agreement to selling four vials of ketamine to Cody McLaury in August 2019. McLaury, 33, died hours later in his Los Angeles home from a drug overdose that included ketamine.

Sangha agreed to plead 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 or serious bodily injury.

She was one of five people charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine to Perry, who died from acute effects of the drug. Sangha supplied the ketamine the “Friends” actor injected on the day of his death, according to the plea agreement, which also noted that she sold drugs for years out of her North Hollywood apartment, described in a federal indictment as the “Sangha stash house.”

As part of a deal struck with federal prosecutors, Sangha admitted to knowingly distributing ketamine to Perry, whose struggles with drug addiction and numerous rehab visits were well documented.

Mark Geragos, one of Sangha's lawyers, said, "My client is accepting her responsibilities." She faces up to 65 years in prison based on the plea agreement. Federal prosecutors, however, said in the agreement that, if she accepts responsibility, they could seek to lessen the sentence.

Prosecutors declined to comment on the case. Sangha is expected to formally enter a guilty plea in coming weeks.