Jasveen Sangha, Woman Known as the ‘Ketamine Queen’, Sentenced in Matthew Perry Death Case

Jasveen Sangha, known as the Ketamine Queen, was sentenced for her connection to the death of Friends alum Matthew Perry.

A federal judge sentenced Sangha to 15 years in prison on Wednesday, April 8, according to ABC 7.

Sangha, 54, pleaded guilty in September 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 as part of a plea agreement.

While she faced a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison, prosecutors pushed for a 15-year sentence for her “cold callousness and disregard for life,” ABC 7 previously reported.

“She chose profits over people, and her actions have caused immense pain to the victims’ families and loved ones,” prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum filed last month.

Perry was found dead in the hot tub of his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, 2023, by his assistant. Following an autopsy, his cause of death was ruled the “acute effects of ketamine.”

The 17 Again star was open about his struggles with addiction. In his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry detailed how a jet ski accident while filming the 1997 film Fools Rush In caused a back injury led him to a decades-long addiction to opioids. 

Perry was just 54 years old.