A federal judge has sentenced Jasveen Sangha, known as the “Ketamine Queen,” to 15 years in prison after prosecutors tied her ketamine distribution to multiple deaths, including the October 2023 overdose of actor Matthew Perry.
A San Fernando Valley woman received a 15-year federal prison term this week for running a sustained drug distribution operation that prosecutors say supplied ketamine linked to at least two fatalities. The sentence was handed down by United States District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett.
Jasveen Sangha, 42, of North Hollywood pleaded guilty in September 2025 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. Sangha is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom and has been in federal custody since August 2024.
Prosecutors painted a picture of a high-volume dealer who targeted affluent clients. “For years…Sangha operated a high-volume drug trafficking business out of her North Hollywood residence,” prosecutors argued in a sentencing memorandum. “To cultivate her business, [Sangha] marketed herself as an exclusive dealer who catered to high-profile Hollywood clientele…While [Sangha] worked to expand and profit from her drug trafficking, she knew – and disregarded – the grave harm her conduct was causing.”
Court filings show Sangha worked with Erik Fleming, 56, of Hawthorne, to distribute ketamine that reached Matthew Perry. In October 2023 Sangha and Fleming sold Perry 51 vials of ketamine, which were delivered to Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, Perry’s live-in personal assistant in Toluca Lake.
According to the records, Iwamasa repeatedly injected Perry with the ketamine Sangha supplied to Fleming in the days before Perry’s death. On October 28, 2023, Iwamasa injected Perry with at least three shots of the ketamine prosecutors say caused Perry’s death.
After news reports announced Perry’s death, Sangha contacted Fleming using the Signal messaging app and took steps to remove traces of their communication. She updated her Signal settings to automatically delete messages and later instructed Fleming to “Delete all our messages.”
Fleming left Sangha a voicemail and sent a text shortly after Perry’s death that raised questions about how the group planned to respond. He said, “Please call . . . Got more info and want to bounce ideas off you. I’m 90% sure everyone is protected. I never dealt with [Perry]. Only his Assistant. So the Assistant was the enabler. Also they are doing a 3 month tox screening . . . Does K stay in your system or is it immediately flushed out[?].”
The case ties back beyond Perry. In August 2019 Sangha sold four vials of ketamine to Cody McLaury, who died hours after consuming the drug, according to prosecutors. That earlier fatality figures in the charges that led to Sangha’s sentence.
Authorities executed a search of Sangha’s residence in March 2024 and found a large quantity of narcotics and trafficking paraphernalia. Seized items included thousands of pressed methamphetamine pills, 79 vials of liquid ketamine, MDMA tablets, counterfeit Xanax pills, baggies of powdered ketamine and cocaine, a gold money counting machine, a scale, a wireless signal and hidden camera detector, drug packaging materials, and $5,723 in cash.
Investigators say Sangha used her North Hollywood home to store, package, and distribute narcotics, including ketamine and methamphetamine, since at least June 2019. That activity supported a network of distribution that prosecutors say reached clients with deep pockets and dangerous consequences.
Other defendants connected to the investigation have also been sentenced. Salvador Plasencia, 44, a.k.a. “Dr. P,” received a 30-month prison sentence after pleading guilty in July 2025 to four counts of distribution of ketamine and later surrendered his California medical license in September 2025. Prosecutors say Plasencia repeatedly sold vials of ketamine to Perry despite knowing Perry’s history of drug addiction and that Perry’s assistant was administering the drug without medical training.
Mark Chavez, 55, of San Diego pleaded guilty in October 2024 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and was sentenced to three years of probation, eight months of home detention, and 300 hours of community service. Chavez operated a ketamine clinic and supplied Plasencia, who then distributed the drug that ultimately reached Perry, and Chavez surrendered his medical license in November 2024.
Kenneth Iwamasa and Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 and are scheduled to be sentenced in the coming months. Law enforcement agencies including the Los Angeles Police Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the United States Postal Inspection Service investigated the case, and Assistant United States Attorneys Ian V. Yanniello and Haoxiaohan H. Cai handled the prosecution.
