Who is ‘Ketamine Queen’ Jasveen Sangha charged in Matthew Perry’s death?

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Five people have been charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose last year, including the actor’s assistant and two doctors.

But there’s one person in particular, thanks in part to the media-friendly nickname given to her by prosecutors, that’s been capturing the lion’s share of attention. Prosecutors allege that she’s the one who supplied the drugs that were injected into Perry’s system the day he died.

Jasveen Sangha, a dual U.S. and U.K. citizen who lives in North Hollywood, has allegedly been selling ketamine and other underground drugs for years, leading federal prosecutors in the Perry case to dub her the “Ketamine Queen.”

The 41-year-old, according to court filings, was the distribution point for the ketamine that killed Perry. The indictment alleges that Sangha sold the drugs on Oct. 24, 2023, just days before Perry was found drowned in the heated end of a pool at this Southern California home.

Sangha now faces nine charges, including conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death.

She pleaded not guilty on Thursday, but a magistrate judge said she should remain in custody.

Her home, called the “Sangha Stash House” in the indictment, was where she is alleged to have packaged and distributed drugs.

She “only deal(s) with high end and celebs,” the indictment quoted her co-accused Erik Fleming, an acquaintance of Perry’s, as saying.

After Perry’s death, federal agents and detectives searched Sangha’s home. They found approximately 79 vials of ketamine, three pounds of orange pills containing methamphetamine, hallucinogenic mushrooms and cocaine.

While Sangha’s Instagram account is now set to private, The Independent reports that she “appears to have