The lawyer representing Jasveen Sangha, Matthew Perry’s “Ketamine Queen,” denied knowing the Friends actor as a trial date has been set for her.
Sangha, 41, an alleged drug dealer, is set to stand trial on March 4, 2025 along with Dr. Salvador Plasencia, who have pleaded not guilty to charges related to Perry’s death.
They are accused of illegally supplying the ketamine that caused Perry’s overdose on October 23, 2023, at age 54.
Now, Sangha’s attorney, Mark Geragos, has claimed she had “no connection” to Perry in an explosive chat on Wednesday’s Today Show.
He said: ‘There’s no mystery, she’s not connected to Matthew Perry at all.
“People try to make her out to be something she’s not, but there’s a totally different version and story to tell here, and that will be told at her trial.”
The lawyer representing Matthew Perry’s “ketamine queen” Jasveen Sangha (pictured) has denied knowing the Friends actor as a trial date has been set.
Perry died from the “acute effects of ketamine” and from drowning; the actor had similar amounts of ketamine in his system as a hospital patient under general anesthesia. Perry pictured in November 2022
Sangha was charged in an 18-count superseding indictment in connection with distributing ketamine to the actor in the weeks before his death.
Sangha, who was reportedly known throughout North Hollywood as a celebrity trafficker, was dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” because of her allegedly prolific activity.
She is charged with conspiracy to distribute ketamine, maintaining a drug-related facility, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute ketamine and five counts of distribution of ketamine.
Just hours before she was arrested by police in Los Angeles on August 15, Sangha was flaunting her new haircut and color on social media.
Sangha shared his lavish lifestyle, allegedly funded by his drug dealing, on Instagram, where he posted snaps from his vacations in Mexico and Japan.
The alleged trafficker of the rich and famous often posted images of her wearing Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, Louis Vuitton sneakers and Chanel clothes, as well as snaps of her enjoying caviar in the lounges of private jets at LAX.
The drug-dealing “queen,” who has dual US-British citizenship, also hosted lavish parties for her friends in Hollywood and exclaimed that “family is everything.”
In February 2024, four months after Perry’s death, Sangha posted smiling selfies while sunbathing on a trip to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, where she showed off her beachfront residence while sipping cocktails poolside.
She also boasted about her track record in health and wellness: She uses an IV drip after late-night parties and is an advocate of “sound healing,” which she calls “absolutely uplifting and cleansing for the heart and soul.”
Just two weeks after Perry’s death from a ketamine overdose, Sangha traveled to Tokyo, where he enjoyed lychee martinis at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, where suites cost $1,847 a night.
Sangha is just one of five other people who were arrested on August 15 in connection with the actor’s tragic death, which shocked the world on October 28, 2023.
In an indictment, texts between the defendants revealed that Sangha was known in the community for “dealing only with high-level people and celebrities” in her drug business.
She is accused of using her North Hollywood residence, referred to in the indictment as the “Sangha Stash House,” to store, package and distribute narcotics, including ketamine and methamphetamine.
The indictment alleges Sangha “knew that unsupervised and improper use of ketamine can be deadly” and in 2019, he allegedly sold the drug to another customer, Cody McLaury, who died of a drug overdose.
After a family member of McLaury texted Sangha saying that his ketamine had killed McLaury, Sangha performed a Google search for “can ketamine be listed as a cause of death (?)”
She is also believed to have been a key player in the drug-related death of Matthew Perry.
Sangha is just one of five other people who were arrested on August 15 in connection with the actor’s tragic death, which shocked the world on October 28, 2023.
Jasveen Sangha, 41, also known as the “Ketamine Queen” of North Hollywood, is also charged. Investigators said they discovered a “drug emporium” in her home during a raid in March 2024.
The alleged drug dealer went on luxury vacations after Matthew Perry’s death, including to Mexico and Japan.
On October 11, 2023, Sangha allegedly used Signal to message defendant Eric Fleming that his ketamine was “high quality” and offered a sample to Perry, saying, “It’s unmarked but it’s amazing, take one and try it and I have more if you want.”
According to the indictment, 25 vials of ketamine were purchased from Sangha on Oct. 24 for delivery to Perry, and “as part of the transaction, defendant Sangha included ketamine lollipops as an ‘add-on’ to his large order of ketamine.”
When ‘Ketamine Queen’ Sangha discovered Perry had died on Oct. 28, she allegedly called one of the alleged conspirators and told him to delete any digital evidence on his cell phones.
When they raided his home in March 2024, police found a litany of evidence related to his drug dealing, including a narcotics “emporium” and 1,978 grams of methamphetamine.
An affidavit filed in Los Angeles federal court by rookie DEA agent Tyler Abrego on March 20 described the raid the day before at Sangha’s home.
“During the search, police seized significant quantities of illegal drugs, including approximately 1,978 grams of orange pills that field tested positive for methamphetamine, 79 bottles containing a clear liquid that field tested positive for ketamine, and several other suspected narcotics,” Agent Abrego wrote.
A handgun was seen in the photograph of the confiscated drugs included in Abrego’s affidavit.
The complaint said Sangha was a “high-volume drug trafficker” previously identified by the DEA, LAPD homicide detectives and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.
Officers seized his cell phone, which contained “conversations related to the sale of pressed methamphetamine pills and ketamine.”
In a text conversation about selling the drug, he requested a payment of ‘958.51’ to his PayPal and said: ‘I think you’ll like them, but remember they are double strength.’
Videos recovered from her phone show her “cooking ketamine,” the agent wrote.
Also charged were doctors Salvador Plascencia, 42, and Mark Chavez, 54, Perry’s assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, and drug dealer Eric Fleming, 54.
Just hours before she was arrested by police in Los Angeles on August 15, Jasveen Sangha was flaunting her new haircut and color on social media.
Jasveen wrote “delete all our messages” to co-conspirator Fleming on Oct. 28, the day Perry died.
Sangha is just one of five other people who were arrested on August 15 in connection with the actor’s tragic death, which shocked the world on October 28, 2023.
Sangha could face a life sentence for Perry’s death, experts say.
Former federal narcotics prosecutor Neama Rahmani, president of West Coast Trial Lawyers, said: ‘Jasveen Sangha was the source of the ketamine that killed Perry and could easily receive a potential life sentence for her death.
There will be a lot of pressure on defendants and lower-level witnesses to turn in the doctor who provided the ketamine or anyone else who played a role in illegally obtaining it for Perry.
Perry’s untimely death shocked the world – photo 2016
‘Some doctors believe ketamine infusions can treat anxiety and depression, but it is one of the most abused party drugs. Perry should not have used ketamine in a hot tub outside of a therapeutic setting.
“This is a high-profile case and will send a message to doctors as well as to drug dealers who profit from the distribution of ketamine.”
U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said of Sangha and Plasencia: “These defendants cared more about profiting from Mr. Perry than about his well-being.
‘Drug dealers who sell dangerous substances play with other people’s lives out of greed.
‘This case, along with our many other prosecutions against drug traffickers who cause deaths, sends a clear message that we will hold drug traffickers accountable for the deaths they cause.’
Los Angeles Police Department Chief Dominic Choi added: ‘Bringing these individuals to justice for their role in Mr. Perry’s untimely death required coordination and hard work by several people, and I want to thank the LAPD detectives and our federal partners for their patience and dedication.
‘As officers working on the ground in our communities, LAPD officers witness firsthand the harm these narcotics can cause on a daily basis, so I am pleased that our collective efforts led to the arrest of these individuals.’