"a celebrity drug dealer with high-quality goods".
A woman accused of selling the fatal dose of ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry will face trial in September 2025.
The trial of Jasveen Sangha, allegedly known as the Ketamine Queen, will begin on September 23 after an order from a Los Angeles judge on August 5.
She is the only defendant standing trial over Perry’s death after four others reached plea agreements with prosecutors.
The 42-year-old, who has pleaded not guilty, faces five counts of ketamine distribution, including one count of distribution resulting in death.
Sangha’s trial has been delayed four times while her lawyers reviewed the prosecution’s evidence and carried out their own investigation.
Perry died at his Los Angeles home in October 2023. He had been using ketamine for depression treatment, an increasingly common off-label use for the surgical anaesthetic.
Court documents say the actor was taking ketamine six to eight times a day before he died.
Prosecutors claim Perry sought more ketamine illegally from his doctor, Salvador Plasencia, after being denied higher doses.
They allege Perry then turned to Sangha, who allegedly presented herself as “a celebrity drug dealer with high-quality goods”.
Perry’s assistant and friend admitted to buying large amounts of ketamine from Sangha. This included 25 vials for $6,000 in cash, purchased just days before his death.
Prosecutors allege that the fatal dose was part of that purchase.
Sangha shared her lavish lifestyle on Instagram, posting pictures of her holidays and wearing expensive jewellery.
Texts between the defendants revealed that Sangha was known for “only deal[ing] with high-end and celebs” in her drug business.
She allegedly used her Hollywood home, referenced in the indictment as the ‘Sangha Stash House’, to store, package, and distribute narcotics, including ketamine and methamphetamine.
The indictment stated that Sangha “knew that the unsupervised and improper use of ketamine can be deadly”.
In 2019, she allegedly sold the drug to another customer, Cody McLaury, who died of a drug overdose.
After one of McLaury’s relatives texted Sangha saying that her ketamine had killed him, Sangha Googled “can ketamine be listed as a cause of death[?]”
Meanwhile, Plasencia pleaded guilty to ketamine distribution in July. Matthew Perry’s personal assistant, his friend, and another doctor also pleaded guilty.
None have been sentenced yet.
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