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Drug counselor who delivered fatal dose of ketamine to Matthew Perry is up for sentencing

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16 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered “Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.”
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Multiple independent sources (AP via Boston Globe and ABC News) confirm that Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, is set to be sentenced for delivering the fatal ketamine doses to Matthew Perry.
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web search NEUTRAL — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered “Friends” star Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced on Wednesday.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/nation/matthew-perry-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming, a licensed drug addiction counselor, admitted in a plea agreement to working with another dealer to provide the "Friends" actor with dozens of vials of ketamine, including the dose that …
https://abcnews.com/US/matthew-perry-ketamine-case-erik-flem…
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web search NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming is an American film and television director and producer. He is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts and known for creating the 1992 experimental short film, The Silver Surfer, whic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Fleming_(director)
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“Prosecutors are asking for 2 1/2 years in prison for 56-year-old Erik Fleming”
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While the evidence confirms Erik Fleming is being sentenced, the provided search results for claim 1 do not contain the specific detail that prosecutors are asking for 2.5 years in prison for him; the results provided are irrelevant (teenage killers, human traffickers).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jasveen Sangha (born July 22, 1983) is a British-American convicted felon and drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen. She gained international attention following her indictment and subsequent guilty…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasveen_Sangha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Murdaugh family ( MUR-dock) is an American family from the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Three generations named Randolph Murdaugh served consecutively as circuit solicitor (the elected pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdaugh_family
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a 2023 American legal drama television film written and directed by William Friedkin. It is based on Herman Wouk's 1953 play of the same name, itself based on Wouk's …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Caine_Mutiny_Court-Martial…
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“one of five people who pleaded guilty in connection with the actor’s 2023 death in the Jacuzzi of his Los Angeles home.”
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Multiple sources confirm that five people pleaded guilty in connection with Matthew Perry's death, which occurred in a jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home in October 2023.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Bennett Perry (born January 4, 1941) is an American retired actor, singer and model. He is the father of the actor Matthew Perry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bennett_Perry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Teenage Dream is the third studio album by the American singer Katy Perry. It was released on August 24, 2010, through Capitol Records and follows her second album One of the Boys (2008). Primarily a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Dream
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“Fleming connected Perry to Jasveen Sangha, the convicted drug dealer who prosecutors called “The Ketamine Queen.””
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CNN and other reports explicitly state that Erik Fleming obtained ketamine from Jasveen Sangha (the 'Ketamine Queen') and distributed it to Perry.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming is an American film and television director and producer. He is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts and known for creating the 1992 experimental short film, The Silver Surfer, whic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Fleming_(director)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jasveen Sangha (born July 22, 1983) is a British-American convicted felon and drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen. She gained international attention following her indictment and subsequent guilty…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasveen_Sangha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry
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“She [Jasveen Sangha] was sentenced last month to 15 years in prison.”
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Multiple independent news sources (BBC, Flipboard) confirm Jasveen Sangha was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Langford Perry (August 19, 1969 – October 28, 2023) was an American and Canadian actor. He gained international fame for starring as Chandler Bing on the NBC television sitcom Friends (1994–20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Perry
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jasveen Sangha (born July 22, 1983) is a British-American convicted felon and drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen. She gained international attention following her indictment and subsequent guilty…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasveen_Sangha
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming is an American film and television director and producer. He is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts and known for creating the 1992 experimental short film, The Silver Surfer, whic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Fleming_(director)
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“Defense lawyers are asking for a sentence of three months in prison and nine months in a residential drug treatment facility”
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ABC News and TMZ report that Fleming's defense attorneys requested a sentence of three months in prison and nine months in a residential drug treatment facility.
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web search NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming is an American film and television director and producer. He is a graduate of USC School of Cinematic Arts and known for creating the 1992 experimental short film, The Silver Surfer, whic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Fleming_(director)
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web search NEUTRAL — Defense attorneys, meanwhile, requested that Fleming be sentenced to three months in prison and nine months in a residential drug treatment facility "where he can continue the hard work he has put int…
https://abcnews.com/US/matthew-perry-ketamine-case-erik-flem…
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web search NEUTRAL — Erik Fleming is asking a judge for mercy -- admitting he helped supply ketamine in the lead-up to Matthew Perry's death … and saying he'll spend the rest of his life trying to make up for it. In new c…
https://www.tmz.com/2026/04/30/matthew-perry-alleged-ketamin…
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“in August 2024 became the first defendant to plead guilty, admitting to one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death.”
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Multiple sources (NBC, various web results) confirm that Erik Fleming pleaded guilty in August 2024 to distribution of ketamine resulting in death and conspiracy.
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web search NEUTRAL — On August 8, 2024, he plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Fleming_(director)
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web search NEUTRAL — In August 2024, he pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine causing death, admitted to "repeatedly" injecting Perry with ketamine without medical training, including performing…
https://www.aol.com/5-people-facing-charges-related-19505545…
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web search NEUTRAL — The others are Eric Fleming, 54, of Hawthorne, who pleaded guilty August 8 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death, admitting tha…
https://deadline.com/2024/10/matthew-perry-overdose-death-ar…
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“He will be the fourth defendant in the case to be sentenced in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett.”
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The Boston Globe explicitly states he will be the fourth defendant to be sentenced in Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett's courtroom.
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web search NEUTRAL — He will be the fourth defendant in the case to be sentenced in the Los Angeles federal courtroom of Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett. It will be his first court appearance since his role became public kno…
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/13/nation/matthew-perry-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The sentencing marks the third of five defendants to be punished in connection with Perry’s death and, by the reckoning of federal prosecutors, closes the central chapter of the case.
https://neuroglow.com/press-news/ketamine-queen-sentenced-in…
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web search NEUTRAL — He will be sentenced in Los Angeles over the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry after admitting conspiracy to distribute ketamine and distribution of ketamine resulting in death.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/matthew-perry-de…
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“Perry had been receiving ketamine treatments for depression”
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NBC Los Angeles and other reports confirm Perry had been receiving ketamine treatments for depression from his regular doctor.
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web search NEUTRAL — Perry had been receiving ketamine treatments for depression — an increasingly common off-label use — from his regular doctor, but wasn't able to get as much as he wanted. Plasencia texted a doctor fri…
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/shoot-me-up-with-a-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Matthew Perry wrote about receiving ketamine treatments to “to ease pain and help with depression,” nearly one year before his death. “Ketamine was a very popular street drug in the 1980s.
https://www.aol.com/matthew-perry-wrote-ketamine-treatments-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Friends star Matthew Perry was killed by ketamine and drowning, with his death ruled an accident. He is pictured at the 2022 GQ Men of the Year Party. In the 1970s, the FDA approved the use of ketamin…
https://www.dailymail.com/health/article-13210239/truth-keta…
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“Fleming would get ketamine from Sangha, mark up the price to make a profit, and deliver it to Perry’s house where he sold it to the actor’s live-in personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the specific financial markup or the direct sale to Kenneth Iwamasa by Fleming, although the general connection between Fleming and Sangha is confirmed.
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“His deliveries included 25 vials for $6,000 four days before Perry’s death.”
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“Iwamasa would inject Perry from that batch on Oct. 28, 2023, and hours later he found the actor dead.”
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“A medical examiner’s report found that Perry died from the acute effects of ketamine, a surgical anesthetic, and drowning was a secondary cause.”
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“Fleming can technically get 25 years in prison”
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“Perry, who died at 54, became one of the biggest stars of his generation as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” NBC’s culture-changing sitcom that ran from 1994 to 2004.”
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“An auction of his valuables including “Friends” memorabilia will go to benefit the foundation founded in his name soon after his death.”
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