'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry overdose death | Flipboard

Flipboard · Apr 08, 2026 · 298 words · By BBC News; Sareen Habeshian

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What to know about 'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry overdose death

A Los Angeles woman known as the 'Ketamine Queen' has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling ketamine that contributed to the death of actor Matthew Perry. The article reports on the legal proceedings and the judge's remarks during the sentencing.

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'Ketamine Queen' sentenced to 15 years in Matthew Perry overdose death A Los Angeles woman dubbed the "Ketamine Queen" has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling drugs that led to the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry.

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Jasveen Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty last September to five charges, including one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death or … Related storyboards

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Claim 1: “A Los Angeles woman dubbed the 'Ketamine Queen' has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling drugs that led to the death of Friends actor Matthew Perry.”

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Wikipedia mentions Jasveen Sangha's alias and her involvement in an overdose death, but does not confirm the 15-year sentence or direct causation of Matthew Perry's death. No other sources corroborate these specific details.

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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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Claim 2: “Jasveen Sangha, also known as The Ketamine Queen, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing Matthew Perry the drugs that led to his …”

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Wikipedia explicitly states that Jasveen Sangha is known as 'The Ketamine Queen,' directly confirming the alias in the claim.

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Claim 3: “A federal judge handed down a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling actor Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.”

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Matthew Perry's death in 2023 is confirmed by Wikipedia, but there is no explicit mention of ketamine as the cause of death or direct linkage to Jasveen Sangha in the provided evidence. The 15-year sentence is not confirmed.

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Claim 4: “Jasveen Sangha, 42, pleaded guilty last September to five charges, including one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death or …”

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No evidence was found in any sources to confirm or refute the claim about Jasveen Sangha pleading guilty to five charges, including distributing ketamine resulting in death.

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