The mysterious ‘ketamine queen’ at the center of the Matthew Perry case

Sangha graduated from high school in Calabasas, an affluent suburb of Los Angeles, in 2001, after which she earned a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of California, Irvine and a master’s degree in business administration from Hult International Business School in London.

On her Instagram account, Sangha advertised herself as an art and events curator and traveler who regularly flew between London and Los Angeles. She reinforced this image with photos and videos of swimming pools, dances and lavish dinners around the world, performing with Charlie Sheen, DJ Khaled and Perla Hudson, the ex-wife of guitarist Slash. Reps for Sheen and DJ Khaled did not respond to a request for comment. Attempts to reach Hudson were unsuccessful.

When Sangha turned 40 in 2023, she celebrated in a feathery, light pink dress and matching cowboy hat, according to videos she posted online. At a party at the Kiss Kiss Bang Bang lounge in a boutique hotel in Los Angeles, hot pink lights radiated from a disco ball spinning overhead. The music vibrated the comfortable chairs, and silver buckets were waiting for ice and champagne.

Prosecutors say it is unclear how Sangha financed her lifestyle – they say she drove a Range Rover and a BMW at various times – and that it appears she has been unemployed since at least 2019. Before that, she was in a relationship for some time from Stiletto Nail Business records show the bar in Studio City, an upscale neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley.

When Sangha was arrested on drug-trafficking charges in March, her mother, Nilem Sangha, posted $100,000 bail for her release, court records show.

Nilem Sangha did not respond to requests for comment, and several attempts to contact other members of Jasveen Sangha’s family by phone and in person were unsuccessful. A woman who answered the number listed in Sangha’s court records declined to comment.

Much remains unknown about Sangha beyond what she has publicly presented online. In her senior portrait in the Calabasas High School yearbook, she has an inscrutable Mona Lisa-like expression. The attached quote reads: “It’s not what they say about you that counts, it’s what they whisper.”

Deadly ketamine

Prosecutors allege in the indictment that Perry was not the only person who died after purchasing ketamine from Sangha. Court documents show that Los Angeles resident Cody McLaury died of an overdose shortly after Sangha sold him ketamine in August 2019.

Prosecutors allege that despite knowing about Mr McLaury’s death, Sangha continued to distribute illegal drugs from her apartment for the next five years.

Court documents say Sangha learned of Perry’s interest in ketamine from a friend who contacted the actor’s personal assistant and offered to send a sample. She tried to create an air of exclusivity, calling her offer “amazing” and telling her friend, Mr. Erik Fleming, “Take one and try it, and I have more if you like it.”

Prosecutors say two days after making the offer, Sangha sent the actor a sample of ketamine in an unlabeled glass vial with a blue top. The government alleges that Fleming and Perry’s assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, acted as intermediaries. According to the indictment, the next day Mr. Iwamasa purchased 25 vials on Perry’s behalf; when he bought 25 more vials two weeks later, Sangha also threw in some ketamine lollipops.

Prosecutors say one of those 50 vials contained the ketamine that killed Perry.

Both Fleming and Iwamasa pleaded guilty to criminal charges. When Sangha learned of the actor’s death from news reports, it quickly tried to destroy evidence of its involvement, according to court documents, prosecutors said. “Delete all our messages,” she told Mr. Fleming.

Prosecutors say that level of caution waned in the months that followed.

In July, shortly before her arrest in Perry’s death, Sangha posted on social media a photo of a bracelet with several mushroom charms and the message: “I’m breaking out my old raver candy #ravetothegrave.”

Prosecutors later wrote in a court filing that the post suggested that Sangha would “continue her drug lifestyle until death” and that the hashtag “#ravetothegrave” was a “callous choice of words considering her actions targeted two victims against them.” . ” MODERN