A woman known as the “Ketamine Queen” has agreed to plead guilty after being charged with selling Matthew Perry the drug that killed him.<\/p>\n
Jasveen Sangha has become the fifth and final defendant charged in the overdose death of the Friends star to strike a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, avoiding a trial that had been planned for September.<\/p>\n
She had agreed to plead guilty to five federal criminal charges, including providing the ketamine that led to Perry’s death, federal prosecutors said in a statement on Monday, local time.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors had cast Ms Sangha, a 42-year-old citizen of the US and the UK, as a prolific drug dealer who was known to her customers as the “Ketamine Queen,” using the term often in press releases and court documents and even including it in the official name of the case.<\/p>\n
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Jasveen Sangha gave Matthew Perry lollipops laced with ketamine on top of his drug order. (Supplied: @jasveens on Facebook)<\/p>\n
The statement said she had agreed to plead guilty to one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, three counts of distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death or serious bodily injury.<\/p>\n
She admitted in the agreement to selling four vials of ketamine to another man, Cody McLaury, hours before he died from an overdose in 2019. Mr McLaury had no relationship to Perry.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors will drop three other counts related to the distribution of ketamine, and one count of distribution of methamphetamine that was unrelated to the Perry case.<\/p>\n
Ms Sangha will officially change her plea to guilty at an upcoming hearing, where sentencing will be scheduled, prosecutors say.<\/p>\n
She could get up to 45 years in prison. An email sent to Ms Sangha’s lawyers seeking comment was not immediately answered.<\/p>\n
She and Salvador Plasencia, who signed his own plea deal on June 16, had been the primary targets of the investigation.<\/p>\n