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Doctor and Alleged Ketamine Dealer Arrested in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry’s Fatal Overdose
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Doctor and Alleged Ketamine Dealer Arrested in Connection with Actor Matthew Perry’s Fatal Overdose

LOS ANGELES — In a shocking turn of events, a licensed physician and an alleged San Fernando Valley drug dealer were arrested today in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry, who suffered a fatal ketamine overdose in October 2023.

Jasveen Sangha, 41, a.k.a. "The Ketamine Queen," of North Hollywood, and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, a.k.a. "Dr. P," of Santa Monica, were charged in an 18-count superseding indictment returned on Wednesday with distributing ketamine to Perry during the final weeks of the actor’s life.

The superseding indictment alleges that Sangha’s distribution of ketamine on October 24, 2023, caused Perry’s death. Plasencia is charged with seven counts of distribution of ketamine and two counts of altering and falsifying documents or records related to the federal investigation.

Sangha and Plasencia are expected to be arraigned later today at United States District Court in downtown Los Angeles.

"These defendants cared more about profiting off of Mr. Perry than caring for his well-being," said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. "Drug dealers selling dangerous substances are gambling with other people’s lives over greed. This case, along with our many other prosecutions of drug-dealers who cause death, send a clear message that we will hold drug-dealers accountable for the deaths they cause."

The three other defendants — charged separately — are Erik Fleming, 54, of Hawthorne, who pleaded guilty on August 8 to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine resulting in death; Kenneth Iwamasa, 59, of Toluca Lake, who conspired with Sangha, Fleming, and Plasencia to illegally obtain ketamine and distribute it to Perry; and Chavez, whose information was not detailed in the press release.