KNOWN as the 'Ketamine Queen' of north Hollywood, she supplied drugs from an 'stash-house' overflowing with illegal substances to fund an increasingly lavish lifestyle.
But Jasveen Sangha – whose drug empire funded a wardrobe of designer goods and eye-wateringly expensive holidays – has seen her world come crashing down after the tragic death of Matthew Perry was linked to ketamine she supplied.
The 42-year-old has pleaded guilty to five charges including supplying the fatal drug doses that led to the Friends star's death in his hot tub in October 2023.
The Los Angeles resident, who has dual US and British citizenship, supplied 50 vials to the troubled comedy actor for $11,000 – making a disgusting 179.3 per cent mark up on the $12 vials.
When Police raided Sangha's premises in March 2023, they found an "emporium" of narcotics including 79 doses of ketamine, 1,978 grams of methamphetamine, cocaine and bottles Xanax.
Prior to her admission of guilt, which could see her imprisoned for up to 65 years, her lawyer Mark Geragos claimed she had "never met" and "had nothing to do with" Perry.
"All the supposed rumours are just that, urban legends," he previously said. "The so called theory that the fatal dose is somehow linked to my client is absolute garbage."
Now Sanga is "taking responsibility for her actions" by pleading guilty to five of nine counts, according to Geragos, and investigators have revealed she was a "massive source of drugs" for Hollywood's elite.
Online Sangha appeared to live a luxurious lifestyle – holidaying in high-end resorts in Tokyo and Mexico, wearing Chanel and Luis Vuitton gear, and partying with Hollywood's glitziest circles including former drug addict Charlie Sheen.
Texts revealed in her indictment claimed she would "only deal with high end and celeb" clients and stored drugs at her North Hollywood home, dubbed "Sangha's Stash house".
Four days before Perry's death, the drug dealer supplied ketamine to the star and boasted about it being "high quality", before adding: "It's unmarked but it's amazing."
In the actor's final days he was injected with the narcotic, labelled a Class-B in the UK, a concerning 27 times including the dose that killed him.
After the actor's death was reported, Sangha messaged one of her alleged co-conspirators saying "delete all our messages" which has been interpreted as an attempt to destroy evidence.
The Sun reveals how the Brit went from running a failed nail salon business to her high-life mingling with celebs and flying on private jets, earning her the dubious nickname of the 'Ketamine Queen'.
Chilling 'overdose response'
On being charged in August last year, Sangha faced 18 charges including five counts of distributing cocaine, maintaining a drug-involved premises and possession with intent to distribute meth and ketamine.
She also sold four doses of ketamine to a man named Cody McLaury, who died from a drug overdose in August 2019, hours after their exchange.
After the 33-year-old's passing, a family member messaged Sangha to state: "The ketamine you sold my brother killed him."
In what was determined as a clear "consciousness of guilt", upon reading the missive, she Googled "can ketamine be listed as a cause of death".
Prior to Sangha's arrest over Perry's death, she was known as a "large volume drug dealer" by the DEA, LAPD homicide detectives and the US Postal Inspect Service.
As part of her deal with Perry on October 24, she threw in "ketamine lollipops as an 'add on' for his large ketamine order".
After seizing her phone, police found footage of her "cooking" ketamine and conversations related to "selling pressed methamphetamine pills and ketamine".
In one message, she demanded "958,51" to be sent to her PayPal account for drugs and noted: "I think you'll like these but remember they're double strength."
Others who admitted guilt alongside Sangha were doctors Salvador Plascencia and Mark Chavez, drug dealer Eric Fleming and Kenneth Iwamasa, who was Perry's live-in assistant.
£1,500-a-night hotels
Away from her life of crime, Sangha enjoyed life's finer things – often sharing snaps from luxury locations around the world and wearing high-end designer gear.
She grew-up in Calabasas, a Californian suburb known as the playground of the rich and famous – and notably where the Kardashian clan were raised.
Sangha went to the University of California and got her Masters degree in London, which she regularly visited, before going to live a extremely luxurious lifestyle as a drug dealer.
She has a family that cares for her. She has never been the type of person who needed money
Clancy Carter, Sangha's pal
Photographs on her Instagram page show her wearing Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery as well as Louis Vuitton sneakers and Chanel clothing.
One pal, who was gobsmacked by the drug dealing claims, told the Daily Mail: "She's always in the nicest designer clothes."
On Instagram, Sangha was seen enjoying caviar inside a private jet lounge at Los Angeles International Airport and enjoying lush holidays.
In November 2023, two weeks after Perry died, Sangha was seen sipping lychee martinis at the Mandarin Oriental hotel, in Tokyo, where suites cost nearly £1,500 a night.
Four months later in February, Sangha was sunning herself by a pool at a beachfront residence in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, and shared selfies drinking more cocktails.
When she was back on US soil, she appeared to lap-up LA lifestyle and wellness fads including IV drips after late-night parties and 'sound healing' sessions.
A-list pals
Sangha hung out in high circles in Los Angeles and had been pictured with several celebrities.
They included former Two And A Half Men actor Charlie Sheen at what appeared to be a party in 2022 and the ex-wife of legendary guitarist Slash.
There were multiple photos of Sangha with Perla Hudson – who was married to the Guns N Roses guitarist for 17 years until 2018 – throughout the years at luxurious locations.
They included in December 2021, when the pair were pictured aboard a private jet, sipping champagne and enjoying a feast of luxury cheeses.
A fan of house and dance music events, Sangha was regualrly pictured at warehouse raves and often seen next to the DJ booths.
'Rich family'
Those close to Sangha told the Daily Mail they were "completely shocked" that she could be involved in drug dealing because she came from a rich family, at the time of her arrest.
Interior designer Clancy Carter, who knew Sangha since 2008, said: "She has a family that cares for her. She has never been the type of person who needed money.
"She has property in the UK. She's always traveling and doing fun things with her family. I would never guess she would do something like this at all."
Despite this, The Sun discovered Sangha owned businesses – including a nail salon, which opened in 2015 and shut two years later.
The company, Stiletto Nail Bar, was located in Studio City, LA, a neighbourhood known for its trendy restaurants – and hosted a Christmas bash attended by MMA fighter Chuck 'The Iceman' Liddell.
Yelp reviewers claimed the business was often short-staffed and workers complaining about Groupon vouchers costing them money. It's unclear what caused the business to close.
I was at her birthday party just the other day and there was no inkling of anything like this going on in her life
Sanga's pal Greg Wasik
On social media, she appeared to have modelled and had an army of admirers – many referring to her as 'queen', 'goddess' and 'sexy kitty'.
Sangha described herself as a 'curator' of arts, events and music on Instagram and graduated from London's Hult Business School with a Masters in 2010.
According to her pal Carter, she gained access to ultra-high-end clients and celebrities and attended awards ceremonies including the Golden Globes and Oscars, thanks to her work in marketing and event planning.
She said: "She knows a lot of people in the industry. She and I have been to the Golden Globes and the Oscars. There's a lot of celebrities she was mingling with."
Many were shocked by Sangha's arrest – especially as she maintained as there seemed to be no reference to drugs or illegal activity in her online posts.
Just hours before her arrest, she boasted about a new haircut where she showed of flowing purple and pink highlights in her hair.
Days before Sangha celebrated her 41st birthday at a Hollywood bar with friends. No one was any the wiser about the police raid nor potential charges hanging over her.
LA reality Greg Wasik said: "I was at her birthday party just the other day and there was no inkling of anything like this going on in her life. She was definitely just a pretty normal person I've known for years."
Now Sangha is facing a very different life away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
She could face up to 65 years in prison after pleading guilty to 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.
While it's likely Sangha will receive a more lenient sentence for accepting charges against her instead of going to trial, the Brit could spend the rest of her life behind bars.
And for many, that's a fitting punishment for having "preyed on" clearly vulnerable Perry, who spent more than £9m trying to get clean and had more than 12 rehab stints.
For Sangha and her accomplices only motivation was "to enrich themselves" and "greed" not matter the cost to human life.
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