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Celebrities fear drug dealer will name names in Matthew Perry case

Several arrests were made in connection with the death of Matthew Perry, including Jasveen Sanghaa woman known as the “Ketamine Queen.” Sangha is accused of supplying Perry with the drugs that led to his death in October 2023.

According to the 18-page indictment, which In contactSangha, 41, used her home to “store, package and distribute narcotics, including ketamine and methamphetamine.” The indictment also included a screenshot of a message from Kenneth IwamasaPerry's live-in assistant, who is also involved in the Friends Death of the star. Iwamasa, 59, claimed that Sangha only dealt with “high-end people” and “celebrities”.

While Sangha pleaded not guilty to several charges, Neama Rahmani told Page Six that Hollywood stars are nervous about what information they might reveal about their clients.

“She could name anyone associated with her, anyone who supplied her or who she supplied,” Rahmani told the newspaper in an article published on Saturday, August 17. “Hollywood stars should be shaking in fear… Anyone who has anything to do with Jasveen Sangha should be really worried right now.”

Rahmani also said there was “overwhelming evidence” against Sangha.

“She's in a hell of pain right now… She could be going to prison for life,” he explained. “She has two problems. First, she's now linked to two drug-related deaths and second, she was (allegedly) dealing methamphetamine.”

With such a high sentence at stake, Rahmani said, Sangha has “many reasons to cooperate to get her sentence reduced.”

Perry was found dead in his Pacific Palisades home on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54. The full program It was initially believed that the star drowned in his hot tub, but the Los Angeles County Coroner eventually declared his cause of death to be the “acute effects of ketamine.”

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On Thursday, August 15, five people were arrested in connection with Perry’s death. In addition to Sangha and Iwamasa, police arrested Salvador Plasencia, Mark Chavez And Eric Fleming. Prosecutors allege that Sangha sold the drugs to Iwamasa, who injected Perry with the fatal dose. Plasencia, who had previously distributed ketamine to Perry and Iwamasa, supplied the syringe. Chavez, 54, a doctor practicing in California, admitted to diverting ketamine from his previous clinic to sell to Plasencia. Prosecutors also alleged that Fleming, 54, admitted to distributing the ketamine that killed Perry.

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram spoke about the arrests on August 15 during a press conference and said that each person arrested “played a key role in [Perry’s] Death.”

“These criminals will receive a meaningful sentence and will be an example to anyone willing to take the risk or endanger the distribution and delivery of illegal narcotics to anyone,” said the Los Angeles Police Chief Dominic Chan he said at the press conference. “You cannot get away with this, regardless of your background or socioeconomic status. If you break the law, you break the law, and you are dangerous and you are putting lives at risk.”

Perry's stepfather, Keith Morrisonis fighting for justice in connection with the death of his stepson. Date line A reporter issued a statement following the arrests.

“We are heartbroken by Matthew's death and we still are,” Keith, 77, said in a joint family statement. “But it has helped us to know that law enforcement took his case very seriously. We look forward to justice taking its course.”