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Ketamine Ring Sentences: Iwamasa Gets 3 Years, Sangha 15

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 2:40 PM UTC · How we work

Summary

Ketamine Queen Sentenced

Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, received a three-year-five-month prison term for administering illegal ketamine to Perry.
Jasveen Sangha, dubbed “Ketamine Queen,” was sentenced to 15 years for supplying the drug that caused Perry’s death.
Federal prosecutors charged five people, including doctors Salvador Plasencia, Mark Chavez, and middleman Erik Fleming, in the ketamine ring.
The medical examiner ruled Perry’s death an accidental drowning with acute ketamine effects, coronary disease and buprenorphine as contributors.

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Streaming Services Roll Out

Netflix will debut a documentary series on Matthew Perry’s career, addiction struggles, and death.
Hulu will launch “The Mob,” a competition series hosted by Parker Posey where 12 celebrities compete for up to $250,000.
Peacock will stream “Minions & Monsters,” the third Minions film set in 1920s Hollywood and directed by Pierre Coffin.
Netflix will expand the “Minimum Wage” mockumentary to 12-minute episodes and add a plot about a threatened pizzeria sale.

History

Historical Context

In 1995 the O.J. Simpson murder trial became a nationally televised criminal case, running 134 days under Judge Lance Ito and turning the courtroom into a national spectacle. That precedent of media-driven scrutiny paved the way for today’s true-crime streaming, where the 2023 ketamine ring that killed actor Matthew Perry and Netflix’s documentary draw millions of viewers.

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Ketamine Queen Sentenced

Kenneth Iwamasa, 61, received a three-year-five-month prison term for administering illegal ketamine to Perry.
Jasveen Sangha, dubbed “Ketamine Queen,” was sentenced to 15 years for supplying the drug that caused Perry’s death.
Federal prosecutors charged five people, including doctors Salvador Plasencia, Mark Chavez, and middleman Erik Fleming, in the ketamine ring.
The medical examiner ruled Perry’s death an accidental drowning with acute ketamine effects, coronary disease and buprenorphine as contributors.

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