High-profile lawyer Mark Geragos says his client, “The Ketamine Queen” Charged in Matthew Perry’s fatal overdose, he had nothing to do with it friends the stardeath of
Alleged drug dealer Jasveen Sangha, 41, is one of five people charged with allegedly contributing. Perry died in October.
says Geragos Newsweek That she “takes issue” with her client’s viral nickname, especially since she never knew Perry.
“Although I give the U.S. attorney an A for creativity in indicting her as ‘The Ketamine Queen,’ there is no basis for that,” Geragos said Wednesday.
“The coroner’s report does not reflect homicide. It reflects sudden death. I think all of these so-called urban legends that somehow my client knew Matthew Perry was patently false.”
Perry was found unresponsive in the hot tub At his home in Los Angeles on October 28 at the age of 54. Initial news reports said they appeared to have drowned. In December, it was decided His death was due to the acute effects of ketamine. No drugs were found at the scene of his death.
Prosecutors claim Sangha allegedly sold Perry ketamine when she knew it could be fatal. In August 2019, Sangha sold ketamine to victim Cody McLaury hours before he died of an overdose, the U.S. Attorney’s Office revealed in an August 15 press conference about the arrest in Perry’s case.
When a family member of McLaury sent Sangha a text message saying that his ketamine had killed McLaury, Sangha Google Search for “ketamine can be listed as a cause of death”.[?]”
After Perry’s deathInvestigators executed a search warrant at Sangh’s home where they found a “drug selling emporium.” Officers found approximately 79 vials of ketamine and approximately 3.1 pounds of orange pills containing methamphetamine, psilocybin mushrooms, cocaine and prescription drugs that appeared to be fraudulently obtained.
said Ciaran McEvoy, public information officer for the US Attorney’s Office Newsweek Regarding “The Ketamine Queen,” “We didn’t give her that nickname. Her clients did. Eric Fleming, she’s known by that nickname. We don’t give our defendants nicknames.”
Geragos said Newsweek On Wednesday, “I think the case has gotten a lot of attention because of the novelty of the charging decision, meaning the US attorney has been very aggressive and ambitious in his theory of this prosecution. I therefore raise the issue of naming her in the indictment. I take issue with the idea that he is somehow responsible for this tragic death.
Sangha and Dr. Salvador Plasencia, 42, is set to be tried concurrently on March 4, 2025. They are both facing multiple charges and could face decades in federal prison. Neither has yet filed a plea.
This Three others arrested Related to the actor’s death was his personal assistant Kenneth Iwamasa, 59. Dr. Mark Chavez54, and his acquaintance Eric Fleming, 54, who have all pleaded guilty to their charges.
officials said last month Perry originally sought treatment for depression and anxiety and went to a local clinic where he became addicted to intravenous ketamine. When doctors at the clinic refused to increase his dose, he turned to “unscrupulous doctors” as well as street drug dealers, who saw Perry as a way to make quick money.
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