Drug counselor who sold Matthew Perry fatal dose of ketamine is sentenced to two years in prison
Fleming cooperated with investigators and helped lead them to Jasveen Sangha, whom prosecutors said supplied 51 vials of ketamine before Perry died.
- On Wednesday, Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett sentenced 56-year-old Erik Fleming to two years in prison for delivering ketamine that killed Matthew Perry, making him the fourth defendant sentenced in the case.
- After Perry sought more ketamine than doctors would provide for depression treatment, a friend introduced him to Fleming, who connected the actor to Jasveen Sangha, a dealer prosecutors called 'The Ketamine Queen,' sentenced last month to 15 years.
- Court records show Fleming delivered 25 vials for $6,000 four days before Perry's death on Oct. 28, 2023; his early cooperation—pleading guilty in August 2024 before arrests were announced—reduced his potential four-year sentence despite prosecutors arguing his drug-counselor role selling to someone with documented addiction should count against him.
- Before sentencing, Fleming expressed remorse, telling the judge his actions were 'a nightmare I can't wake up from' and his great remorse 'can't compare to the agony' caused to Perry's family. Defense lawyers had sought three months in prison and nine months of treatment.
- Kenneth Iwamasa, Perry's live-in assistant who injected the fatal dose, remains the final defendant awaiting sentencing in two weeks. Perry, who died at 54 as Chandler Bing on 'Friends,' will be memorialized through his namesake foundation receiving auction proceeds from the show's memorabilia.
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Drug counselor sentenced to 2 years for Matthew Perry ketamine overdose
Licensed drug counselor Erik Fleming, 56, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison for his role in distributing ketamine that caused actor Matthew Perry’s fatal overdose, NBC News reported.
Drug Counselor Who Delivered Fatal Ketamine Dose to Matthew Perry to Serve Two Years in Prison
A former drug counselor who delivered the fatal dose of ketamine that killed “Friends” actor Matthew Perry was sentenced Wednesday to two years in federal prison. Erik Fleming, 56, of Hawthorne, was the fourth of five defendants to be sentenced in Perry’s October 2023 death. The final defendant in the case, Perry’s live-in personal assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, is set to be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett on May 27. Fleming…
In connection with the death of "Friends" star Matthew Perry, a 56-year-old man has now been sentenced to two years in prison. The man was guilty of obtaining more than 50 doses of ketamine from Perry in the weeks before his death in October 2023. He was the middle man for a drug dealer known as "Ketamine Queen", in whose house large quantities of different drugs, including methamphetamine and ecstasy, were found. A total of five people, includi…
Erik Fleming, a man linked to the death of Matthew Perry and a ketamine network, is sentenced to two years in prison. October 28 marks the third anniversary of the death of actor Matthew Perry, who died from acute effects of ketamine. The Los Angeles federal court handed down a sentence against Erik Fleming, who was the intermediary for ketamine to reach Matthew Perry, who had been fighting his actions for years. Erik Fleming will be in jail for…
Counselor gets 2 years in prison in death of 'Friends' star
A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered the ketamine that killed “Friends” star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two years. Erik Fleming received the sentence in a Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday. He had pleaded guilty to distribution…
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