Drug Counselor Who Delivered 'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Ketamine That Killed Him Gets 2 Years

LOADINGERROR LOADINGLOS ANGELES (AP) — A licensed drug addiction counselor who delivered Matthew Perry the doses of ketamine that killed him, and later became a key informant in the investigation, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison.At a federal court in Los Angeles, Judge Sherilyn Peace Garnett handed down the sentence to 56-year-old Erik Fleming for his role in the death of the “Friends” star.Advertisement “It’s truly a nightmare I can’t wake up from,” Fleming said in a deep, somber voice from the podium before his sentencing.“I’m haunted by the mistakes I made.”The judge ordered Fleming, who has been free on bond, to turn himself in to serve his term in 45 days.

He was also sentenced to three years of probation.Fleming was the fourth defendant sentenced of the five who have pleaded guilty in prosecutions over the actor’s 2023 death in the Jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home.Fleming connected Perry to Jasveen Sangha, the convicted drug who prosecutors called “The Ketamine Queen.” He delivered drugs from her house to Perry’s, and marked them up to make a profit.Advertisement Fleming gave up Sangha to investigators the same day they first found him at his sister’s house, where he was sleeping on the couch several months after Perry’s death.

Sangha was sentenced last month to 15 years in prison.Fleming’s attorney Robert Dugdale told the judge he “handed over the Ketamine Queen on a silver platter.”“They didn’t have a clue who she was before that day,” Dugdale said.He would likely have gotten about four years in prison if it weren’t for his cooperation.Erik Fleming departs federal court in Los Angeles after being sentenced in connection with the ketamine overdose death of actor Matthew Perry, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Los Angeles.(AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)via Associated PressAdvertisement The prosecution said he deserved credit for doing the right thing, but argued that he did so only when co...