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Ketamine Dealer Gets 15-Year Prison Term in Perry Overdose Case
Jasveen Sangha, the 'Ketamine Queen,' was sentenced to 15 years in a Los Angeles federal prison for supplying ketamine—including the dose linked to Matthew Perry’s death—after pleading guilty to five counts; prosecutors said she was among the most culpable in a network that included doctors and Perry’s aide, who delivered and administered the drug; she supplied 51 vials to the aide, who gave Perry injections the day he died. She’ll also face three years of supervised release, drug testing, and restrictions on encrypted messaging.
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Timothy Busfield Granted Release From Jail Amid Child-Abuse Allegations
Actor Timothy Busfield was released from an Albuquerque jail after a two-hour hearing on charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse tied to twin actors on The Cleaning Lady; prosecutors argued for detention due to the seriousness of the allegations, while defense cited presumption of innocence, referencing a polygraph test and letters of support, with the judge ordering no contact with the accusers and allowing travel out of state pending trial.
Timothy Busfield Charged Over Alleged On-Set Abuse of Twin Child Actors
Former West Wing actor Timothy Busfield is in New Mexico custody after being charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse related to twin child actors on The Cleaning Lady; he denies the allegations and says he passed a polygraph, while investigators allege grooming and inappropriate touching on set; a Warner Bros. independent investigation reportedly found no substantiation; the case follows earlier uncharged allegations and has prompted industry fallout, including shelving TV episodes and dropping his agency, with Busfield's wife Melissa Gilbert publicly supporting him.
Nick Reiner's 2020 Confidential Mental Health Conservatorship Revealed
Nick Reiner, Rob and Michele Reiner’s son, was placed in a confidential one-year Lanterman-Petris-Short Act mental health conservatorship in 2020; the conservatorship ended in 2021. He had schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, and his psychiatric medications were changed due to side effects about a month before his parents were killed. He has since faced murder charges in their deaths.
Confidentiality Forces Ex-Lawyer to Quit Nick Reiner Case
Alan Jackson, Nick Reiner’s defense attorney, says he had to withdraw from the first-degree murder case due to legal and ethical restrictions and will not discuss the reasons or retainer; he indicated circumstances beyond both his and Reiner’s control forced the split, and he maintains that Reiner is not guilty of murder under California law. The case follows the Los Angeles killings of Rob and Michele Reiner and Nick’s initial murder charge, tied to an incident at Conan O’Brien’s home the night prior.
Actor Kiefer Sutherland Allegedly Tells Uber Driver to Pull Over Before Arrest
Rolling Stone reports that Kiefer Sutherland repeatedly asked an Uber driver to pull over around midnight on Jan. 12, prompting a confrontation in Hollywood. The driver called police, and Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of criminal threats and booked on a felony, later released on $50,000 bail with a Feb. 2 court date anticipated if prosecutors pursue felony charges. A translator assisted in the investigation, and Sutherland has prior legal issues, including a 2007 DUI and a 2009 head-butting incident that was later dropped.