Foreign Property News | Posted by Aye Myat Thu
Looks like Katy Perry is in hot water again over real estate — several years after she sparred with two nuns over an 8-acre Los Feliz, California spread.
The “Dark Horse” singer and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, have been involved in a three-year legal suit over the Montecito, California mansion they purchased back in 2021 for $14.2 million.
Located at 1569 E. Valley Rd., the Daily Mail revealed that 83-year-old Carl Westcott had moved into the home just two months before Perry, 38, and Bloom, 46, bought the 8.9 acre estate.
According to court documents obtained by The Post, Westcott claims that a July 14, 2020 contract for the sale of his home was done when he “lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences of the contract.”
Westcott, who served in the US Army as a 101st Airborne service member, had purchased the home that May 29 with the intent to live in there “for the rest of his life,” court documents state.
(Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been accused of buying a $14.2 million Montecito home without proper consent.Village Properties)
(Carl Westcott surrounded by family as he battles Huntington’s disease.Facebook – Kameron Westcott)
He claimed that due to his age, poor health from Huntington’s disease (a deadly brain disorder), and “a major six-hour surgery less than a week before the proposed contract,” it had “seriously impaired [his] mental faculties to the point he was of unsound mind and not competent to give his free, voluntary, or intelligent consent to the contract.”
About a week after the contract was signed, on July 22, 2020, Westcott said he started to “feel mentally clear again,” after the opiates from his surgery wore off — and sent a letter to the real estate agency representing the property.
“Mr. Westcott sent an email to Berkshire Hathaway, in its capacity as the dual agent for seller and buyer, that he did not want to sell his home.”
In response, Perry and Bloom wrote a letter to Westcott letting him know how much they loved the home and wanted to purchase the estate for more money than what he paid for it.
(Carl Wescott claims he rescinded the offer, a week after signing a contract to sell the home.Village Properties)
(Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom attempted to write a letter to get Carl Wescott to agree to sell the home.Village Properties)
Westcott said he “gave it his deepest consideration, but that he is in the final few years of his life and he cannot sell his home.”
A lawyer for Perry and Bloom then advised him that the couple was not willing to walk away and is obligated to complete the sale.
(Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are set to go to trial later this month over their $14.2 million Montecito mansion.Getty Images)
Ref: Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom are trying to take my home from me, dying veteran, 83, says (nypost)
