It seems that Katy Perry is once again facing a real estate predicament, a few years after her dispute with two nuns over an expansive 8-acre property in Los Feliz, California.
The pop artist behind “Dark Horse” and her fiancé, Orlando Bloom, have been embroiled in a legal battle spanning three years concerning the Montecito, California mansion they acquired in 2021 for a sum of $14.2M.
Situated at 1569 E. Valley Rd., recent information from the Daily Mail has come to light, revealing that an 83-year-old named Carl Westcott had moved into the residence merely two months prior to its purchase by Perry, aged 38, and Bloom, aged 46, who bought the extensive 8.9 acre estate.
Based on court records procured by The Post, Westcott asserts that the contract for selling his property on July 14, 2020, was executed at a time when he “lacked the mental capacity to comprehend the essence and likely repercussions of the agreement.”
Westcott, a former member of the US Army’s 101st Airborne division, had procured the home on May 29 with the intention of inhabiting it “for the remainder of his life,” as indicated by legal documents.
He contends that owing to his advanced age, deteriorating health due to Huntington’s disease, a fatal neurological disorder, and “a significant six-hour surgery less than a week prior to the proposed contract,” his mental faculties were “considerably impaired to the extent that he was mentally unsound and unable to provide informed, willing, or conscious consent to the contract.”
Around seven days after the contract’s signing, on July 22, 2020, Westcott reports that he began to regain mental clarity once the effects of post-surgery opiates subsided. He then dispatched a letter to the real estate agency responsible for managing the property.
“Mr. Westcott conveyed his intentions via an email to Berkshire Hathaway, acting in its dual role as the representative for both the seller and buyer, expressing his desire to retain ownership of his residence.”
In response, Perry and Bloom corresponded with Westcott, expressing their deep affection for the property and their eagerness to acquire the estate at a higher price than what he had paid for it.