Katy Perry is seeking millions in damages in an ongoing legal dispute with a veteran.
The pop star has been engaged in a legal conflict with Carl Westcott, a disabled veteran and successful entrepreneur, for nearly six years regarding a $15 million mansion in Montecito, California, that she purchased from him.
Perry, 41, acquired the property in 2020, but Westcott later attempted to rescind the transaction, alleging that he was under the influence of painkillers when he signed the agreement, rendering him incapacitated.
Westcott, known for founding 1-800-Flowers, has been entangled in legal issues with Perry since trying to withdraw from the sale.
The legal struggle persisted for four years until 2024 when a judge ruled in Perry’s favor, determining that Westcott was ‘coherent, engaged, lucid, and rational’ at the time of signing the contract.
The situation has now taken a new turn as Perry has made a surprising demand.
Perry has filed a countersuit related to the legal battle, with documents obtained by the Daily Mail on November 21 showing she is claiming a total of $4,868,401.95.
The documents indicate that the ‘I Kissed a Girl’ singer is seeking ‘$3,525,000 in rental value,’ which she claims she lost due to the ongoing legal conflict over the property.
Additionally, she is claiming ‘$1,343,401.95 for necessary repairs, totaling $4,868,401.95’.
Chart Westcott, Carl’s son, expressed his views on the fact that Orlando Bloom, Perry’s former fiancé and star of Pirates of the Caribbean, would not be required to appear in court.
“I wasn’t surprised and I understand the judge’s desire to avoid a media circus but the reality is that everything these two people do, Katy and Orlando, is in the media and also like just because they have media attention doesn’t excuse them from the obligations that the court can put them under and it shouldn’t,” he told the New York Post.
“That’s a two-tier celebrity privilege standard, and that’s not OK.”
Speaking about his father’s health, he commented: “Katy could’ve walked away at any time with grace and humanity. Instead, she has chosen to fight a dying man in court, all for money. OK, that’s who we’re dealing with here. He is bedridden. He has late-stage dementia and Huntington’s.
“His ability to speak kind of ebbs and flows. Some days are better than others.”
UNILAD has contacted Katy Perry’s representatives for their response.