Katy Perry is asking for almost $5 million in a lawsuit against the disabled veteran who owned a $15 million Montecito, California home she purchased more than five years ago.
The singer bought the mansion from Carl Westcott in 2020 but within days the businessman who founded 1-800-Flowers tried to back out of the deal claiming he was incapacitated due to painkillers when he signed the paperwork.
His backtracking sparked a legal battle over the sale of the eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom home in the upscale community that counts Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey among its residents.
The judge ruled in Perry’s favor in May 2024, finding that Westcott was of sound mind and presented ‘no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract.’
In court documents filed November 21, Perry says Westcott is accountable for lost money in rentals as well as for repairs she needed to make on the mansion, according to legal documents.
The songstress has placed it on the court to force Westcott to pay $4,718,698.95 to account for damages she says he caused with extended litigation over the real estate sale.
