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 41-year-old singer named businessman Carl Westcott in court documents she filed November 21, citing totals she says he is accountable for due to lost money in rentals as well as repairs she needed to make on the mansion, according to legal documents reviewed by Daily Mail.
The I Kissed a Girl songstress has asked 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.Â
Westcott, who founded the business 1-800-Flowers, had taken Perry to court claiming he was medicated at the time he approved the sale of the eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom home he had bought just two months before.Â
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.’
The Daily Mail has reached out to reps for Perry and Westcott for further comment on the story.Â
Katy Perry, 41, is asking for almost $5 million in a counterclaim against the disabled veteran who owned a $15 million Montecito, California home she purchased more than five years ago. Pictured in LA last yearÂ
Westcott, who founded the business 1-800-Flowers, had taken Perry to court claiming he was medicated at the time he approved the sale of the eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom homeÂ
Westcott initially sued Perry’s business manager Bernie Gudvi the month after the sale went through.Â
Attorneys for the Roar artist, who bought the home with ex-boyfriend Orlando Bloom, 48, said that she is ‘entitled to $3,525,000 in rental value’ that she lost due to the extended legal battle with Westcott.
Westcott should also pay the Santa Barbara, California native a total of ‘$1,343,401.95 for necessary repairs for a total of $4,868,401.95,’ her attorney said in court documents.
Lawyers for Perry said that after deducting $149,703 for losses Westcott had suffered, the final sum came out to $4,718,698.95.
Attorneys for Westcott said that it’s actually Perry that owes money, in terms of the financials involved.
Perry owes Westcott $6 million of the $15 million she agreed to pay for the property, Westcott’s lawyers said.
Westcott’s attorney said in legal docs filed in Los Angeles on November 7 that Perry has only paid $9 million.
Westcott would agree to deduct repair costs to whittle the amount down to $5,740,418.18, his legal team said.
Perry was asked by Westcott lawyer Andrew J. Thomas if she was positioned to ‘gain money or anything else from the outcome of this litigation,’ and replied, ‘Yes … justice; I stand to lose money if it does not work in my favor’; Perry seen on November 2Â
Westcott pictured with relatives amid the long-running legal rowÂ
The property has been at the center of litigation the past five yearsÂ
In August, Perry testified via a Zoom stream to Los Angeles Court about her purchase of the property, which is spread over 2.5 acres.
Perry was asked by Westcott lawyer Andrew J. Thomas if she was positioned to ‘gain money or anything else from the outcome of this litigation.’
The singer replied, ‘Yes … justice; I stand to lose money if it does not work in my favor.’
Perry has been romantically-linked with former Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since her split with Bloom.
The California Gurls vocalist and the politician were first seen in late July dining at the Montreal restaurant Le Violon.
