Orlando Bloom Enjoys Boys’ Night Out in London Amid Katy Perry’s Legal Battle

Orlando Bloom appeared in good spirits as he enjoyed a boys’ night out at the Rex Rooms in Chelsea, London, on Thursday.

The 48-year-old actor – whose split from Katy Perry was confirmed in June after nine years together – looked cheery while making his way out of the west London venue.

For the occasion, he sported a white long sleeve sweatshirt and green cargo pants. 

The star finished off his look with a black baseball cap and white trainers as he draped a sued jacket over his arm.

Orlando was seen beaming as he stepped out of the club at 1am and made his way home. 

His night out in the English capital comes as his ex-fiancée Katy is in the midst of a real estate battle. 

Katy, 40, is not just seeking cash damages in her lawsuit over a $15million (£12M )mansion in exclusive Montecito, CA, she also wants justice, the pop star told a Los Angeles court Tuesday.

When asked if she stands to ‘gain money or anything else from the outcome of this litigation,’ Katy responded: ‘Yes…..justice.

‘I stand to lose money if it does not work in my favor.’ 

The singer was testifying via video at LA Superior Court on the fourth day of a trial in which she’s seeking millions from 85-year-old dying veteran Carl Westcott for back rent and damage repairs to the giant home she bought from him five years ago.

During 55 minutes of testimony, Katy told the court that she already owned three other houses in the Santa Barbara area when she agreed to pay $15million cash for Wescott’s home in July 2020, using her business manager, Bernie Gudvi, as her agent.

Just days after signing the contract, Carl – who suffers from an incurable brain disorder – tried to back out of the deal, claiming he was under the influence of painkillers when he signed.

But Katy and her then-fiancé Orlando, fought him, insisting that they wanted to keep the 9,000-sq ft home to raise their daughter Daisy, who turned five Tuesday, the day her mother testified in court.

Carl sued to get the sales contract voided but, after nearly four years in court, the famous pair won their case to keep the 1930s estate 100 miles north of LA, where other celebrity residents include Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Oprah Winfrey, Ariana Grande and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Soon after winning the keys to the house, she and Orlando went back to court again, this time seeking $6million (£4.4M) from Carl, claiming nearly $2.5million (£1.8M) in damages to the sprawling, 2.5-acre property and the $3.5million (£2.5M) in back rent she could have charged during her long legal fight. 

Katy’s attorneys later reduced their damages claim to $1.3million (£900k), knocking $1.2million (£890k) off the bill.

During her testimony on Tuesday, Katy admitted that by the time the title to the property was transferred in 2024, the listed owner of the house was an LLC company controlled by Orlando.

And at a suggestion from Carl’s attorney Andrew Thomas that it was Orlando who shelled out some $5million (£3.7M) to pay for repairs and renovations to the house, she said she had a role in the project as ‘Orlando’s partner and advisor’.

Asked by Thomas, ‘Do you have any financial stake of any kind in the outcome of this litigation,’ Katy said: ‘My financial stake could be lost money, lawyers’ fees, lost rental income – all of the above’.

So far, Carl has received $9million (£6.6M) of the $15million (£11M) original purchase price of the mansion, and Andrew asked Katy, ’Someone is going to have to pay the other $6million. Who will that be?’

She answered: ‘It could be a combination of Orlando and I. We are family for life.’

When Andrew asked Katy whether she learned, during her legal disputes with Carl, that he has ‘ended up in a mental institution’, the artist’s attorney, Eric Rowen, vehemently objected, saying that Westcott’s health ‘was completely irrelevant’ to the case. Judge Joseph Lipner agreed and upheld the objection.

Katy has come under fire from Carl’s family members for going after their ailing patriarch.

They say they are outraged by the ‘greed ‘ of the pop star, estimated to be worth $350million, and have slammed the ‘Hollywood elite system’ that they say allows celebrities like her to ‘treat ordinary people like dirt’.

‘It’s entitled celebrity behavior,’ Carl’s son Chart Westcott, 40, said. ‘She has no sense of fair play, no empathy, zero empathy, quite the opposite.’

Chart said that it was a ‘miracle’ that his bedridden father – who is ‘in horrible condition’ as he receives hospice care for Huntington’s disease – has ‘survived longer than we ever expected’.

And he bitterly disputes the millions Katy is demanding for lost rental income and repairs to the estate, which boasts a tennis court, two guesthouses and a pool.

The damages she is seeking are ‘absolutely egregious’, said Chart, whose brother Court is married to Real Housewives of Dallas star Kameron Westcott. ‘There’s no real explanation other than greed. This is such a small deal to be worried about – I think it’s a matter of privilege.’

Court Westcott, 46, told the Daily Mail that the five-year legal battle with Katy has been ‘devastating’ for his father.

‘My dad has been bedridden for years,’ he said. ‘He’s at the end of his life. He’s not really aware of what’s happening at this point with his condition. But we are looking forward to closure on this.’

Katy hired more than a dozen ‘experts’ to scour the house for faults and argues that the property needed $1.1million (£816k) in repairs for extensive basement damage caused by flooding from a water leak, and $225,000 (£116K) to repair the roof of a a guest cottage/poolhouse damaged when an oak tree fell on it.

She’s also asking for $3.5million (£2.5M) in lost rent that she could have earned on the posh retreat, despite stating at the time of the sale that she wanted the house to raise daughter Daisy.

Carl, a veteran of the US Army 101st Airborne, was born into a ‘dirt poor’ family in Mississippi but moved to LA where he made his fortune building several successful companies including 1-800-Flowers.

He and Katy became ensnared in their bitter dispute after he claimed his judgment was clouded by powerful medication and ill health when he inked the deal to sell on July 15, 2020.

He had only purchased the home in May of that year and moved in two months prior to his dealings with Katy’s business manager, Gudvi, who agreed to pay Carl $3,750,000 (£2.782,000)  more than he had just bought it for.

Carl, then 80, had been discharged from the hospital only four days prior to signing, having undergone a six-hour back operation, and was on a potent cocktail of opiates to numb the pain, according to his lawyers.

When the medication wore off, Westcott said he realised he’d made a mistake and decided he no longer wanted to sell.

‘The combination of his age, frailty from his back condition and recent surgery, and the opiates he was taking several times a day rendered Mr. Westcott of unsound mind,’ his lawyers argued.

But Katy and Orlando persisted in their quest to own the mansion and went to court, using Gudvi to front their case. 

Then, Carl’ family took up the fight on his behalf after he became bedridden and mentally incapacitated because of Huntington’s disease, which attacks the brain and can cause progressive dementia.

The famous former couple won their original case after Judge Lipner ruled that there was ‘no persuasive evidence’ that Westcott lacked the capacity to sign the contract.

‘There are no grounds for rescission. The contract must be respected,’ the judge concluded, leaving only the issue of damages – essentially how big a discount, if any, to award to Perry – to be determined.

In the midst of her litigation with Carl, Katy bought another luxury home close by in Montecito and recently she rented the Westcott house to actor Chris Pratt, his wife Katherine and their three children.