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Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom Entangled In Multi-Million Legal Battle With Disabled Veteran

Katy Perry and her husband Orlando Bloom are in a real estate dispute with an 85-year-old disabled military veteran.

1-800-Flowers founder Carl Westcott’s attorney, Andrew Thomas, said the famous couple is in a dispute with Westcott over details of the sale of the mansion, the newspaper reported. new york post. Westcott, who has Huntington’s disease, agreed to sell her home to Perry during the pandemic. He then attempted to back out of the deal, claiming that he had just come out of surgery and was not mentally sound enough to proceed with such a business deal.

According to the New York Post, a judge ruled in Perry’s favor. Perry then filed a lawsuit seeking additional money for allegedly damaging her home (In Touch Weekly) reportedcited court documents. Ms Westcott’s lawyer pushed back, accusing Ms Perry of trying to recoup some of the money she paid for the house, and the two reportedly filed suit against each other. According to the New York Post, Wescott’s family has implicated Bloom in the situation, saying he oversaw the household’s work.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – SEPTEMBER 20: Katy Perry performs on the Mundo Stage as part of the Rock in Rio Festival at Cidade do Roque on September 20, 2024 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil . (Photo by Wagner Meyer/Getty Images)

In an interesting development, Thomas has issued a civil subpoena for Perry’s husband to appear in court in 2025 as part of a dispute over Perry’s $15 million estate, according to the New York Post.

He is scheduled to appear in court on February 25, 2025.

Perry sued for $2.67 million in forfeiture rights, saying he was unable to rent out the mansion during the legal battle. According to In Touch Weekly, court documents say she is seeking an additional $5.5 million in additional damages the home is said to have sustained since the date of purchase. Westcott’s son, Chart, told the Post that she fought back against the famous singer by taking Westcott’s husband into legal action.

ELMONT, NY - SEPTEMBER 11: (LR) Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom attend the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)

ELMONT, NY – SEPTEMBER 11: (LR) Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom attend the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards held at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo Credit: Noam Galai/Getty Images for MTV)

“Orlando Bloom has been overseeing renovations and repairs,” he told the New York Post.

“He is a key witness that Katy Perry is not only trying to make us pay for repairs, but also to make us pay for renovations. For the nuns and others who have been the targets of her bullying. “We have the determination and strength to fight back,” he asserted.

Montecito’s expansive mansion was built in the 1930s and is located in the same neighborhood where Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ellen DeGeneres, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and others have lived. (Related: Katy Perry shares her dirty love story in wild interview)

Westcott has since been admitted to a residential care facility, and Perry secured another Montecito property in October 2020, months after purchasing Westcott’s home.