“Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Headed to Trial Over $15 Million Home”

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are currently involved in a legal battle concerning their $15 million property.

The couple, who acquired their residence in Santa Barbara in July 2020, are proceeding to trial against the individual who sold them the house. This information comes from court documents obtained by Us Weekly on Wednesday, August 9.

The seller, an 83-year-old veteran and businessman named Carl Wescott, claims in the legal paperwork that he lacked the mental capacity to fully comprehend the terms and consequences of the contract due to various health factors. These include being under the influence of painkillers following back surgery shortly before the sale.

The documents state, “In addition to [Westcott’s] frailty from advanced age and poor health from Huntington’s Disease, [Westcott] had a major six-hour surgery less than a week before the proposed contract to sell his home was presented to him on July 14, 2020. The multiple opiate medications, which were a synthetic form of morphine, disoriented and intoxicated [Westcott], depriving him of reason and understanding with respect to the terms and consequences of the contract, and seriously impaired [Westcott’s] mental faculties to the point he was of unsound mind and not competent to give his free, voluntary, or intelligent consent to the contract. The contract that [Westcott] signed to sell his home is therefore void or voidable.”

Upon realizing that he had been under the influence at the time of signing the contract, Westcott sent an email to Berkshire Hathaway, acting as the dual agent for the seller and buyer, expressing his desire not to sell the property and explaining the situation while apologizing for the confusion.

On the same day, Perry, 38, and Bloom, 46, sent a letter to Westcott expressing their strong interest in purchasing the home as their new residence. However, Westcott replied, stating that due to his advanced age and limited remaining years, he could not sell the property.

Consequently, the couple initiated legal proceedings. A letter from a lawyer representing Bernie Gudvi, the couple’s business manager, as well as Bloom and Perry, was sent to Westcott on July 24, 2020. The letter stated that Bloom and Perry were not willing to abandon the purchase and that Westcott was obligated to complete the sale.

After three years, the non-jury trial is scheduled to commence on August 21.

While Perry and Bloom’s real estate dispute is undoubtedly contentious, this is not the first time the “Roar” singer has been involved in a legal battle concerning her property.

In 2015, Perry bought a Los Angeles convent for $14.5 million from Archbishop Jose Gomez. However, a group of nuns who had resided in the convent for many years claimed that the archbishop had no authority to sell the property, as they had already sold it for over $15 million. Gomez subsequently sued the nuns, and the following year, a judge declared the nuns’ sale invalid. Perry and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles were awarded millions of dollars in damages.