{"id":161175,"date":"2025-11-26T19:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161175\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:19:07","slug":"katy-perry-sues-disabled-veteran-for-5m-over-property-dispute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/161175\/","title":{"rendered":"Katy Perry sues disabled veteran for $5M over property dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katy Perry is suing an 85-year-old dying, disabled veteran over a long-standing property dispute<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Perry is demanding $5 million in a lawsuit against the disabled veteran who owned a $15 million Montecito, California home <\/a>she purchased more than five years ago.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Firework\u00a0singer\u2019s long-running housing dispute began in July 2020, when she and her ex Orlando Bloom purchased an eight-bedroom estate from Carl Westcott. In a note to him at the time, the high-profile pair begged him to accept their offer, said they were expecting a baby the following month and believed the home would be the best place to welcome her and raise her.<\/p>\n

Katy Perry is suing an 85-year-old disabled veteran for $5 million in a lawsuit over a $15 million Montecito, California home she purchased more than five years ago. katyperry\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Within days of the sale, Carl Westcott, a former army serviceman, sought to withdraw from the deal, arguing he lacked the mental capacity to comprehend the contract he signed due to his pain medication following back surgery. Kameron Westcott\/Facebook<\/p>\n

Within days of the sale, Westcott, 86, a former army serviceman, sought to withdraw from the deal, arguing he lacked the mental capacity to comprehend the contract because he was on pain medication after back surgery when he signed.<\/p>\n

In December 2023, a judge eventually ruled in Perry\u2019s favor, saying Westcott had offered no convincing evidence that he was incapable of consenting. Perry\u2019s lawyer also said Westcott had a backup offer from Maria Shriver, Arnold Schwarzenegger\u2019s former wife.<\/p>\n

The singer then countersued for $3.25 million, claiming losses from being unable to lease the property during the court battle, plus $2.2 million for alleged repair work to restore the home and $3 million in legal costs.<\/p>\n

In December 2023, a judge ruled in Perry\u2019s favor, saying Westcott had offered no convincing evidence that he was incapable of consenting. Kameron Westcott\/Facebook<\/p>\n

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By that stage, Westcott was bedridden and living with Huntington\u2019s disease, a degenerative neurological condition.<\/p>\n

He is currently in a hospice receiving around-the-clock care.<\/p>\n

His son, Court Westcott,<\/a> has spoken about the strain the case has put on his father\u2019s health, saying an apology would be welcome.<\/p>\n

The veteran\u2019s son, Court Westcott, has spoken about the strain the case has put on his father\u2019s health. Andy Johnstone for NY Post<\/p>\n

Now, Perry is demanding almost $5 million to account for damages she says he caused with extended litigation over the real estate sale.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe optics of a millionaire pop star demanding hefty damages from a very ill man are terrible,\u201d Abesi Manyando, a PR strategist based in the US told\u00a0The Telegraph. \u201cThis isn\u2019t just a lawsuit, it\u2019s now a David and Goliath narrative \u2013 a global superstar with wealth, legal resources and leverage versus an elderly, declining veteran who already lost his home. And that dynamic carries emotional weight.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Perry has been locked in a bitter legal battle with the elderly.<\/p>\n

Back in 2018, a nun who was involved in a lawsuit with the pop star over the sale of a convent in Los Angeles\u00a0collapsed and died during a court appearance<\/a> related to the case.<\/p>\n

Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, 89, was a member of an order of elderly nuns involved in a dispute over the sale of their convent.<\/p>\n

Hours before her death, Holzman spoke to local media, decrying the ruling clearing the way for the archdiocese of Los Angeles to sell the convent to Perry.<\/p>\n

She told\u00a0Fox 11 Los Angeles: \u201cTo Katy Perry, please stop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katy Perry is suing an 85-year-old dying, disabled veteran over a long-standing property dispute. Perry is demanding $5…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[321,90144,93,61,60,2617,3535,4310,42114],"class_list":{"0":"post-161175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-real-estate","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland","13":"tag-katy-perry","14":"tag-lawsuit","15":"tag-property","16":"tag-veterans"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}