Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been entangled in a three-year court dispute after a veteran who sold them the Santa Barbara mansion claimed there was a conflict in their agreement.
The 83-year-old veteran named Carl Westcott let go of his lavish mansion in July 2020 when Perry and Bloom purchased it from him for $15 million. But three years after closing the deal, he filed a complaint saying he sold it with an unsound mind.
Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom's Battle
In the July legal filing obtained by Daily Mail, the complaint claimed Westcott was on painkillers when the deal was sealed off. He ended up selling his eight-bedroom home to the couple despite not being able "to understand the nature and probably consequences of his actions."
"Mr. Westcott was prescribed at least two opiates in pill form that he was to continue taking for pain, which he took as prescribed several times each day," the filing said. "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."
The veteran stated in the filing that Perry and Bloom's representative, Bernie Gudvi, made him a written offer showing a sum larger than he initially paid for the home. He signed a document from a brokerage firm to sell the house he just brought two months earlier.
According to Westcott, he had been planning to spend the rest of his life in the mansion.
He also stated in the document that he did not list his then-property or discuss with a broker his desire to sell it off.
The court will hold a trial this month. Perry and Bloom have not responded to the development.
The "American Idol" judge faced a similar issue after buying a former convent in Los Angeles for $14.5 million. Two nuns disapproved of the sale as they were reportedly the only ones that had the right-to-sell the property.
Who Is Carl Westcott?
Aside from his medications, Westcott's Huntington's disease diagnosis also affected his cognitive and movement-related skills as the health issue causes his brain's nerve cells to break down.
The veteran is a US Army 101st Airborne member who has ventured with 1-800-Flowers.
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