This dispute originated back in 2020 when Perry and Bloom were in the process of purchasing the $15 million home owned by Carl Westcott, the founder of 1-800-Flowers. However, Westcott contends that he was under the influence of painkillers following a back surgery when he signed the purchase agreement, and he has been struggling to void the contract in the years since.
Perry, on the other hand, is not willing to let him off the hook so easily. She is now suing Westcott, asserting that he owes her over $2 million in damages since the completion of the home purchase has yet to transpire.
From Radar Online:
The family of the bedridden veteran feuding with Katy Perry over the sale of his $15 million mansion is "surprised" and "sad" the pop star is demanding $5.3 million from the 84-year-old after claiming she lost out on renting the property she once claimed she had every intention of raising her family with Orlando Bloom in.
Sources close to Carl Westcott's loved ones tell RadarOnline.com, “The family has been through so much, and to be slapped with additional fees as a loss of income for her inability to lease the property out came as quite the surprise."
The insider added that the Westcotts were shocked to learn that Perry planned on renting out the 1-800-Flower founder's former beloved pad since she “had written to Carl that she and Orlando intended to raise their family there" and said under oath that it would not be used as a rental.
The home was actually special to the aging veteran, we're told, who suffers from Huntington’s disease, which slowly attacks areas of the brain like dementia or Alzheimer’s.
Perry's latest move in the ongoing legal war was "shocking for them and very sad as this was the place their father intended to die,” the source revealed, adding that Westcott is “now in a home rather than being around his family in the home he loved.”
As RadarOnline.com reported, Westcott is gearing up for trial over the 2020 sale of his Santa Barbara mansion, purchased by the I Kissed a Girl singer and her Lord of The Rings fiancé in 2020. According to him, he was tricked into selling his property when he was on painkillers while recovering from a six-hour back surgery.
He said that after the pain medications wore off, he changed his mind — but when he approached Perry and Bloom's agent about the mistake, he received a letter from their attorney revealing they were "not willing to walk away" and he was "obligated to complete the sale."
RadarOnline.combroke the story — the A-list couple sent Westcott a letter, pulling the baby card and expressing their desire to grow their family in the mega-mansion, making Perry's latest rental loss claim that more bizarre.
“We are writing this letter to you to express our appreciation with regard to your agreement to sell your property to us and to communicate our joy at being able to call it our home,” the letter obtained by this outlet read. “As you know, we are expecting a baby next month and know that this will be the best place to bring her home to and raise her in.”
In legal documents obtained by RadarOnline.com, the Fireworks singer claimed she was owed $2.67 million in damages for lost rental income on the property.
I understand that the real estate market can be tough, but is it really necessary for Katy to stoop to this level?
This man, who is suffering from serious ailments, is being unjustly smeared by Perry and her lawyers simply because he didn't want to sell his home.
You can tell she's desperate because her story keeps changing regarding the purchase of the home. First, it was presented as where she was going to raise her child, and now it's suddenly being portrayed as a rental property?
Clearly, she will stop at nothing to ensure that this disabled veteran becomes homeless and bleeds him dry of $2.67 million.
