Andrew Thomas, the attorney representing an 85-year-old bedridden veteran, has issued a civil subpoena for Orlando Bloom to appear in court in February 2025, as part of Katy Perry's ongoing real estate dispute. This comes after Perry secured the rights to the veteran's $15 million California mansion. The Post has confirmed that Bloom, 47, is being drawn into his fiancée's legal tangle over alleged damages that the pop princess, 40, claims 1-800-Flowers founder Carl Westcott owes her.
Last year, Perry was officially declared the owner of Westcott's secluded Montecito estate, a property frequented by celebrities such as Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The 'Roar' singer had been engaged in a protracted legal battle with Westcott, who suffers from Huntington's disease, after he agreed to sell his home to Perry's business manager, Bernie Gudvi, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. When Westcott attempted to withdraw from the deal, citing mental health issues and recovery from surgery, both parties initiated lawsuits against each other, with Westcott's mental capacity becoming a central issue.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner sided with Perry in November 2023, ruling that Westcott lacked substantial evidence to prove he was mentally incapacitated when entering the contract for the eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom estate. However, the legal battle persisted as Perry claimed Westcott owed her millions in damages, a figure that continues to rise. Initially, she sought $2.67 million for loss of use, arguing she was unable to rent out the mansion during the court dispute. In recent court documents obtained by In Touch Weekly, Perry alleged she is owed over $5.5 million for additional damages the house has sustained since her purchase.
The second phase of the trial is scheduled for February 2025. Chart Westcott, Carl Westcott's son, exclusively told The Post: 'Orlando Bloom has been overseeing renovations and repairs. He is a material witness that Katy Perry is attempting to make us pay not just for repairs, but for renovations as well.' The Post reached out to Perry's lawyer for comment. The couple's expansive estate features two guest houses, a pool, and an herb garden, and was constructed in the 1930s with cathedral ceilings, hardwood and stone floors, window coverings, heated flooring, and multiple fireplaces inside and out. During the legal battle, Westcott relocated to a residential care facility.
Perry, who welcomed her daughter, Daisy, with Bloom in August 2020, also acquired another home in Montecito in October 2020, shortly after finalizing the deal with Westcott. This is not Perry's first real estate dispute; in the mid-2010s, she famously contested the sale of a former convent with a group of Los Angeles nuns after the archdiocese accepted her $14.5 million offer. In 2016, the judge ruled in her favor, granting her the property.
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