Katy Perry is no teenage dream to the family of the 85-year-old disabled veteran she’s gearing up to fight in court.
The “Roar” singer, 40, will face off with Carl Westcott’s family for the second phase of their legal war after he sold Perry, via her business manager Bernie Gudvi, his $15 million mansion in 2020.
Days later, Carl — who suffers from the neurological disorder Huntington’s disease — had a change of heart and attempted to back out of the deal. He blamed his mental capacity, claiming he was not in his right mind and under the influence of pain medication after undoing a recent surgery when he made the decision to sell.
Despite his arguments, the judge ruled that Perry was the rightful owner of the Santa Barbara, Calif., mansion in December 2023. “Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract between June 10, 2020, and June 18, 2020, the days during which he negotiated and signed the contract,” the judge said at the time.
The judge also stated the court found significant evidence to demonstrate the entrepreneur knowingly signed on the contract’s dotted line, ruling he seemed to be “coherent, engaged, lucid, and rational.”
The deed was later transferred to the singer’s LLC, DDoveB (a tribute to the daughter she shares with Bloom, Daisy Dove, 4), in May 2024.
However, their battle isn’t over.
The “California Gurls” singer countersued Carl, claiming the veteran owes her $3.25 million in damages because she was unable to rent out the mansion during their legal fight from September 2020 to March 2024.
Perry’s legal team later added an additional $2.29 million in repair damages, claiming it needed to be restored to the condition it was purchased in.
Phase two of the mansion war is scheduled for Aug. 21.
Chart Westcott, Carl’s son, spoke exclusively to The Post after the judge ruled on Aug. 1 that Perry’s ex, Orlando Bloom, would not have to testify in the trial.
Carl’s lawyers wanted to depose the actor to grill him about the alleged repairs and ask if he ever lived in the home with his now ex-fiancée.
When asked if it was an injustice that Bloom won’t have to take the stand, Chart responded, “It absolutely is,” alleging the actor “told our property manager he was ‘in charge of repairs’ and in addition to that, he is on the LLC that owns the house as a manager.”
“He should have to testify. It isn’t, you know, about us trying to drag him into it. He’s already in it. It’s ridiculous.”
The Post has not been able to independently verify whether Bloom is listed on the LLC.
Chart said his understanding of the ruling is that “the door is not completely closed,” with the Westcott family’s reps sharing that their lawyers plan to fight with a potential new motion regarding Orlando’s testimony.
Upon hearing the ruling, Chart shared, “I wasn’t surprised and I understand the judge’s desire to avoid a media circus but the reality is that everything these two people do, Katy and Orlando, is in the media and also like just because they have media attention doesn’t excuse them from the obligations that the court can put them under and it shouldn’t. That’s a two-tier celebrity privilege standard, and that’s not OK.”
Perry’s team insisted the pop star was owed $2.2 million for the alleged repairs that were needed to restore the house to its purchased condition, citing structural defects and deferred maintenance.
They claimed experts examined the estate sometime last year and determined “that significant portions needed to be repaired, including nearly a million dollars in pervasive flood damage that occurred in early 2024 and substantial repairs that are needed due to a large tree falling on and cracking the foundation of one of the buildings on the Property, among many other defects throughout the Property.”
Perry attorneys also argued that “Gudvi bargained for the condition of the Property in July 2020, and the $15 million purchase price was based on the Property as it existed at that time. Westcott should not be able to profit from his own deficient construction and lack of maintenance while this litigation was pending.”
Chart and his family, however, won’t go down without a fight.
“Katy could’ve walked away at any time with grace and humanity. Instead, she has chosen to fight a dying man in court, all for money. OK, that’s who we’re dealing with here. He is bedridden. He has late-stage dementia and Huntington’s. His ability to speak kind of ebbs and flows. Some days are better than others,” Chart said of his father’s ailing health.
“He’s stable, but it’s declined. I mean, we have thought he could die any day for several years now because of how much he’s just withering away,” he explained.
“There’s no argument to justify what’s happening here from a moral perspective like this is the exploitation of a man whose mind and body are basically shutting down, and he’s being dragged into court.”
Chart said his dad is “literally bedridden and can barely speak,” adding, “that’s been the status for over a year.”
Carl’s son slammed the “Firework” singer, noting, “He’s spending his days in a hospital bed and Katy Perry is spending her days trying to get his money.”
To Chart, he feels Perry’s public image is the opposite of what he’s seen during the nearly five-year legal fight.
“Here’s what makes me so mad, though. Her public image, she tries to couch it as, you know, empathy and compassion, and all these you know bulls–t words that are not who she is,” he quipped.
“I mean, her fake compassion, her fake empathy. It’s all bulls–t. You know, she’s a greedy bitch.”
Chart, who will be testifying at the trial, revealed his ideal outcome would be “for the judge to tell her she gets no damages, to pound sand, and she never should’ve done this in the first place.”
“I just can’t believe she hasn’t even apologized. She hasn’t even said, ‘Sorry, we’re putting you through this,’” he continued. “It’s disgusting.”
Chart added: “Avoiding accountability for her immoral and wrong choices is basically a hallmark of her. She’s essentially a giant spoiled brat, you know, I mean it, like to boil it down.
“She’s never had to grow up, and so she doesn’t realize, I’m not giving her, I’m not excusing her, but like I don’t think she fully understands the moral consequences of her actions, like she’s not fully developed from a moral perspective.”
Westcott’s attorneys previously shot down Perry’s claims that the property was damaged between 2020 and 2024. They claimed Perry had to deposit $9 million of the $15 million sale price into an escrow account, which left “$6 million of the price she owes up to the decision of the court after the second phase of the trial,” reported Us Weekly.
“Perry’s game is clear. During years of litigation, she asserted $3.25 million in loss of use damages. But immediately after the [decision], providing that she would pay $9 million of the $15 million price … was approved by the Court, she is trying to add $2.29 million in ‘new damages’ which brings her total damages claim up to $5.4 million, an amount close to the $6 million she still owes,” their filing reportedly read.
For Chart and his family, it’s not about the money.
“I don’t need the money,” he insisted, claiming Perry’s “taking from” the things Carl wanted to give his fortune to. “Not an insubstantial portion of his money is going to charity, and instead it’s going to her. That’s bulls–t,” he said.
The Post reached out to Perry and Bloom’s lawyers and PR teams for comment.
Perry is set to be grilled about allegedly renting the eight-bedroom mansion to Chris Pratt and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, after a June report claimed the couple had recently moved into the 9,285-square-foot estate, according to court documents obtained by Us Weekly.
