Katy Perry and Carl Westcott’s years-long battle over a multimillion-dollar mansion has ended with another major legal win for the pop star.
This week, it was reported that a Los Angeles County judge signed a proposed order that will grant Perry $1.8 million. According to Rolling Stone, the order will stand as long as no objections are filed within 10 days. Perry had originally sought nearly $5 million in damages.
People further broke down the financial details, noting the order includes roughly $2.8 million in rental value, minus retained capital and lost interest attributed to Westcott.
The conflict dates back to 2020, when Westcott’s legal team argued that the contract for selling the Montecito, California mansion — previously valued at around $15 million — should be invalidated because Westcott lacked “the mental capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences” of the agreement.
Westcott, founder of Westcott Communications and 1800FLOWERS, had been diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, and his lawyers claimed that medication at the time left him “of unsound mind.”
The property had been purchased by Westcott shortly before he entered an agreement with business manager Bernie Gudvi, acting on behalf of Perry and her partner at the time, Orlando Bloom. The claims about Westcott’s mental state were later challenged, and the court ultimately determined he was coherent when the deal was made—resulting in an earlier legal victory for Gudvi, and therefore Perry.
The dispute eventually brought Perry to the stand during the damages phase. In about an hour of testimony in August, the singer said the fight was pursued in the name of “justice,” according to the Associated Press.
