 Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are facing a court battle this month to settle a long-running dispute with an 83-year-old homeowner who is said to be in seriously ill health. The A-list couple, who are engaged and share a two-year-old daughter, have attempted to purchase a sprawling $15million (£11.8million) mansion in Santa Barbara, California which they made an offer for in 2020. Their dispute involves army veteran Carl Westcott, 83, who moved into the property just two months before he allegedly agreed to the sale. Another man, business manager Bernie Gudvi who represented the couple during the sale, is listed as the primary defendant in the lawsuit. However, Westcott – who was 80 years old at the time – claims a July 14, 2020 contract for the sale of the home was done when he 'lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences of the contract.' Agents for Perry, 38, and Bloom, 46, threatened to sue the ailing man if he did not proceed with the sale. Westcott is in poor health and was diagnosed with Huntington's disease – a condition that damages nerve cells in the brain causing them to stop working properly – in 2015. The couple made an offer for the Santa Barbara property of more money than the owner bought it for (Picture: WireImage) Court documents – obtained by the Daily Mail and New York Post, state that less than a week before the contract was presented, Westcott underwent a major six-hour surgery. According to the pensioner, the surgery 'seriously impaired [his] mental facilities to the point he was of unsound mind and not competent to give his free, voluntary, or intelligent consent to the contract.' On July 14, Perry and Orlando's representative presented Westcott with the written offer which was for more money than he paid for the home; Westcott is said to have signed the contract the following day. A week after the contract w){kind=link}
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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are facing a court battle this month to settle a long-running dispute with an 83-year-old homeowner who is said to be in seriously ill health.
The A-list couple, who are engaged and share a two-year-old daughter, have attempted to purchase a sprawling $15million (£11.8million) mansion in Santa Barbara, California which they made an offer for in 2020.
Their dispute involves army veteran Carl Westcott, 83, who moved into the property just two months before he allegedly agreed to the sale. Another man, business manager Bernie Gudvi who represented the couple during the sale, is listed as the primary defendant in the lawsuit.
However, Westcott – who was 80 years old at the time – claims a July 14, 2020 contract for the sale of the home was done when he ‘lacked the mental capacity to understand the nature and probable consequences of the contract.’