Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have been accused of trying to avoid negative publicity in the lawsuit filed by a veteran.
The musician couple is currently dealing with a three-year court dispute filed by 83-year-old Carl Westcott, the veteran who previously owned Perry and Bloom's mansion in Santa Barbara. According to the lawsuit, there was a conflict in the acquisition as he sold it to them with an unsound mind, leading him to file the complaint.
Katy Perry, Orlando Bloom Trying To Avoid Negative Publicity?
Wescott's lawyer, Andrew J. Thomas, dropped a damning response to Perry and Bloom's decision to file a June 2021 motion through their representative, Bernie Gudvi, to remove their names from the lawsuit's caption.
Instead of the couple's names, the representative asked to replace them with the "Roar" hitmaker's real estate firm, "Bird Nest LLC."
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"What's really going on in the Motion is a veiled attempt by Katy Perry to avoid the negative publicity associated with her attempt to force an ill and elderly man in his 80s to sell her a house he had just purchased and moved into less than 2 months after Katy Perry decided she wanted to buy it," Thomas said, per Radar Online.
Before the veteran's filing, Perry also dealt with two elderly nuns who she reportedly evicted from their convent. Some said that 89-year-old Sister Catherine Rose Holzman died because of a stress-related issue caused by the singer's acquisition of the place.
What Carl Wescott Said in the Complaint
The veteran submitted the July legal filing in which he said he was on painkillers when he made a deal with Perry and Bloom. Due to his mind's status, he ended up selling the eight-bedroom home without understanding the nature and consequences of his move.
The filing added that Wescott was taking at least two opiates at that time as prescribed by his doctors to help him in his recovery following surgery.
Wescott, a US Army 101st Airborne member who has ventured with 1-800-Flowers, alleged that Perry and Bloom's representative created a written offer showing a sum larger than he initially paid for the home. Two months after he purchased the home, the property became the singers' house as he signed a document from a brokerage firm without knowing what the effects would be.
