Katy Perry won the lawsuit filed by a veteran over the $15 million mansion she and Orlando Bloom purchased in 2020.
After a three-year court battle, a California judge ruled that Perry could take possession of veteran Carl Westcott's home. The now-89-year-old, who is now bedridden, said he sold the property with an unsound mind.
Katy Perry Wins the Case
According to RadarOnline.com, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner determined that Westcott was competent enough when he sold the mansion and signed the contract in 2020.
"Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked the 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 added. "Westcott has not attempted to rescind any of these other contracts for lack of capacity."
When Westcott secured the deal with Perry, he also reportedly closed other deals and contracts with other people.
Perry's business agent Bernie Gudvi was previously accused of personally convincing Westcott after a six-hour back surgery. The veteran alleged that Gudvi made him a written offer showing a sum larger than he initially paid for the home, so he signed a document from a brokerage firm to sell the house he just bought two months earlier.
According to Westcott, he had been planning to spend the rest of his life in the mansion but made a mistake that he only realized after the painkillers wore off.
Perry also dealt with another property case when she bought a former convent in Los Angeles for $14.5 million; two nuns reportedly did not approve of the selling.
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"The Contract Must Be Respected," Per the Judhe
Although experts who testified at the case said that Westcott was suffering from early stages of dementia, Judge Lipner said he did not find them "credible for persuasive."
"The evidence includes the testimony of percipient witnesses who interacted with Westcott during the days he negotiated and signed the contract; Wescott's written communications during those same days, showing him to be coherent, engaged, lucid and rational," the statement continued.
RadarOnline.com also quoted the judge saying that Westcott should respect the contract he signed, especially since he also earned $3.75 million from it.
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