Katy Perry accused of denying ‘last days’ of disabled pensioner
A Real Housewives star has revealed her terminally ill father-in-law’s final wish to ‘spend his last days’ in his $15,000,000 mansion is under threat after a legal battle with Katy Perry.
Real Housewives of Dallas star Kameron Westcott, 42, shared that her father-in-law didn’t intend to share the luxury Montecito house to the Swish Swish singer, 40.
Speaking to MailOnline, the US TV personality says the former American Idol judge is still pushing to collect $6million (£4,772,250)from her 85-year-old father-in-law, who has Huntington’s disease.
‘They are not backing down,’ Kameron said of Perry and her actor husband Orland Bloom, 48.
She continued: ‘There’s never a negotiation. They want to go through with it, and you know, for us, we want to be done with this.
‘We want to focus on my father-in-law’s health. We want to be with him and have the last few days peaceful. This is the last thing we want to deal with.’
The Dark Horse singer was locked in a legal battle after disabled pensioner Carl Wescott claimed he was not of sound mind when he signed the real estate contract.
In July 2020, the mum-of-one, had purchased the whopping mansion under her LLC, DDoveB, named for her daughter Daisy Dove Bloom, four.
She and the Pirates of the Caribbean actor were planning to move in when Westcott claimed he was under the influence of opioids and painkillers at the time of signing.
A judge ruled against him and according to Wall Street Journal, Perry has now successfully acquired the property.
According to People, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner said: ‘Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity into a real estate contract.’
Carl had originally purchased the property in May 2020 just two months before the sale.
He claims it was intended to be his ‘forever home’ and in his original complaint stated he did not list the property and had not spoken to a broker about putting it on the market.
On July 11, the US Army 101st Airborne veteran returned to the 9,285sqft home after a stint in hospital for a six-hour surgery on his back.
Three days later he was sent a written offer from Katy and Orlando’s representative Bernie Gudvi for more money than he had paid for the property.
In a statement to Rolling Stone, the Roar hitmaker’s attorney Eric Rowen said: ‘The evidence shows that Mr. Westcott breached the contract for no other reason than he had changed his mind.
‘We look forward to wrapping this matter up at the scheduled damage trial phase set for February 13 and 14, if not before.’
Perry reportedly claimed against the veteran for millions of dollars in lost rent that they could have charged for the eight-bedroom home.
Metro has reached out to Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s reps for comment.
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