The son of an ailing veteran who is embroiled in a $5 million lawsuit with Katy Perry over a $15 million Montecito mansion has opened up about the brutal emotional toll the yearslong case has had on his father — revealing the family’s desperate desire for the case to end so they can spend their dad’s remaining days “in peace.”
Carl Westcott, 85, a businessman who founded the company 1-800-Flowers, became embroiled in a five-year legal battle with Perry, 41, after he agreed to sell his $15 million Montecito, CA, home to the pop star in 2020, only to try to back out just days later, claiming he had been under the influence of painkillers when he agreed to the sale.
Perry and Westcott spent the next three years locked in a bitter dispute over the property, before a judge granted ownership to the “Dark Horse” singer and her then-partner, Orlando Bloom, in December 2023.
They officially took control of the dwelling in May 2024.
However, the chart-topper then went after Westcott — who has Huntington’s disease — for $5 million in damages, claiming not only that the home had required extensive repairs when she took ownership, but also that she had lost millions of dollars in potential rental income while the legal battle raged on.
That legal fight is finally set to conclude at the end of this month, when the court issues its final judgment, a moment that Westcott’s son, Chart, has said his family cannot wait for.
“This has been a lengthy and exhausting legal process,” he told Realtor.com®. “We look forward to a final verdict so our family can put this behind us and spend these remaining days in peace with our father.
“We are grateful for the support and…