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Katy Perry slammed as ‘unforgivable’ by family of disabled veteran, 85, she’s suing for $6M in California mansion war
legal battle over a lavish Montecito, Calif., mansion — which they bought for $14.2 million in 2021 and was previously owned by disabled veteran, Carl Westcott.The “Roar” hitmaker, 40, sued the 85-year-old bed-bound veteran, who lives with a neurological disorder, for back rent and alleged damages.Now, Westcott’s family has hit out at the “Lifetimes” singer for her “greedy” actions as they accused the Hollywood elite of “treating ordinary people like dirt.”“She has no sense of fair play, no empathy, zero empathy, quite the opposite,” the veteran’s son, Chart Westcott, told The Sun.“The worse the condition my father is in, the harsher they’ve been in trial,” Chart said of the pop star and her legal team.The two parties have been locked in a legal feud since 2020, when Westcott signed a deal to sell his sprawling 8.9-acre property to Perry and Bloom during the pandemic.However, he later claimed that his judgment had been impaired as a result of a slew of health issues he is battling, saying he was not in the right headspace to enter into the contract at the time.As a result, Westcott was slapped with a lawsuit from the singer and her legal team. In December 2023, Perry and Bloom were declared the legal owners of the gated mansion following a four-year legal battle.After getting the keys to the property in March 2024, Perry launched a large-scale lawsuit against Westcott through her team, claiming the disabled veteran owes her $6 million — a claim that his family is disputing.“She can cause damage in other people’s lives,” Chart told the outlet.