Katy Perry’s Legal War With Ailing Army Vet Takes Dramatic Turn

Chris Pratt has unexpectedly discovered himself entangled in Katy Perry‘s long-running authorized battle with U.S. Military veteran Carl Westcott over a $15 million Montecito mansion.

Perry and Westcott have been locked in a dispute since 2020 after the veteran tried to again out of the sale simply two months after agreeing to it. Regardless of a court docket ruling in December 2023 that upheld the legality of the acquisition, Perry later filed a separate lawsuit searching for damages.

Now, Chris Pratt is reportedly being pulled into the authorized combat as a result of he rented the property from Katy Perry, and his testimony is predicted to assist Carl Westcott’s authorized crew tackle a number of key questions associated to the situation and hire worth of the house.

Chris Pratt would possibly quickly discover himself a witness in Katy Perry’s authorized dispute with Carl Westcott, the aged veteran from whom she purchased a $15 million Montecito mansion in 2020.

Pratt is linked to the case as a result of he rented the house from Perry, though it’s unclear when the rental settlement started.

In response to a supply who spoke to The U.S. Sun, Westcott’s attorneys have been in court docket final Tuesday over the matter and will quickly transfer to subpoena Chris Pratt as a “materials witness” forward of the case going to trial.

The insider claimed that Westcott’s authorized crew desires to determine the timeline of when Pratt started renting the house from Perry.

Moreover, they might be interested by discovering out how a lot Pratt is paying in hire, particularly because the authorized case includes Perry searching for damages from Westcott and alleging in her submitting that the home was not livable.

“Perry has claimed tens of millions of {dollars} in damages, and claimed that it isn’t habitable,” the insider stated. “[The house] is clearly habitable as a result of an A-list actor is renting it.”

If Pratt in the end receives a subpoena from Westcott’s legal professionals, the actor could also be required to attend a deposition lasting as much as three hours.

This was revealed in paperwork filed by Westcott’s authorized crew on August 1 with the Superior Court docket of the State of California.

“Now, simply earlier than the Part 2 trial, there’s new, never-before-disclosed proof that Perry has rented out the Westcott property to the actor Chris Pratt and his spouse [ Katherine Schwarzenegger,]” learn the doc, which referenced claims from a Day by day Mail article because the proof that ought to permit for the deposition of Pratt.

The paperwork additionally revealed that Westcott’s legal professionals are asking the court docket to allow their professional to conduct “a brief three-hour re-inspection of the property.”

The aim of the go to could be to “see what repairs have been achieved and opine as to their cheap worth.”

In response to the doc, Westcott’s legal professionals imagine that solely by conducting the re-inspection and deposing Pratt and different concerned events can the August trial proceed based mostly on the “actual deserves” of the case.

Final November, Westcott’s son took to X to criticize Perry for coming after his father, who’s at the moment bedridden with Huntington’s Illness.

“My household has been in a battle towards… Katy Perry and now Orlando Bloom to defend the distinction of my father, Carl Westcott, who’s dying from Huntington’s Illness,” he wrote on the time.

“Celeb privilege, very like political lawfare, should finish. We can’t afford any two-tier justice in America,” he additionally penned within the tweet.

In a separate put up, Westcott claimed that Perry has a “sample” of focusing on individuals who lack the assets to combat again in court docket.

He cited a previous case wherein the singer sued a small enterprise proprietor who was utilizing the title “Katie Perry” for her trend model, even supposing it was the girl’s authorized beginning title.