The songstress, 38, has been asked to testify in a non-jury trial over a 1930s mansion in Montecito that she purchased with her fiancé Orlando Bloom in July 2020 for $15 million. According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the eight-bedroom and 11-bath Santa Barbara area estate was owned by 84-year-old business entrepreneur Carl Westcott.
The couple and Westcott are in the middle of a legal battle over the 9,285-square-foot home, per court documents, due to Westcott claiming that he had not been in the right mindset to sign any binding contracts and that he wanted to avoid the sale altogether.
The father-in-law of former Real Housewives of Dallas reality star, Kameron Westcott, was diagnosed with a genetic brain disorder known as Huntington’s Disease in 2015 and is now living in a facility for patients facing dementia.
Perry and Bloom’s business manager Bernie Gudvi’s attorney, Eric Rowan, previously argued Westcott’s degenerative brain diagnosis had not impacted Westcott’s mental capacity. Westcott’s attorney, Andrew Thomas, argued that having spinal surgery on his back five days before the sale made him have “delusion” and “intrusive thoughts” after having to take the painkillers hydrocodone, gabapentin, and tramadol.
According to court papers obtained by PEOPLE, Thomas also claimed an email delivery of trial subpoenas was sent to Perry in July and August.
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