"Since 2020, she has been embroiled in a legal battle against Carl Westcott, who sold her an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom mansion in Montecito for $15m. Westcott then attempted to renege on the deal, claiming to have been incapacitated by painkillers (prescribed after a back operation) when signing the paperwork. A judge ruled in Perry's favour in May last year, finding that Westcott was sound of mind when the sale went through. This week, another judge ruled that Perry was owed $1.8m in damages."
"This sounds like a win, you might think except Perry had pushed for Westcott to pay $4.7m, and it's been widely written up as Perry money-grubbing from an 85-year-old disabled veteran. To give military.com's headline, from earlier in the dispute in 2023: Katy Perry Is Fighting a Dying, Elderly Veteran to Force Him to Sell His Home. It is true that Westcott served in the 101st Airborne Division, is 85 years old and seriously ill with incurable Huntington's disease."
Katy Perry remains intensely scrutinized after returning from space seven months earlier. A 2020 property dispute with Carl Westcott over a Montecito mansion culminated in a judge finding Westcott competent and this week awarding Perry $1.8m in damages; Perry had sought $4.7m. Media coverage cast her as pursuing an 85-year-old disabled veteran, provoking backlash and accusations of money-grubbing despite Westcott's military service in the 101st Airborne and diagnosis of incurable Huntington's disease. Public perception of Perry as a cultural target persists as she also faces attention for an unexpected romance with Justin Trudeau.
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