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

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

Perry and Westcott have been locked in a dispute since 2020 after the veteran attempted to back out of the sale just two months after agreeing to it. Despite a court ruling in December 2023 that upheld the legality of the acquisition, Perry later filed a separate lawsuit in search of damages.

Now, Chris Pratt is reportedly being pulled into the legal fight because he rented the property from Katy Perry, and his testimony is anticipated to assist Carl Westcott’s legal team address several key questions related to the condition and rent value of the house.

Chris Pratt might soon find himself a witness in Katy Perry’s legal dispute with Carl Westcott, the elderly veteran from whom she bought a $15 million Montecito mansion in 2020.

Pratt is connected to the case because he rented the house from Perry, even though it is unclear when the rental agreement began.

Based on a source who spoke to The U.S. Sun, Westcott’s attorneys were in court last Tuesday over the matter and should soon move to subpoena Chris Pratt as a “material witness” ahead of the case going to trial.

The insider claimed that Westcott’s legal team wants to ascertain the timeline of when Pratt began renting the house from Perry.

Moreover, they might be inquisitive about checking out how much Pratt is paying in rent, especially because the legal case involves Perry in search of damages from Westcott and alleging in her filing that the home was not livable.

“Perry has claimed tens of millions of dollars in damages, and claimed that it isn’t liveable,” the insider said. “[The house] is clearly liveable because an A-list actor is renting it.”

If Pratt ultimately receives a subpoena from Westcott’s lawyers, the actor could also be required to attend a deposition lasting up to 3 hours.

This was revealed in documents filed by Westcott’s legal team on August 1 with the Superior Court of the State of California.

“Now, just before the Phase 2 trial, there’s latest, never-before-disclosed evidence that Perry has rented out the Westcott property to the actor Chris Pratt and his wife [ Katherine Schwarzenegger,]” read the doc, which referenced claims from a Every day Mail article because the evidence that ought to allow for the deposition of Pratt.

The documents also revealed that Westcott’s lawyers are asking the court to allow their expert to conduct “a brief three-hour re-inspection of the property.”

The aim of the visit can be to “see what repairs were done and opine as to their reasonable value.”

Based on the document, Westcott’s lawyers imagine that only by conducting the re-inspection and deposing Pratt and other involved parties can the August trial proceed based on the “real merits” of the case.

Last November, Westcott’s son took to X to criticize Perry for coming after his father, who’s currently bedridden with Huntington’s Disease.

“My family has been in a struggle against… Katy Perry and now Orlando Bloom to defend the dignity of my father, Carl Westcott, who’s dying from Huntington’s Disease,” he wrote on the time.

“Celebrity privilege, very similar to political lawfare, must end. We cannot afford any two-tier justice in America,” he also penned within the tweet.

In a separate post, Westcott claimed that Perry has a “pattern” of targeting individuals who lack the resources to fight back in court.

He cited a past case by which the singer sued a small business owner who was using the name “Katie Perry” for her fashion brand, despite the undeniable fact that it was the lady’s legal birth name.

The legal battle between Katy Perry and Carl Westcott began in August 2020, only one month after he sold his 8.9-acre Montecito mansion to the singer for $15 million.

On the time, the founding father of 1-800 Flowers filed a lawsuit against Perry in an try to rescind the deal, claiming he was heavily medicated and never of sound mind when he signed the contract.

The case dragged on until December 2023, when a judge ruled that the agreement was valid and that Westcott was mentally competent during negotiations, which were conducted with Perry’s business manager, Bernie Gudvi.

In March 2024, Perry officially received the keys to the house and shortly after filed her own lawsuit in search of damages.

So far, Perry has paid $9 million toward the property, leaving a remaining balance of $6 million. That very same amount matches the damages she is now in search of, with claims that structural defects, deferred maintenance, and lost rental income justify her request.