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 purchase, Perry later filed a separate lawsuit seeking damages.

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

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 home from Perry, although it is unclear when the rental agreement began.

According to a source who spoke to The U.S. Sun, Westcott’s attorneys were in court last Tuesday over the matter and may 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 establish the timeline of when Pratt began renting the home from Perry.

Additionally, they may be interested in finding out how much Pratt is paying in rent, especially since the legal case involves Perry seeking damages from Westcott and alleging in her filing that the house was not livable.

“Perry has claimed millions of dollars in damages, and claimed that it’s not 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 may be required to attend a deposition lasting up to three 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 is new, 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 Daily Mail article as the evidence that should allow for the deposition of Pratt.

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

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

According to the document, Westcott’s lawyers believe 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 is currently bedridden with Huntington’s Disease.

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

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

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

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

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

At the time, the founder of 1-800 Flowers filed a lawsuit against Perry in an attempt to rescind the deal, claiming he was heavily medicated and not 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 home and soon after filed her own lawsuit seeking damages.

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