Orlando Bloom thrust into fiancée Katy Perry's legal showdown over $15 million mansion dispute with elderly veteran

In a surprising twist to an already intense legal drama, actor Orlando Bloom has been summoned to court in early 2025 to join his fianc?e, pop star Katy Perry, in her ongoing dispute over ownership of a luxurious Montecito mansion. Andrew Thomas, the attorney for Carl Westcott, an 85-year-old disabled veteran, issued a subpoena that pulls Bloom into the fight over alleged damages tied to the property, which Perry secured in a controversial $15 million sale. The legal showdown is set to reach a boiling point on February 25, 2025.

A clash in California's elite enclave

The mansion at the center of this dispute is nestled in Montecito, a star-studded area known as home to Oprah Winfrey, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. The secluded estate, complete with two guest houses, a pool, and gardens, became the subject of intense negotiations when Perry's team inked a deal with Westcott's business manager during the pandemic in 2020.

The twist? Westcott, dealing with Huntington's disease, attempted to withdraw from the sale, citing mental health struggles during a fragile post-surgery period. Perry's team, however, held him to the agreement, setting off a years-long legal clash that placed Westcott's mental capacity under scrutiny.

Bloom's involvement raises the stakes

The high-profile couple's involvement deepens as Westcott's legal team claims Bloom has been "supervising renovations and repairs," with Westcott's son, Chart, alleging, "Orlando Bloom is a material witness that Katy Perry is trying to do far more than make us pay for repairs; she is trying to make us pay for renovations."

Bloom's connection to the renovations makes him a key figure in the case, potentially impacting the courtroom's view on Perry's rising damage claims, which have ballooned from $2.67 million to over $5.5 million.

This isn't the first time Perry's real estate pursuits have drawn headlines. She previously clashed with a convent of Los Angeles nuns in the 2010s, securing ownership of their convent only after a long legal standoff that involved the archdiocese. In that case, as in this one, Perry came out on top after a contentious courtroom battle.