Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s $15 Million California Mansion Damaged After ‘Significant’ Water Leak

The hits keep coming for Katy Perry. The $15 million mansion the pop star won in her court battle against an 85-year-old veteran experienced a massive water leak before she was able to move in, In Touch can exclusively report.

According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Carl Westcott, who sued Katy, 39, over the Santa Barbara, California mansion, asked that phase two of their trial be postponed.

Back in August 2020, Carl filed a lawsuit against Bernie Gudvi, Katy’s business manager, to undo a July 2020 deal to sell his property to Katy and her partner, Orlando Bloom. The businessman claimed he had been recovering from back surgery and was heavily medicated when he executed the agreement.

He said he called Katy’s rep a couple of days later to cancel the agreement, but her team refused. In November 2023, the court sided with Katy in phase one of the trial.

The judge found that Carl “presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract.” Katy was awarded the home. Phase two of the trial is to determine the amount of damages Carl will have to pay. However, this week, Carl asked that phase two be postponed until December or early 2025.

In his motion, Carl explained there were issues during the process of transferring the title in April.

His lawyer said, “Namely, during escrow for the transfer of the title, the buyer and realtors showed up for a pre-agreed inspection of the house. Mr. Westcott’s house manager showed up to unlock the home. Upon opening the door, it was discovered that during the last 24 to 48 hours, a significant water leak in the house (feet of waters not inches) had occurred, which greatly expanded the scope of alleged repairs.”

Carl asked that phase two of the trial should be postponed.

His lawyer noted, “The case went from having one retained expert for each side to testify on loss of use damages to numerous non-retained experts (inspectors and contractors) and more retained experts to testify as to alleged repair damages. Simply put, a simple loss of use phase 2 trial was transformed, in effect, to a relatively large multi-witness construction case involving a large mansion that consisted of the main house and other structures.”

Carl noted that the demolition had started but the construction plans, subcontract contracts and building permits had still not been issued.

A judge has yet to rule.

In his original lawsuit, Carl’s lawyer argued, “Prior to the delivery of the proposed written contract, [Carl] had not granted any real estate broker a listing to market his home sale. In contrast, the elderly [Carl] had just recently purchased and moved into his home a mere two months earlier. When [Carl] entered into the contract, he was under the influence of several intoxicating pain-killing opiates that his physicians instructed him to take when he was discharged from the hospital a few days earlier.”

Carl said while he was recovering from his procedure, he received an offer from Katy for $13.5 million. He countered with an offer of $15 million. The deal was signed on July 19, 2020. Two days later, Carl said he started to have a clear mind after his medicine dosage was decreased.

After reaching out to Katy’s rep, Carl said he received an email back stating, “You must understand that you committed to sell the residence and that you accepted my client’s offer to purchase the residence.”

Katy’s rep added, “This is an emotional purchase for them, and they are not willing to walk away.”

The rep added, “We are informed that you were negotiating with a third-party for a sale of the residence for several weeks prior to consummating the transaction with my client.”

He added, “It is not unusual for a seller of a property such as this to suffer some degree ‘seller’s remorse.’ However, as I’m sure you know, ‘seller’s remorse’ is not grounds for canceling a binding contract.”

Katy and Orlando, 47, even wrote Carl a personal note pleading for him to follow through with the sale.

“We are writing this letter to you to express our appreciation with regard to your agreement to sell your property to us and to communicate our joy at being able to call it our home,” the duo wrote at the time. “As you know we are expecting a baby next month and know that this will be the best place to bring her home to and raise her in.”

“Though there were other properties that did interest us, yours will provide us the comfort of security, privacy, and safety. These three details are of the utmost importance to us and the reason we were willing to pay a premium and move forward on your property specifically. This home will be a respite, one where we will be able to grow together as a family. We have gone through some challenges in the past week, our beloved dog Mighty passed away,” they wrote.

“With such devastating news, being the lucky people to purchase your home is a shining light to help get us through such a difficult time,” Katy and Orlando added. “We hope you can appreciate that you are turning your home over to a very loving couple, who are expecting their first baby and have nothing but joy at the thought of making their life and future memories there.”

The case is ongoing.

On top of the home drama, Katy has had a rough year with her album 143 being trashed by critics and failing to sell like her past records.