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Olivia Hebert

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s Montecito house lawsuit reaches verdict

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom’s Montecito home lawsuit has reached a verdict.

In the Los Angeles Superior Court, Judge Joseph Lipner ruled that 84-year-old Carl Westcott — the founder of 1-800-Flowers who sold Perry his Montecito home in July 2020 for $15m, and afterward tried to back out of the deal, claiming that he was mentally incapacitated— was of sound mind when he sold the property to Perry.

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