Watch out, Katy Perry is coming for your house like a dark horse—at least if you’re Carl Westcott, the founder of 1-800-Flowers. In 2020, the 84-year-old Westcott sold his $15 million Montecito, Calif., estate to the millennial pop star, famous for hits like “I Kissed a Girl” and “California Gurls.” Perry was set to become neighbors with the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt in the exclusive enclave outside Santa Barbara, but Westcott claims he was in an unusual state of mind when he agreed to sell the house he had just acquired himself a few months earlier.
“The combination of his age, frailty from his back condition and recent surgery, and the opiates he was taking several times a day rendered Mr. Westcott of unsound mind,” reads a lawsuit that claimed Perry took advantage of Westcott being under the influence of painkillers at the time. Perry’s camp insists that Westcott’s mind was, in fact, sound, and is trying to push through with the deal.
