Katy Perry to recoup $1.8 million off her Montecito house

[Teletubby 154,610]

Katy Perry is requesting nearly $5 million in damages from the previous owner of her $15 million mansion in Montecito in an ongoing legal battle.

The “California Gurls” singer asked for the former owner, entrepreneur Carl Westcott, to pay a total of $4,718,698.95 in a Nov. 21 court document obtained by PEOPLE.

The document states that Perry is “entitled to $3,525,000 in rental value" that she has claimed was lost due to the dispute, and "$1,343,401.95 for necessary repairs for a total of $4,868,401.95.”

With $149,703 being offset due to Westcott’s losses, the total award, the document claims, should be reduced to $4,718,698.95.

 

Update:

Katy Perry is due to recoup $1.8 million off the price of the $15 million Montecito mansion that plunged her into a headline-grabbing real estate war with 86-year-old Texas millionaire Carl Westcott, who also happens to be the father-in-law of Real Housewives of Dallas cast member Kameron Westcott.

A judge signed a proposed order Tuesday that will award Perry the $1.8 million so long as neither party files an objection in the next ten days. The money represents the damages Perry suffered when Westcott bailed on their $15 million purchase agreement in 2020, claiming he lacked capacity when he signed it. Westcott sued Perry through her business manager, trying to overturn the sale, but he lost at a bench trial during the first phase of the legal battle.

Perry had asked for an award of $4.7 million in damages during phase two of the trial. Westcott argued her damages should be limited to only $260,000. In his proposed ruling signed Tuesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner found a middle ground. He said Perry deserved $2.8 million for lost rental value while the property was in limbo, and $260,000 for repairs for things like a fallen tree and water damage. But he then deducted $1 million because Perry was able to invest her money elsewhere during the fight, and because Westcott lost interest on that amount.

 

 

Edited November 26, 2025 by Teletubby

[NUTELLA 15,686]

The .95 cents lol

[FATCAT 60,544]

The way that would pay my rent for the rest of my life & into the afterlife.

[Lextyr97 20,334]

I could live the rest of my life with vacations with that money

[RAMROD 111,949]

I could buy endless supply of Haus Labs with that money

[Gohan 16,552]

I could buy endless Chromatica Thongs with that muney 

[River 120,559]

1 hour ago, FATCAT said:

The way that would pay my rent for the rest of my life & into the afterlife.

poor u

[Decodekid 29,066]

2 hours ago, Teletubby said:

for a total of $4,868,401.95.”

[CautiousLurker 19,647]

I could make Abra go top 10 on billboard with that money 

[ALGAYDO 33,758]

How many cat treats and Pokémon cards could that get me? 

[Hadrian 1,011]

i could payola myself a successful music career with that money 

i'd pretend to be a fake ai singer and then pop out and say "SIKE! I was real the whole time!!" 

[Agunimon 264]

She can use it to fund her next album cycle. I'm not sure the label will after bandaids performance.

[Ashley 9,799]

Why does it seem like she’s always in some kind of legal battle 

[Guillaume Hamon 6,734]

The money should go to the bullied nuns.