EXCLUSIVE: Katy Perry is SLAMMED for ‘attacking the weak’ by family of dying veteran Carl Westcott – who she is SUING for $2.6M in property dispute – as his son says his ‘American hero’ father shouldn’t have to spend his ‘last days’ fighting her in court

• The singer, 38, has been locked in a three-year legal battle with Carl Westcott, 84
• She and Orlando Bloom, 46, now want the house as well as hefty compensation
• Westcott’s son Court has now furiously hit out at Perry for the ongoing dispute

Katy Perry has been blasted for ‘attacking and tricking the weak’ by the family of the dying veteran she is suing for $2.6 million in property dispute.

The singer, 38, has been locked in a bitter three-year legal battle with 84-year-old Carl Westcott over a sprawling $15million home in Santa Barbara – and his son has now landed in Los Angeles to fight in court.

In July 2020, Westcott signed a real estate contract to sell his home to Perry claiming he was under the influence of opioids and painkillers following major back surgery.

When the effects of the painkillers wore off days later, the ‘American hero’ – who suffers from Huntington’s Disease – claimed he realized what he had signed away and rescinded the contract.

Perry and her fiancé Orlando Bloom, 46, are now not only fighting to finally get their hands on the dementia sufferer’s palatial, eight-bed residence, they also want millions in compensation, according to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com.

Katy Perry has been blasted for ‘attacking and tricking the weak’ by the family of the dying veteran she is suing for $2.6 million in property dispute

The singer, 38, has been locked in a bitter three-year legal battle with 84-year-old Carl Westcott (pictured) over a sprawling $15million home in Santa Barbara

Perry and her fiancé Orlando Bloom, 46, are now not only fighting to finally get their hands on the dementia sufferer’s palatial, eight-bed residence, they also want millions in compensation, according to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com 

Westcott’s son Court, along with wife Kameron of Real Housewives of Dallas fame, has now hit out at Perry for her involvement, adding: ‘We’re fighting for his honor’

Westcott’s son Court, along with wife Kameron of Real Housewives of Dallas fame, has now hit out at Perry for her involvement, adding: ‘We’re fighting for his honor.’

In a clip obtained by DailyMail.com, Court revealed that Westcott, who he claims has been bedridden for over a year, ‘doesn’t want to spend the last few years of his life fighting Katy and Orlando.’

Refencing Perry’s 2015 battle with elderly Roman Catholic nuns over the sale of a Los Angeles convent, Kameron added: ‘Katy and Orlando have done this before – they sued the nuns. This is a pattern, they attack the weak. 

‘[Westcott] is in a vulnerable state and they attacked him, they tricked him.’ 

She said: ‘It’s been a lot of pressure on the family and its been a lot to handle.

‘It sucks. He doesn’t deserve to be going through this, that’s for sure… He wants to live in his home and be comfortable and be surrounded by his family for the last days that he is alive.’ 

Discussing how Westcott – who has been in ‘memory care’ for the past two and a half years – ‘could die any day,’ Court revealed that he ‘said goodbye’ to his father before arriving in LA to fight it in court. 

Kameron argued: ‘This is absolutely disturbing. There is just no compassion here. It’s heartless. It’s just so sad.’

Discussing how Westcott ‘could die at any moment,’ Court revealed that he ‘said goodbye’ to his father before arriving in LA to fight it in court

In a clip obtained by DailyMail.com, Court revealed that Westcott, who he claims has been bedridden for over a year, ‘doesn’t want to spend the rest of his life fighting Katy and Orlando’

Asked what she would say to Perry and Bloom, she added: ‘I would say to them we’re not afraid and we are here to fight in his honor.

‘We are going to do what is right – and what is right is standing up for someone who was taken advantage [of].

‘We need to look out for our elders and we need to be kinder to them and protect them – and hope that this never happens to anybody else.’

Court also described his father as ‘an American hero’ who went from ‘rags to riches’ with no high school education.

Westcott, who founded retail company 1-800-FLOWERS, is an Army veteran who was a member of the famous 101st Airborne Division.

The group was sent to protect the members of the ‘Little Rock Nine’ who were the first African American students to enter Little Rock’s Central High School in 1957 to call for an end to racial segregation.

Refencing Perry’s 2015 battle with elderly Roman Catholic nuns over the sale of a Los Angeles convent, Kameron added: ‘Katy and Orlando have done this before – with the Catholic Nuns’

He went on to describe his father as ‘an American hero’ who went from ‘rags to riches’ with no high school education

The interview comes after DailyMail.com revealed that Perry is pursuing the veteran for millions of dollars.

Perry and her fiancé Orlando Bloom previously gushed about the sprawling Montecito home becoming their family ‘retreat’ and the ‘best place’ to raise their daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom.

But after being blocked from moving in for three years, the couple changed their tune and now say they missed out on $2,670,000 in rent they could have charged on the 9,285-square foot compound in the Santa Ynez foothills.

Westcott’s lawyers have spent that time trying to nix a $15million deal for the Montecito home that he signed away six days after undergoing major back surgery in July 2020.

Perry and Bloom are not only fighting to finally get their hands on dementia sufferer Westcott’s palatial, eight-bed residence, they also want millions in compensation, according to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com. 

On top of the missed rental income, the Firework singer wants a further $2,669,682 to cover the cost of maintaining a different home while she waits to move in.

The vast sum includes $1,428,571 in rent, $325,111 in mortgage interest, $343,759 in property taxes, $145,407 for gardening and $8,919 for ‘research – cable and internet.’ 

Westcott’s lawyers have spent that time trying to nix a $15million deal for the Montecito home that he signed away six days after undergoing major back surgery in July 2020 

Perry and Bloom are not only fighting to finally get their hands on dementia sufferer Westcott’s palatial, eight-bed residence, they also want millions in compensation, according to court documents obtained by DailyMail.com 

Perry and her fiancé Orlando Bloom previously gushed about the sprawling Montecito home becoming their family ‘retreat’ and the ‘best place’ to raise their daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom 

Perry’s demands have stunned Westcott’s lawyers who say she never mentioned anything previously about renting a ‘substitute’ $75,000-per-month property and has admitted she owns three other homes in Santa Barbara. 

They also claim that the 13-time Grammy nominee was directly asked at her April deposition if she had planned to rent out Westcott’s house and she insisted under oath that she did not. 

A Westcott family representative previously told DailyMail.com: ‘The bullying behavior of Katy Perry reminds us that even the brightest stars can cast shadows. 

‘In the spotlight, she sings of love and compassion, but you don’t need to look too hard to see that Katy Perry has a pattern of behavior in which she seemingly targets the weak and vulnerable for her own gain.

‘Whether suing elderly nuns to force them from their convent; suing an innocent small business owner in Australia whose only transgression is having the same name; shaming a mother on American Idol; making insensitive jokes about mental health; forcing a kiss on an American Idol contestant; and now suing an 84-year-old father and veteran who is on his deathbed.’

But this isn’t the first time Katy Perry has had legal problems when it came to purchasing a home.

In 2015, Katy was in a battle with elderly Roman Catholic nuns over the sale of a Los Angeles convent. Sister Rita Callanan (right) and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman (left) lived on the eight-acre property that includes a 30,000-square-foot Spanish-Gothic home until 2011

Perry wanted to purchase an historic convent in Los Angeles, which is owned by historic Order of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

In 2015, she was in a battle with elderly Roman Catholic nuns over the sale of a convent. 

Perry purchased the building in 2015, paying $14.5million in cash to Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez. 

Sister Rita Callanan and Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, who had lived in the convent since the 70s, claimed Gomez had no right to offload the property, and said they had already sold it weeks prior for $15.5million. 

But the Archdiocese of Los Angeles sued to block their deal, arguing that it was the nuns who had exceeded their authority. 

A judge ruled against the nuns in 2016 and awarded Perry and the Archdiocese damages totaling more than $15million. 

During the 2018 legal battle, Sister Holzman, 89, collapsed and died during a court appearance. 

Sister Callanan, the only surviving nun who lived at the Order of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, said at the time that Katy Perry ‘has blood on her hands.’ 

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