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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom's Past Comes Back to Haunt Them

Westcott says Perry wired $900,000 but still owes about $4 million as a judge weighs whether Perry and Bloom must testify.

  • On Thursday, businessman Carl Westcott requested subpoenas for singer Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom to question them about money he claims remains owed from a property dispute.
  • Westcott previously sued Perry's business manager Bernie Gudvi to cancel the sale of a $15 million Santa Barbara home, but the court ruled against him and ordered him to surrender the property.
  • In his filing, Westcott claims Perry wired him $900,000 in June but failed to pay the remaining balance of about $4 million for the property.
  • Gudvi opposed the subpoena request, arguing there was no emergency and claiming Westcott is using it to harass Perry and Bloom; the payment remains on hold pending resolution of a separate $3 million dispute.
  • A judge has not yet ruled on whether Westcott can compel the pair to answer questions, leaving the status of his subpoena request currently undecided.
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[OSEN=Ji Min-kyung] Pop star Katy Perry and her ex-boyfriend Orlando Bloom are at risk of being entangled again in a past legal dispute regarding real estate. According to a report by the U.S. media outlet TMZ on the 15th (local time), businessman Carl Westcott has initiated a new legal battle against Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom. According to the report, Carl Westcott previously [regarding] a $15 million (approximately 2 million KRW) property l…

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TMZ broke the news in Burbank, United States on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
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