Pop star Katy Perry has officially won the legal battle over her $15 million Montecito mansion.
A California court has ordered the home's former owner, Carl Westcott, to pay Perry about $1.8 million in damages.
The court found that Westcott, an 85-year-old disabled veteran, was not legally allowed to cancel the sale to Perry's team back in 2020.
The money awarded is mostly to cover the income Perry lost from not being able to rent out the house during the long court fight.
The long and public fight over the luxury home has also brought about a push for a new law in California.
It is being called the "Katy PERRY Act" (Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act).
The proposed law would give elderly people over 75 a 72-hour grace period to cancel a home sale contract without trouble.
The goal is to protect seniors from signing deals when they may be sick, on medicine, or not fully able to think clearly.
A California court has ordered the home's former owner, Carl Westcott, to pay Perry about $1.8 million in damages.
The court found that Westcott, an 85-year-old disabled veteran, was not legally allowed to cancel the sale to Perry's team back in 2020.
The money awarded is mostly to cover the income Perry lost from not being able to rent out the house during the long court fight.
The long and public fight over the luxury home has also brought about a push for a new law in California.
It is being called the "Katy PERRY Act" (Protecting Elder Realty for Retirement Years Act).
The proposed law would give elderly people over 75 a 72-hour grace period to cancel a home sale contract without trouble.
The goal is to protect seniors from signing deals when they may be sick, on medicine, or not fully able to think clearly.
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