Katy Perry to testify on daughter’s birthday in $15M mansion battle

Katy Perry will deliver fireworks next week.

The Post can confirm that the pop star is set to testify in the second phase of the real estate war with Carl Westcott on Tuesday, August 26, which also happens to be her daughter Daisy Dove’s birthday.

The damages trial over the $15 million home Perry, 40, purchased from Westcott, 85, in 2020 kicked off in a Los Angeles courtroom on Thursday, with Judge Joseph Lipner shooting down her legal team’s request for the singer to testify on day one of the legal battle.

After being instructed to reschedule Perry’s testimony, her lawyers confirmed her availability for Tuesday around 11 a.m.

The “I Kissed a Girl” singer, who is currently on tour, will now go under oath virtually on her only child’s special day.

Perry and her ex-fiancé, Orlando Bloom, welcomed Daisy in 2020.

Sources familiar with the case told The Post that Westcott’s team allegedly wasn’t made aware of her attorney’s plan to have the star testify today until late Wednesday, and Judge Lipner wasn’t thrilled with the idea.

Daily Mail was inside the courtroom to capture the judge’s reaction. “It’s outrageous, it’s not nice, it’s unfair,” he said, per the outlet.

The outlet also reported that Perry’s attorney, Eric Rowen, accused Westcott’s lawyers of “targeting” her and “creating a media circus,” and that the singer’s testimony won’t take longer than two hours.

The Post reached out to the singer’s team for comment.

The real estate war began five years ago after Perry bought the $15 million Montecito, Calif., mansion from Westcott.

Days after the sale, the entrepreneur tried backing out of the deal, claiming he lacked the mental capacity to understand the contract and was on pain medication due to a recent back surgery when he agreed to sell the home.

During the first phase of the trial, the judge ruled that “Westcott presented no persuasive evidence that he lacked capacity to enter into a real estate contract between June 10, 2020, and June 18, 2020, the days during which he negotiated and signed the contract.”

He also ruled that Westcott seemed to be “coherent, engaged, lucid, and rational” based on evidence. The judge declared Perry the rightful owner of the property in December 2023.

The “Wide Awake” songbird then countersued Westcott for $3.25 million in damages she allegedly incurred from being unable to rent the house during their legal fight from September 2020 to March 2024.

It’s since been reported that actor Chris Pratt, 46, and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, 35, have been allegedly renting the estate.

Perry later added an additional $2.2 million for alleged repairs to restore the property to its purchased condition, citing structural defects and deferred maintenance.

Phase two of the trial is about those alleged damages Perry claims she’s owed from Westcott, who is now bedridden and suffering from the neurological disorder Huntington’s disease.

His son, Court, who is famously married to “Real Housewives of Dallas” alum Kameron Westcott, was at the courthouse on Thursday and addressed his father’s ailing health.

“My dad has been bedridden for almost four years now. He’s fading very much and we’re toward the end for sure,” he told The Post.

Court’s statement echoes what his brother, Chart, previously said.

According to Chart, he does not discuss the trial with his father because they want to “spare him” from the stress.

“We’re trying to make him as peaceful as possible so we don’t bring it up to him,” Chart shared with The Post this week.

“I don’t want to cause any sort of agitation with him,” he explained, noting their father is “tired, dying and old.”

Chart said he’s hoping Perry will apologize for subjecting his family to the burdens of the trial. “An apology would be nice. That would tie a ribbon around the whole thing,” he shared.

“[I’m] not expecting it,” Chart added.

Perry and Bloom ended their six-year engagement in June. They later released a joint statement through their reps about their breakup, sharing that their main concern is raising their daughter.

“Due to the abundance of recent interest and conversation surrounding Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry’s relationship, representatives have confirmed that Orlando and Katy have been shifting their relationship over the past many months to focus on coparenting,” their spokespeople told Us Weekly.

“They will continue to be seen together as a family, as their shared priority is — and always will be — raising their daughter with love, stability and mutual respect,” the statement concluded.