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Inside Katy Perry’s years-long battle over a US$15m home

Inside Katy Perry’s years-long battle over a US$15m home
Pop star Katy Perry (inset) and business mogul Carl Westcott have battled in court for years for the right to own this home in Santa Barbara, California. (Image: WSJ)
The Wall Street Journal
By Candace Taylor “I know a place, where the grass is really greener,” sings pop star Katy Perry in her 2010 hit California Gurls.On a November morning in Perry’s United States hometown of Santa Barbara, California, that seemed to be the case. On a gated estate spanning nearly a hectare in the coveted enclave of Montecito, the only sound was the gurgling of the fountains. Lime trees and rosebushes ringed a large, grassy lawn. The spacious, circa-1930 house was backed by green mountains, and the Pacific Ocean and Chan...

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