Overview

• The Los Angeles Superior Court barred Orlando Bloom’s testimony and narrowed the evidentiary scope for the upcoming damages phase.
• Phase two kicks off on August 21 with Katy Perry set to testify via video conference about the sale and condition of the mansion.
• Carl Westcott, now in in-patient dementia care, will not attend, but his son Court and daughter-in-law Kameron Westcott will testify on the estate’s upkeep.
• Both sides will present conflicting assessments of multimillion-dollar repair costs and claims of lost rental income, including alleged tenancy by Chris Pratt.
• The judge’s recent orders shift the trial’s focus from capacity disputes to quantifying financial losses and dwelling condition