India, Aug. 22 -- Hollywood star Chris Pratt has unexpectedly surfaced in American singer Katy Perry's ongoing courtroom battle over a $15 million mansion in California (US).

The case dates back to 2020, when Katy and her then-partner Orlando Bloom agreed to buy an 8.9-acre estate in Montecito from U.S. Army veteran Carl Westcott. According to a report in the NME, Carl had purchased the home only two months earlier for roughly $11 million. Days after signing the contract, he argued that he had been under the influence of heavy medication following "a major six-hour surgery" and was "of unsound mind and not competent to give his free, voluntary, or intelligent consent to the contract."

A week later, after the medication wore off, Carl cl...