Katy Perry is at war with two nuns over €14m… here’s why

Katy Perry V. The Nuns… the ultimate showdown continues.

Last month it was reported that pop star Katy Perry was in a legal battle over a coveted piece of Los Angeles real estate. Katy attempted to purchase the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary convent in L.A.’s Los Feliz neighbourhood for a cool $15 million (€13.7m), but two elderly nuns have contested the sale.

The Dark Horse singer made the purchase deal with Archbishop Jose Gomez, but two of the convent's five nuns, Sister Rita Callanan and Sister Catherine Rose, had already agreed a sale with another party.

And they say they had every right to do so, as the convent is theirs to sell. Quite the pickle.

Katy even visited with the nuns themselves to try and convince them, but it seems she's simply not a savoury enough character for them. "Well, I found Katy Perry and I found her videos and…if it's all right to say, I wasn't happy with any of it," Sister Rita told the LA Times last month.

Yesterday, a judge ruled that sale of the property to any buyer be put on hold while he comes to a decision about what would be the best way to proceed. In the meantime though, Katy MAY be able to rent the convent, if the other potential buyer, restaurateur Dana Hollister, doesn't get there first.

"We’ll have a battle of potential leases,” Judge James Chalfant told a court in LA yesterday, setting a new hearing for September, at which time Katy and Dana can battle it out for rent of the coveted property.

Let the games begin…