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Dec. 6, 2017

Katy Perry, LA archdiocese win another $10M in convent case

The jury found developer Dana Hollister liable for $10 million in punitive damages.

Katy Perry, LA archdiocese win another $10M in convent case
DILLMAN

LOS ANGELES — Between legal fees and damages, a real estate developer must pay $15 million for allegedly interfering in the sale of a hilltop convent to pop star Katy Perry.

Superior Court Judge Stephanie Bowick found in March that Dana Hollister, a restaurant owner who said she’d tried to purchase the convent to convert it into a boutique hotel, had no claim to the property. The nuns who worked out a deal with Hollister for the pur...

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