--- title: Man Breaks Into Kennedy Compound to Find Katy Perry description: Maybe knew something we don't know? canonical: https://time.com/2991744/katy-perry-kennedy-compound/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-07-16T12:37:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:11:43.585Z og:title: Man Breaks Into Kennedy Compound to Find Katy Perry og:description: Maybe knew something we don't know? og:url: https://time.com/2991744/katy-perry-kennedy-compound/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff415624a2a053/69869be3169ab0886d27a5c9/katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Katy Perry performs onstage during "The Prismatic World Tour" at the Verizon Center on June 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Breaks Into Kennedy Compound to Find Katy Perry twitter:description: Maybe knew something we don't know? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltddff415624a2a053/69869be3169ab0886d27a5c9/katy-perry.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Breaks Into Kennedy Compound Looking for Katy Perry ## Video: Katy Perry's New Man [Watch (HLS stream): Katy Perry's New Man](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/wH39H7Q8.m3u8) (1:04)  _Published 2014-04-28. Just two months after splitting with beau John Mayer, the 'Birthday' singer has snagged another musician: DJ Diplo. The two were reportedly seen snuggling up at an 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' afterparty in New York last week._ by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jul 16, 2014 12:37 PM UTC  Katy Perry performs onstage during "The Prismatic World Tour" at the Verizon Center on June 24, 2014 in Washington, DC. Katy Perry performs onstage during "The Prismatic World Tour" at the Verizon Center on June 24, 2014 in Washington, DC.Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Jul 16, 2014 12:37 PM UTC A man allegedly broke into the Kennedy compound in Barnstable, Mass. on Tuesday, but he wasn’t looking for a scion of the celebrated political family. He was looking for the the pop singer Katy Perry. Ted Kennedy Jr. was away at his Connecticut home when he phoned his property in Massachusetts and a stranger answered, police said. Kennedy called the police, who found a black car parked outside the house when they arrived. Fifty-three-year-old James Lacroix was in the kitchen, wearing a Captain America T-shirt and camouflage shorts, police said. Lacroix was arrested for breaking and entering, CNN reports. He told the police he had been there for three hours and was looking for the pop singer Katy Perry. Does Lacroix know something we don’t know, or might he have confused Perry with former Kennedy [paramour](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/taylor-swift-conor-kennedy-break-article-1.1192123) Taylor Swift? 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