Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell has sued a local Florida sheriff’s office, claiming they’re failing to protect him, as he’s been a victim of ‘antagonizing’ trespassers
14:19 ET, 20 Jul 2025Updated 14:25 ET, 20 Jul 2025
Brian Littrell’s company filed a lawsuit on his behalf(Image: Penske Media via Getty Images)
Backstreet Boys member Brian Littrell appeared on Fox News to criticize the Florida police for handling alleged trespassers on his property.
Littrell’s concerns are centered around his personal safety, as he alleges that the Walton County Sheriff’s Office has failed to provide him with adequate protection. The lawsuit, filed on June 19 by Littrell’s company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, accuses the sheriff’s office of failing to “fulfill their duty and enforce the private property rights” of the business.
Littrell’s allegations come amidst another set of accusations involving threats of violence towards a different Florida deputy. According to court documents obtained by the Mirror US, Littrell claims that “numerous trespassers have set out to antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing on [Littrell’s residence], in open defiance of the law.”
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Littrell appeared on Fox News via video call, per a Reddit post, and said, “This is a personal thing, this is the American dream. Like I’ve worked for three decades, longer than three decades, in the music business to have some sort of honesty and transparency in my music.”
“This has been a humbling experience, not getting any help, not getting anywhere,” he added, “Hopefully we’ll get some kind of communications out of this that will draw the line in the sand.”
Despite hiring security guards and posting No Trespassing signs through his company, Littrell alleges that these measures have not deterred the trespassers. Furthermore, the lawsuit asserts that the company submitted forms to the sheriff’s office to authorize their involvement in trespassing cases, either by issuing warnings or prosecuting the individuals.
The lawsuit claims that despite repeated requests and completing necessary paperwork, “despite [Littrell’s company’s] numerous requests and the execution of the required forms, the Sheriff has refused to come to the Subject Property to enforce the law and remove the trespassers, to charge the trespassers, or to take any action, at all, thereby refusing to do their duty.”
According to the suit, body cam footage shows a responding officer telling a trespasser he “doesn’t agree with private beaches,” and didn’t “[remove] the individual or [wrote] a citation for trespassing.” Moreover, the officer reportedly labeled Littrell’s efforts to keep trespassers off his property as “lunacy.”
On another occasion, the lawsuit alleges, when Littrell’s team requested trespassers to vacate the premises, the individuals supposedly “committed a battery and theft,” snatching a folder from a property manager. Despite this, the suit contends, after three calls to the sheriff’s office, no one was dispatched to address the situation.
The filing also mentions that Littrell’s team felt they were treated with “multiple instances of disrespect” by an officer during a separate incident.
The lawsuit further claimed, “The Sheriff is openly defying [Littrell’s team’s] requests for assistance to protect its constitutionally protected property rights and its deputies have been overheard on two separate occasions, stating that the Sheriff was proud that his sheriff’s office had not written any citations for trespassing onto the private property of BLB and other surrounding property owners. That officer iterated this sentiment as recently as June 6, 2025.”
The legal filing demanded that the court system “compel” the sheriff’s department to take action against trespassers. It didn’t seek a jury trial or monetary damages.
Previously, the boy band has dealt with stalking incidents and threatening behavior. Still, it remains unknown whether Littrell’s uninvited visitors were driven by his celebrity status or were simply trying to gain access to a private beach for unrelated reasons.
Brian spoke on Fox News(Image: Penske Media via Getty Images)
Officer Lindsey Darby refused to discuss the legal action, but informed the Mirror US via email, “The Walton County Sheriff’s Office prides itself on handling every situation, call for service, or interaction with professionalism using a customer service approach. This has always been our philosophy and will remain so moving forward.”
A representative for Littrell told the Mirror US, “All Brian and his family want is what anyone would want, the right to peaceful enjoyment of their property. The trespassers who are occupying his backyard at will are almost encouraged by a feckless sheriff’s department who is not willing to follow the law and tell the trespassers to move off of the private property, the beach, literally, their backyard.”
“Instead, they are encouraged to stay on the Littrells’ property, to the point where they are actually assaulting the security people who are asking them to leave,” he continued, “This is why we sued for a Writ of Mandamus, which his for an order from the judge requiring the Sheriff of Fort Walton to do their jobs.”
He concluded: “We are not looking to harm anyone. We just want our property back. We are not insisting that the Sheriff lay criminal charges against anyone, unless, of course, they refuse to obey the orders of the Sheriff.”
The Mirror US reached out to the Walton County Sheriff’s Office for a statement.
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