Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell is embroiled in a bitter legal battle with a neighbor he claims has “set out to antagonize, bully, and harass” his family by trespassing on his $3.8 million Florida panhandle beachfront property and secretly recording videos, court papers allege.
Littrell, 50, filed suit against Carolyn Barrington Hill, 67, on Sept. 19 accusing her of repeatedly coming onto his Santa Rosa Beach oceanfront property from April through September, despite the fact he’s “put up several ‘No Trespassing’ signs, along with chairs, umbrellas, and small tables delineating” his property line, according to the Walton County Circuit Court lawsuit.
Hill — who described herself in court papers as “semi-retired” and “on Medicare” — is accused of “shouting and cursing at [the Littrell family] property manager and setting up various chairs and other pieces of beach furniture,” all while refusing to move when she was told she was on their property, the suit claims.
During one May 4 confrontation, Hill was kicked off their beach by a Walton County Sheriff’s Officer, the filing says.
The boy band star and his family “were forced to hire security to protect them,” from the pesky neighbor, the court papers say.
The suit accused Hill of trespassing on April 26, May 4, May 25, June 11, Aug. 5, Aug. 17, and on Sept. 6., refusing to leave and videotaping the family without their consent or knowledge.
The alleged harassment caused Littrell, his wife Leighanne Littrell — who is also a plaintiff — and his family “emotional distress” and interfered with their “use and enjoyment” of their beach, the filing claims.
The Littrells and their company, BLB Beach Hut, LLC are suing Hill for unspecified damages.
Littrell’s lawyer, Peter Ticktin, told The Post in a statement that when Littrell first bought the house “he was in heaven” when “he saw his dream coming true where he and his family could buy and own a house on a beautiful private beach as his backyard.”
But things took a turn when Hill and other neighbors started to “squat on the beaches and trespass in open defiance of reasonable and polite requests to leave.”
The lawyer claimed that things reached a fever pitch after the Littrells won a court battle over where property lines lay on beachfront properties.
“When we won that case, Ms. Hill started to openly accuse those who had properties along the strip of the beach which were privately owned, of stealing their properties,” the lawyer claimed.
“She has taken it upon herself to make a public campaign, making my clients look like they are terrible people who stole the beach for which they paid an awful lot of money,” Ticktin alleged. “They stole nothing.”
Hill last month filed a motion to dismiss the claims against her, arguing the lawsuit was legally deficient.
In the Sunshine State, sand below the high tide water mark is public, while dry sand above the high tide line can be privately owned, though some towns have passed rules allowing the public to use even privately owned beaches.
The Littrell company, BLB Beach Hut, LLC, bought the 1,574-square-foot, three-bedroom, four-bathroom home in 2023 for $3.8 million.
The “I Want It That Way,” singer sued the Walton County Sheriff’s Office in July claiming the law enforcement agency wasn’t doing enough to protect his Gulf property from trespassers.
It wasn’t immediately clear what the status was of the suit against Sheriff’s office.
A hearing for Hill’s motion to dismiss Littrell’s case is scheduled for Dec. 11.
A video released in 2023 showed Leighanne insisting that a beachgoer, who set up a sunbathing spot on her property, needed to move to the “water’s edge.”
The Backstreet Boy stood silently holding up a “No Trespassing” sign while his wife and the man argued. The man said at one point he’s “not f–king moving” and told them to call the cops.
The dispute over the Littrell’s beach land has also been featured on the Instagram page Shoreline defender, with locals accusing the Littrell property manager of threatening them with a drill while he told people to leave the hotly contested shoreline spot.
In one video, a cop told the manager, “If you go near someone else with that f–king drill in your hand again, I’m going to take you to jail. You get me? Do you understand me?”
Lawyers for Hill didn’t immediately return a request for comment Friday. The Walton County Sheriff’s office said in July it can’t comment on pending litigation.
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