Brian Littrell, the 50-year-old Backstreet Boys singer, has filed a lawsuit against Walton County, Florida, accusing the sheriff’s department of failing to keep trespassers off his private beach.
The singer claims that to protect the peaceful enjoyment of his property, his limited liability company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, has installed “no trespassing” signs, as well as tables, chairs, and umbrellas marking the property boundary on the beach, according to Fox News Digital.
Despite these efforts, Littrell states that numerous trespassers continue to antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by regularly trespassing on BLB’s beach in open defiance of the law.
The lawsuit seeks a writ of mandamus — a court order compelling a public official or agency to perform a specific legal duty — requiring the sheriff’s department to enforce the law and keep trespassers off the beach.
Littrell further claims that he has been forced to hire security to protect his land and family and has filed a Walton County Trespass Authorization Form, authorizing the sheriff’s department to warn and prosecute trespassers on his property.
“Despite BLB’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,” the lawsuit reads, accusing the department of refusing to perform their duty.
The lawsuit also details several incidents, including one on May 4, when a sheriff’s deputy spoke to a trespasser but did not remove or cite them, reportedly saying the trespasser “doesn’t agree with private beaches” and calling BLB’s insistence on constitutional rights “lunacy.”
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On June 5, an alleged trespasser allegedly grabbed legal documents related to the dispute from the property manager and scattered them across the beach. Despite contacting the sheriff’s department twice that day regarding the aggressor, no officers were dispatched. When BLB personnel called a third time, the 911 operator hung up instead of sending help.
Littrell claims the sheriff’s department is openly defying BLB’s requests for assistance, with deputies overheard boasting they were “proud of not issuing any citations for trespassing on the property.”
The lawsuit also mentions a recent escalation in hostility, including property damage and disrespectful behavior by deputies as seen on body camera footage.
“We bought a home here on this private beach on the Gulf of America in order to be able to vacation in quiet,” Littrell said in a statement, referring to the area with terminology popularized by Donald Trump for the Gulf of Mexico.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment on pending litigation but stated it “prides itself on handling every situation… with professionalism using a customer service approach.”
