Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys says he and his family are receiving threats of violence over what he describes as his “private” beach in Florida.
“It will eventually come out, but all the pictures and the documents that we have from social media and the threats, the physical threats to my family … they’ve talked about burning our house down, burning it down,” he told Fox News in an interview published Tuesday.
“They’ve talked about bringing guns. They said, ‘Yeah, guns are allowed in Florida,’” Littrell, 51, said, claiming that they “want to spray us with mace,” as well as “punch [his] teeth out” in threats he labeled “crazy.”
“It’s scary to have to be in this small community with a lot of angry people honestly and then making us out to be these monsters that we’re not,” his wife Leighanne, 56, said. “We love this town, but now we don’t know where to eat because of who hates us.”
Brian has alleged in a civil complaint that he, Leighanne, and their son, Baylee, 23, have endured harassment and trespassing from a neighbor over their beachfront property in Santa Rosa Beach in Walton County.
The couple purchased it back in 2023 for $3.8 million, and initially filed a complaint against retiree Carolyn Barrington Hill in September 2025, alleging that she ignored their “no trespassing” signs and appeared on their property “on multiple occasions between April 26, 2025, and the time of filing.”
They also accused her of “shouting and cursing” at their property manager, “setting up various chairs and other pieces of beach furniture,” and of videotaping them without their express “knowledge or consent.”
They sought nearly $50,000 in damages from Hill in the feud. Littrell was forced to refile an amended complaint last month after a judge dismissed his previous filing in February stating that he failed “to state a claim for which relief can be granted.”
In a statement to Page Six, Brian and Leighanne’s lawyer Peter Ticktin previouslysaid: “There is no question that the Littrells own the beach behind their house right down to the mean high waterline. That beach is nothing less than their backyard.”
“Carolyn Barrington Hill has some kind of misguided agenda that calls for the making of all private beaches public,” the Littrells’ lawyer, Peter Ticktin, previously told Page Six in a statement.
“She is against private property rights and for reasons only she can understand, insists on trespassing on the Littrell’s property and encouraging others to join her in her foolhardy goal.”
Hill’s lawyer, Heidi Mehaffey, spoke to the California Post about the debacle last month, telling the publication that she believes the new case will be thrown out.
“Ms. Hill remains steadfast in her position that every person, regardless of social or financial status, has the constitutional right to access and enjoy Florida’s beaches without fear of intimidation through litigation,” she told The Post.
“The Florida Constitution protects Ms. Hill’s right to use the shoreline in Walton County, where she has recreated for decades and has never been cited for trespassing,” the attorney added. “No member of the public should be forced to risk costly litigation simply to enjoy Florida’s beaches as the Constitution guarantees.”
A lawyer for Hill did not immediately return Page Six’s request for comment on Tuesday regarding the Littrells’ claims of active threats to their family and home.
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