Backstreet Boys icon Brian Littrell opened up in an interview with Fox News about his ongoing dispute with his neighbors, who he says are intentionally trespassing on his property in Santa Rosa Beach.
As he continues his years-long fight against his fellow community members in Walton County, Florida, Littrell said there have been threats made to burn down his home, where he, his wife, Leighanne, and their 23-year-old son, Baylee, live.
Brian Littrell & His Family Living in Fear at Beachfront Home
“It will eventually come out… all the pictures and the documents that we have from social media and the threats, the physical threats, to my family,” he said. “They’ve talked about burning our house down, burning it down. They’ve talked about bringing guns. They said, ‘Yeah, guns are allowed in Florida.’ They want to spray us with mace. They want to punch my teeth out, you know, it’s like, it’s crazy.”
Littrell’s wife, Leighanne, commented on their public dispute, expressing fear in having so many people within a small community rage against her family.
“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,” Leighanne said. “We love this town, but now we don’t know where to eat because of who hates us.”
The 51-year-old former pop star and his wife bought their home in 2023 for $3.8 million, according to the Associated Press. Since then, they’ve repeatedly run into trouble with neighbors encroaching on their property. However, community members argue that while Brian’s home is located on the beach with direct access, they aren’t trespassing because it’s a public area.
With growing concern, the singer has been forced to put up signs that say “No Trespassing.” According to a complaint Brian filed in June 2025 against the Walton County Sheriff’s Office, he and his family also hired private security. At the time of his complaint, Brian sued the sheriff’s office, claiming they failed to keep trespassers off his property despite his repeated reports, People reported.
Brian Littrell Says Neighbors Intentionally Harasses Him
Littrell alleged in a September 2025 complaint that his neighbor Carolyn Hill has knowingly trespassed on his property several times in an attempt to harass him.
The complaint said that Hill “set out to antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by frequently trespassing” on their property “in open defiance of the ‘No Trespassing’ signs.” It also stated that Hill’s actions interfered with the family’s “use and enjoyment of the property.”
According to court records obtained by People, the Backstreet Boys singer filed an additional complaint on February 25, demanding a jury trial and citing damages of $50,000. Hill responded with a motion to dismiss the complaint on March 17.
Amid the controversy, Brian’s attorney Peter Ticktin of Ticktin Law presented his argument to Fox News, saying that his client deserves to enjoy the fruits of his labor and be able to do so in privacy.
“I know Brian is referring to the beach as a piece of sand, but the fact of the matter is, that’s his backyard. That’s his private backyard,” Ticktin said. “For people to decide to camp out in his backyard is no different than if they were to camp out in anybody else’s backyard.”
I don’t know about Florida, but in California and Oregon, the State owns the actual beach. No idea what the setback is.
However, if he does indeed own the beach to the water’s edge, He should just put up fences, to define his property, and 24 hour security cameras with anti-tampering sensors, so he can call the police when someone tries to remove or tear down his fence.
One road block to this idea is the HOA where he lives, but then, if he can show illegal infringement on his property, the HOA would probably lose in court, if they tried to make him take it down or refused to let him build it. I am not an attorney but I imagine he could claim the HOA wasn’t protecting his privacy, therefore any agreements he signed when he purchased his home and property, would be null and void.