Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell says he and his family have received threats of violence over his “private” beach in Florida.
“Eventually it will come out, but all the photos and documents that we got from social media, and the threats, physical threats against my family… They were talking about burning down our house, burning it down,” he told Fox News in an interview published Tuesday.
“They’re talking about bringing guns in. They said, ‘Oh, guns are allowed in Florida,'” said Littrell, 51, who claimed they wanted to “spray us with mace” and then “knock out (his) teeth out” in a threat they labeled “insane.”
“It’s scary that we have to be in this small community where there are so many angry people, to be honest, and yet we have to be made to feel like we’re monsters that we’re not,” said his wife, Regan, 56. “We love this town, but we don’t know where to eat because everyone hates us.”
Ryan and his 23-year-old son, Bailey, allege in a civil lawsuit that Ryan is harassed and trespassed by neighbors at their waterfront property in Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County.
The couple bought the building in 2023 for $3.8 million and originally filed a complaint in September 2025 against retiree Carolyn Barrington-Hill, accusing her of appearing on their property “on multiple occasions between April 26, 2025 and the time of filing” in defiance of “No Trespassing” signs.
They also accused her of “shouting and swearing” at the property manager, “setting up various chairs and other beach furniture” and videotaping them without their explicit “knowledge or consent.”
They sought nearly $50,000 in damages from Hill in the dispute. Littrell was forced to refile an amended complaint last month after a judge dismissed her previous suit because it “failed to state a claim for which relief could be granted.”
Brian and Regan’s attorney, Peter Ticktin, previously said in a statement to Page Six: “There is no question that the Littrells own the beach behind their home up to the mean high water mark. That beach is their backyard.”
“Carolyn Barrington Hill has some kind of false agenda that calls for all private beaches to be opened to the public,” Littrell family attorney Peter Tichtin previously told Page Six in a statement.
“She opposes private property rights and, for reasons only she can understand, trespasses on the Littrell family property and encourages others to join her in her reckless goals.”
Hill’s attorney, Heidi Mehaffey, spoke to the California Post last month about the debacle and said she believed the new lawsuit would be dismissed.
“Ms. Hill remains steadfast in her position that all people, regardless of social or economic status, have a constitutional right to access and enjoy Florida’s beaches without fear of threat of litigation,” she told the paper.
“The Florida Constitution protects Mr. Hill’s right to use Walton County’s shoreline, which has been regenerating for decades, and he has never been charged with trespassing,” the attorney added. “As our Constitution guarantees, citizens should not be forced to risk costly lawsuits just to enjoy Florida’s beaches.”
Hill’s attorney did not immediately respond Tuesday to a request for comment about the active threats against the Littrells’ family and home.
