Brian Littrell called his neighbor “gay” and “pie” during a heated beach trespassing dispute last month that was caught on camera.
The video, obtained by Page Six on Tuesday, shows the Backstreet Boys star getting into an argument with a man named Kyle Gallagher on March 22 in Walton County, Florida.
According to court documents obtained by us, Littrell submitted the video as part of the assault case he filed against Gallagher after the incident.
“What, dude?” Littrell, 51, said after accusing Gallagher of stealing his phone.
“You can’t throw that in my face, brother,” Gallagher shot back. “Get out of my face, brother.”
After a brief exchange about shoving cell phones in each other’s faces, Gallagher told the “I Want It That Way” singer that he was “lucky” Littrell didn’t “knock[him]out.”
“You came around me from behind, dude, I videotaped you,” Gallagher continues. “You, brother. You bought a house next to private property, so that’s not what you’re going to do.”
After another brief exchange about who was filming who, Littrell called his Santa Rosa Beach neighbor a homophobic slur.
“Do you want to be gay? Do you want to be gay?” Littrell says. “This is what I’m dealing with: Get him removed (from the beach). Public access doesn’t allow public beaches.”
“It’s over, brother,” Gallagher added at the end. “You don’t get privacy. You’ll never get privacy here.”
But the incident didn’t end there, and the Backstreet Boys star went on to call 911, using the shocking video as evidence, before attempting to force his neighbor to charge him with battery over the incident.
According to court documents obtained by Page Six, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office submitted a warrant for Gallagher’s arrest for review by the State’s Attorney’s Office.
However, Walton County Chief Assistant State’s Attorney Josh Mitchell decided not to recommend a warrant because there was “no criminal intent.”
“Littrell was assaulted by hostile beach protesters,” the singer’s lawyer Peter Tichtin told local broadcaster WMBB after the case concluded this week. “A report was made to the Sheriff’s Office of recklessness.”
He added, “The assault was bad enough, but the fact that the Sheriff’s Office is not enforcing the law puts our entire community at greater risk.”
Representatives for Littrell and the Backstreet Boys did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
The “Everybody” singer previously accused another Walton County resident, Carolyn Barrington Hill, of trespassing on her Santa Rosa Beach property in an unrelated civil complaint last year.
The complaint, filed in September 2025, alleges Hill “attempted to antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by frequently trespassing” on their property.
Littrell and his wife, Regan, sought $50,000 in damages. But in February, a judge dismissed the suit “without prejudice” because it “failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.”
