Did Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell really sue a Florida sheriff’s office over beach trespassing drama?

Brian Littrell has sued the Florida Sheriff’s office for not taking their duties over his beachfront property seriously. The Backstreet Boys singer filed a petition using his company in June 2025 seeking an injunction from the court to compel the deputies in the sheriff’s office to protect his property from trespassers.

Associated Press said Littrell’s company purchased the beachfront property in Santa Rosa Beach, Walton County, for $3.8 million in 2023. In the petition, Brian Littrell’s company stated that it had put out small umbrellas, chairs, and tables on the beach including “No Trespassing” signs to mark the place as a private property.

However, "trespassers” have disregarded the efforts and “have set out to antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing." The petition added that efforts to involve the Sheriff’s department in removing and dealing with trespassers have proved abortive, and the Littrell family has had to hire private security to enforce the stipulations.

When the country sherrif's office was approached for information, this is what they shared:

“The Walton County Sheriff’s Office prides itself on handling every situation, call for service, or interaction with professionalism using a customer service approach,” public information officer Lindsey Darby said in an email. “This has always been our philosophy and will remain so moving forward.”

"It's a fairness issue of the backyard of my place being a sanctuary," Brian Littrell speaks on the trespassing drama

Brian Littrell has joined the list of celebrities who have pushed for privacy and seclusion around their beach properties. For those unversed, under Florida laws, any sand on a beach below the water mark for high tide is public.

Over the years, some counties have adjusted the rules allowing residents to use the beachfronts for fishing, walking, and sunbathing if the property has historically been used. Littrell appeared on Fox News on July 16, 2025, where he talked about the trespassing issue:

"This is a truth issue. It's a fairness issue of the backyard of my place being a sanctuary."

The singer, referring to a bodycam footage of a police officer asking a woman to get off his property, stated:

"This lady in the video that you showed traveled past two or three public beaches just to get to this place to cause issues for my family."

Brian Littrell referred to the trespassing violations as people coming after his family:

"It's property rights, this is what we're talking about. I bought this place many years ago and they obviously know who I am. They're coming after my family. They're coming after my son, they're coming after my wife."

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