‘Backstreet Boys’ Star Brian Littrell Suffers Setback in Lawsuit Against Florida Neighbor Over ‘Trespassing’ at $3.8 Million Beach Home

"Backstreet Boys" star Brian Littrell suffered a setback in his lawsuit against a Florida neighbor, alleging she sought to "antagonize, bully, and harass" him and his family, after a judge dismissed his claim that her alleged trespassing on his $3.8 million mansion caused emotional harm.

Littrell, 50, has been embroiled in a bitter legal battle with his neighbor, Carolyn Barrington Hill, 67. He alleges she has invaded his privacy by going outside his beachfront Santa Rosa property.

The boy-band alum first filed a suit against Hill in September, accusing his neighbor of coming onto his property, despite the fact that he's "put up several ‘No Trespassing’ signs, along with chairs, umbrellas, and small tables delineating," as per the Walton County Circuit Court lawsuit, which was obtained by the New York Post.

In the suit, Hill, who brands herself as “semi-retired” and “on Medicare," is accused of “shouting and cursing at [the Littrell family] property manager and setting up various chairs and other pieces of beach furniture."

Littrell has been claiming that he has suffered emotional harm due to Hill's actions; however, a judge has now denied his claim.

Walton County Circuit Court Judge Jonathan Schlechter dismissed Littrell’s entire lawsuit against Hill on Feb. 17, noting that the singer can't claim emotional damages in a trespassing case. The judge also gave Littrell 20 days to refile with the right legal factors.

Schlechter also ruled that Littrell did not provide evidence that Hill had accessed a part of his property where he had “a reasonable expectation of privacy.”

Hill's lawyer, Heidi Mehaffey, applauded the judge for seeing “through the legal insufficiencies in the complaint.”

Mehaffey added, “The Florida Constitution protects Ms. Hill’s access to the shorelines to enjoy her local beach that she has frequented for decades. Ms. Hill will continue to stand strong in her defense that all have rights to access the beaches of Walton County without fear of litigation.”

Littrell’s lawyer, Peter Ticktin, noted, "We’ll be filing an amended complaint in pursuant to the order of the court. This is a normal procedure in the way complaints are processed and refined.”

The suit was filed by the singer; his wife, Leighanne; and their company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, under which they purchased the sprawling Florida property, which measures 1,574-square-feet and comes complete with three bedrooms and four bathrooms.

Littrell, who snapped up the home in 2023, claimed that Florida laws noted that the public could only use the beach up to the high tide line in the back of properties.

However, Hill refused to leave Littrell's home and allegedly filmed the family without permission.

Littrell further claimed that Hill is using his home to help local activists remove rules surrounding private beach use.

He alleged that he was "forced to hire security” to keep his family safe from beachgoers, adding that he even had to call the police in May to remove Hill from the property.

“My clients have been wanting to enjoy the peaceful use of their beach. They have been harassed by numerous organizations … day in and day out,” Littrell’s lawyer, Brent Day, said in court in December. “

However, Mehaffey argued that it was “vague.”