$500,000 for a sex tape: Carrot Top was being blackmailed before his alleged suicide attempt

C arrot Top , whose real name is Scott Thompson , was at the center of a legal dispute involving an alleged sexually explicit recording and a $500,000 settlement demand in the weeks before he was hospitalized following what TMZ reported as a suicide attempt.

According to court documents obtained by Page Six, Thompson's attorney, Ronnie Bitman , accused musician Brian Evans of attempting to use an explicit video involving the comedian as leverage in the dispute.

The filing, dated September 3, alleged that Evans had threatened to have the recording placed into the public court docket unless Thompson agreed to pay a substantial sum.

The dispute involves Evans , a former opening performer for Thompson's long-running Las Vegas residency. Evans filed a lawsuit against Thompson in Florida, alleging that the comedian sent him unsolicited explicit footage in 2022 or 2023.

In the September filing, Bitman wrote: “Evans demands immediate payment of significant sums and states that, absent immediate payment, a sexually explicit recording of Thompson will be filed in the public court file so that it may be obtained and disseminated by the press and other parties.”

The filing included correspondence in which Evans requested $500,000 in "immediately available funds" in exchange for resolving his claims against Thompson. D

Evans disputed the characterization of his communications as extortion, saying the email was intended to be confidential and insisting that he had never threatened to publish a video in exchange for money.

Evans also told Page Six that the video had been deleted under an earlier settlement agreement. His position is therefore substantially different from the allegation made by Thompson's legal team, leaving the circumstances of the dispute contested.

A legal battle that intensified before Thompson's hospitalization

The court fight has continued through several filings and proceedings in Florida. Evans previously filed a federal case against Thompson , but that action was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on August 6, allowing the dispute to continue elsewhere.

Thompson's representative, Jami Schlicher , has also challenged Evans' credibility as a litigant. She pointed to a September 4 federal court filing in which a judge described Evans as a "vexatious litigant" and said he had filed at least 15 cases in the district since 2025 that appeared frivolous, according to Page Six's reporting.

A separate Broward County proceeding also produced a ruling from Judge Shari Africk Olefson concerning Evans ' filings.

According to the documents, the judge found that Evans had improperly used the emergency-motion procedure and ordered certain material removed or treated as confidential.

The underlying lawsuit includes Evans ' allegation that Thompson sent him an unsolicited video depicting the comedian engaging in a sexual act. Evans has said he was "shocked, disturbed and offended" by the material.

Evans has also sought to challenge a 2024 settlement agreement, arguing that he lacked the mental capacity to knowingly enter into the contract because of what he described as severe psychiatric injuries following the 2023 Maui wildfires.

Those claims and counterclaims remain allegations within civil litigation and have not established criminal wrongdoing by Thompson . There is no indication from the available court record that Thompson has been criminally charged in connection with the allegations.

The legal developments came shortly before Thompson was hospitalized in Las Vegas on September 18. TMZ reported that he had allegedly attempted suicide, while his representative confirmed only that he was receiving medical care and recovering.

“Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs,” Schlicher said. “His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”

The hospitalization also forced the cancellation of Thompson's weekend performances at the Luxor. He has been the venue's headline performer since 2005, making his residency one of the longest-running current shows on the Las Vegas Strip.

Evans, meanwhile, expressed sympathy for Thompson despite their legal conflict. Speaking to Page Six, he said: “I am sorry that Scott apparently did something to hurt himself,” while noting that his own grandfather died by suicide.

He added: “He’s a great talent but these are issues he needs to deal with and move past.”

Evans also said he does not “consider Scott to be a bad person,” while arguing that Thompson had "made a few decisions that were not good ones."

“Scott is still young and has a big life ahead of him. It’s not my intent to bring this guy down. It’s the opposite,” Evans continued. “Thankfully he is still with us.”

For now, the legal dispute remains unresolved, while Thompson's immediate priority is his recovery. His representative has asked the public to respect the family's privacy, and the future of his long-running Luxor residency remains uncertain following the canceled performances.