Carrot Top was Extorted With Sex Tape Before Alleged Suicide Attempt
by Alana Mastrangelo
Legendary comedian Carrot Top was being extorted over a sex tape before his alleged suicide attempt reported on Friday, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
Musician Brian Evans — who previously performed as Carrot Top’s opener in Las Vegas — threatened to leak an X-rated video of the comedian if he wasn’t paid, the comedian’s attorney, Ronnie Bitman, claimed in a September 3 filing in Broward County, Florida.
“Evans demands immediate payment of significant sums and states that, absent immediate payment, a sexually explicit recording” of Carrot Top — whose real name is Scott Thompson — “will be filed in the public court file so that it may be obtained and disseminated by the press and other parties,” Bitman said.
The court filing included an email from Evans to Bitman asking for $500,000 “in immediately available funds, in exchange for resolution of all claims against” Carrot Top.
If the money was not paid, Evans reportedly indicated that he would release the video — stored on a USB drive — in a public court docket.
In his email, the musician wrote, “It is not a threat. I am not offering to create coverage, stop coverage, or trade silence for money. I cannot control what outlets write after a public motion is filed. The only thing that stops coverage is if we both stop filing anything.”
“I am telling you,” Evans continued. “That I would rather resolve the claims against your client [Thompson] than continue this motion practice.”
Evans concluded his email informing Bitman that if his deadline is not met, “it is not an offer your client will ever see again — not even remotely close.”
The musician told Page Six that his email was “intended to be confidential” and claimed he “never threatened — ever — to post any video anywhere in exchange for a settlement.”