{"id":81190,"date":"2026-09-21T18:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=81190"},"modified":"2026-09-21T18:31:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T22:31:40","slug":"carrot-top-faces-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-and-extortion-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2026\/09\/21\/carrot-top-faces-sexual-misconduct-lawsuit-and-extortion-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrot Top Faces Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit and Extortion Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Recent court filings involve comedian Carrot Top (whose legal name is Scott Thompson) in related civil suits and declarations:<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Zachary Defazio’s Allegations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

On September 14, 2026, 25-year-old Zachary Defazio filed a sworn declaration in Broward County, Florida, accusing Thompson of sexual exploitation.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The Claims:<\/strong> Defazio alleges he met Thompson through the dating app Grindr in 2021 when Defazio was 19. He claims Thompson used “catfishing” tactics, provided him with alcohol while he was under the legal drinking age, and engaged in nonconsensual sexual conduct in October 2021 when Defazio was too intoxicated to consent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Prior Settlement Demand:<\/strong> Documents attached to the filing show Defazio’s former counsel sent a demand letter to Thompson in June 2025 offering a confidential $7.5 million settlement. Defazio\u2019s attorneys dropped the case on September 11, 2026, shortly before Defazio submitted his declaration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    2. The Brian Evans Lawsuit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Defazio submitted his declaration to support an ongoing lawsuit filed in August 2026 by singer Brian Evans, a former opening act for Thompson’s Las Vegas residency.<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • The Claims:<\/strong> Evans alleges Thompson sent him an unsolicited sexually explicit video in 2022 or 2023, causing him severe emotional distress. Evans is seeking to throw out a 2024 confidential settlement agreement he signed with Thompson.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      3. Carrot Top’s Defense & Extortion Counter-Allegations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Thompson\u2019s legal team has denied the claims, describing the filings and lawsuit as part of an extortion attempt:<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Blackmail Allegation:<\/strong> Court filings from Thompson’s attorneys allege Evans demanded $500,000 in exchange for settling claims and threatened to publish a sexually explicit video stored on a USB drive into the court docket if he was not paid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Legal Standing:<\/strong> Thompson\u2019s legal representative noted that a federal court previously labeled Evans a “vexatious litigant” whose filings were “serial” and “spurious.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Medical Context<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

        On Friday, September 18, 2026\u2014four days after Defazio\u2019s court filing\u2014Thompson was hospitalized in Las Vegas following a reported suicide attempt, resulting in the cancellation of his shows at the Luxor Hotel & Casino.<\/sup> His representative confirmed he is recovering surrounded by family and focusing on his health.<\/sup> All civil claims remain unproven allegations in court.<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Recent court filings involve comedian Carrot Top (whose legal name is Scott Thompson) in related civil suits and declarations: 1. Zachary Defazio’s Allegations On September 14, 2026, 25-year-old Zachary Defazio… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":true,"token":"eyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvaTAud3AuY29tXC9sYWtlbGFuZGdhemV0dGUuaW5mb1wvbmV3c1wvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDlcL0NhcnJvdC1Ub3Aud2VicD9maXQ9Njc4JTJDNDUyJnNzbD0xIiwidHh0IjoiQ2Fycm90IFRvcCBGYWNlcyBTZXh1YWwgTWlzY29uZHVjdCBMYXdzdWl0IGFuZCBFeHRvcnRpb24gQ2xhaW1zIiwidGVtcGxhdGUiOiJkb2lzIiwiZm9udCI6IiIsImJsb2dfaWQiOjE2MzA0MDY2MX0.HkQGWRmZt9ftx7cGTQZrOp7VXhCz5Xwh5I9IRywXNlkMQ"},"version":2,"media_source":"sig","attached_media":[{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/jetpack.com\/redirect\/?source=sigenerate&query=t%3DeyJpbWciOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbGFrZWxhbmRnYXpldHRlLmluZm9cL25ld3NcL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjZcLzA5XC9DYXJyb3QtVG9wLndlYnAiLCJ0eHQiOiJDYXJyb3QgVG9wIEZhY2VzIFNleHVhbCBNaXNjb25kdWN0IExhd3N1aXQgYW5kIEV4dG9ydGlvbiBDbGFpbXMiLCJ0ZW1wbGF0ZSI6ImRvaXMiLCJmb250IjoiIiwiYmxvZ19pZCI6MTYzMDQwNjYxfQ.4P7xdJILDGSWm-A7ra9-GsrbJfWL4p-_l-Brx_X3_rsMQ","type":"image\/jpeg"}]},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[17374,17371,17377,17376,17375,17372,16950,17373],"class_list":["post-81190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional-and-world-news","tag-brian-evans","tag-carrot-top","tag-celebrity-news","tag-extortion","tag-lawsuit","tag-scott-thompson","tag-sexual-misconduct","tag-zachary-defazio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81193,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81190\/revisions\/81193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}