“They were filming. They were using our stuff and our (surfboards)…”
The war between surfers and members-in-good-standing of boy bands took a dramatic turn, today, after it was announced that Brian Littrell of the Backstreet Boys sued his local Florida sheriff dept. for failing to keep trespassing surfers, and non-surfers too, I suppose, off his private beach.
Very frustrated, the 50-year-old singer/dancer told Fox News, “This is the American dream. Like I’ve worked for three decades, longer than three decades, in the music business to have some sort of honesty and transparency in my music. You know, music is an emotion that brings all kinds of walks of life together for happiness and joy. And so I think I could walk out on the beach and, you know, people would be like, ‘Hey, man, it’s nice to meet you,’ but just keep it moving, like just keep walking, because that beach access doesn’t entitle you to a public beach.”
“It’s very frustrating, and this has been a humbling experience, I have to say, because [we’re] not getting any help, it’s not getting anywhere,” he continued. “Hopefully, we’ll get some sort of resolve or some sort of communication that will come out of this that will basically draw the line in the sand, no pun intended, where, ‘Hey, just keep it moving. This is private.’ We don’t want any qualms.”
Littrell declared that the “tipping point” leading to his lawsuit against the cops came a few weeks ago when “My wife called 911 three times and nobody showed. Nobody showed at all. We had trespassers on our property. They were filming. They were using our stuff and our equipment (surfboards?), and our beach stuff (SUP paddles?), and, no, she’s not gonna walk out there by herself. And the third time she called 911, the dispatch lady hung up on her. So this is a heartfelt plea for all property owners that you have rights. You know, we have rights just like everybody else.”
Heartfelt.
Do you think it will move the trespassing surfers? Or do you think they will continue to meddle?
The sheriff dept., for its part, would not comment on public litigation which means it’s up to you.
Thoughts?
