Carrot Top Accused of Sexual Misconduct; Lawyers Say It’s Extortion

The suicide attempt by comedian Carrot Top occurred as he faced an unfolding legal case involving allegations that he sent unwanted sexual material to a teenager, gave him alcohol, and later exploited him, according to multiple reports and legal documents. However, the legal team for Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson, has described the lawsuit and salacious court filings as extortion and blackmail by a serial litigator looking to get money out of the comedian in statements to a Florida court. The suicide attempt happened four days after 25-year-old Zachary Defazio made a statement as part of a lawsuit filed by another person that said when he was 19 he met Thompson, who was 56 at the time, through Grindr. He used his fame and money to gain trust before plying the then-teenager with alcohol and engaging in non-consensual sexual acts. That filing included graphic text messages that claimed to be from Thompson to Defazio. “I am a victim of Scott Thompson,” Defazio said in the filing. “That is not a theory.” The lawsuit that contained Defazio’s statement was filed by Brian Evans in Florida’s Broward County civil court in early August. Evans, a singer who had opened for Thompson and recor...