Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell sues Florida sheriff's office over trespassers on his beachfront home

Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell filed court documents accusing a Florida sheriff's office of failing to remove beachgoers who trespass on his oceanfront property and is asking a judge to intervene.

Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell filed court documents accusing a Florida sheriff's office of failing to remove beachgoers who trespass on his oceanfront property and is asking a judge to intervene.

Littrell's company, BLB Beach Hut LLC, sued for a writ of mandamus, which is a legal request that asks a judge to order the Walton County Sheriff’s Office to take action.

According to the petition filed last month in a Walton County court, Littrell has attempted to deter people from entering by placing "no trespassing" signs and marking the property line with chairs, small tables, and umbrellas.

But beachgoers continue to "antagonize, bully, and harass the Littrell family by regularly, every day, trespassing" on his property, the petition stated.

Under Florida law, any sand on a beach below the high tide water mark is considered public, The Associated Press reported. Homeowners with oceanfront property own the sand down to the average high-water line, according to AP, although some counties have passed local ordinances that allow the public to have access to the entire beach.