Add Page Six on Google Carrot Top’s lawyer’s confirmed the comedian’s suicide attempt in bombshell new court documents.
According to a motion obtained Tuesday by Page Six, the comedian’s lawyer filed an emergency motion on Sunday to halt his former opening act, singer Brian Evans, from filing further documents after allegedly attempting to extort him over a sex tape before his suicide attempt.
In the filing, attorney Ronnie Bitman wrote that, on Sept. 18, the actor (real name: Scott Thompson) was “hospitalized following a suicide attempt.”
The filing asked for “immediate protective relief” in the form of “restriction” of Evans’ filings, as well as “deactivation of e-filing privileges.”
Calling the prop comedian a “national icon and entertainment treasure,” the docs state, “This is now an emergency in the most human sense.”
“A public filing can become national news almost immediately. This has been Evans’ modus operandi in repeatedly extorting Mr. Thompson with the threat of exposing him to ill repute, false allegations, and salacious materials.”
The documents also cite TMZ’s original report on Thompson’s suicide attempt at his Las Vegas residence, which initially cited “sources familiar with the situation.”
Though the actor’s rep, Jami Schlicher, confirmed to Page Six at the time that her client been hospitalized, she stopped short of addressed the outlet’s report of a suicide attempt.
“Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs,” Schlicher told us in a statement. “His family and those closest to him are deeply grateful for the concern, prayers and respectfully ask for privacy.”
TMZ reported on Monday that Thompson had overdosed by ingesting prescription medicine prior to his hospitalization.
The news outlet claimed Clark County Fire Department responders headed to the comedian’s home at around 4:20 p.m. Friday following an emergency call regarding a 61-year-old male who was “not alert” at the time.
Thompson was transported to a local hospital via private ambulance, despite a City of Las Vegas ambulance responding to the scene, according to TMZ.
The outlet also published photos of several cops cars — with their lights flashing — outside the star’s Las Vegas residence, taken by a bystander.
Schlicher told Page Six on Sunday that Thompson “remains hospitalized and under close medical care,” and that he’s “now awake, breathing on his own and continuing to improve, surrounded by his family and those closest to him.”
She added, “Humor has always been such an important part of who Scott is and how he connects with people, and that remains true today as he shares moments of humor with the medical staff caring for him.”
A handful of Thompson’s famed prop comedy shows at the Luxor Hotel and Casino were canceled following the incident, throwing the show’s future into uncertain territory. As of this article’s publishing, Thompson’s next show listed on the resort’s calendar is set for Sept. 28.
According to court docs previously obtained by Page Six, the actor was being extorted over a sex tape leading up to his suicide attempt.
Bitman alleged in documents filed Sept. 3 in Broward County, Florida — where Thompson has a residence — that Evans, who had been an opening performer for Thompson’s Vegas show, had threatened to release an inappropriate video of Thompson if he wasn’t presented with “immediately available funds” totaling $500,000.
“Evans demands immediate payment of significant sums and states that, absent immediate payment, a sexually explicit recording of Thompson will be filed in the public court file so that it may be obtained and disseminated by the press and other parties,” the attorney wrote in part.
Evans responded in a statement to Page Six that the communication was “intended to be confidential” and insisted that he “never threatened — ever — to post any video anywhere in exchange for a settlement.”
He also claimed the footage in question was “was deleted a long time ago” due to a prior settlement agreement.
“I am sorry that Scott apparently did something to hurt himself,” the singer told Page Six. “He’s a great talent but these are issues he needs to deal with and move past.”
Evans added that his former friend “is still young and has a big life ahead of him. It’s not my intent to bring this guy down. It’s the opposite.” Of Thompson, he added, “Thankfully he is still with us.”
Thompson’s show has been a maintsay at the Atrium Showroom at the Luxor since November 2005.
He’s lampooned himself in several TV guest cameos, notably appearing opposite Jean Smart’s fictional Vegas comedian Deborah Vance in a 2024 episode of “Hacks.”
The comedian and actor lent his fame to PACER’s National Bullying Prevention Center to form the Together Against Bullying (TAG) campaign, headlining a show in nearby Reno, Nevada, back in 2015, saying at the time that he wanted “kids to know that they are special and don’t have to be victims to bullies.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) or text Crisis Text Line at 741741
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