Records Show Carrot Top Moved His Vegas Home Into a Trust Days After His Accuser Hired Counsel

Scott “Carrot Top” Thompson signed over his interest in his Las Vegas residence to a trust 11 days after the man now accusing him of sexual assault retained a Florida law firm, according to property records reported by Radar Online on Oct. 30.

The four-page Nevada deed, recorded with the Clark County Recorder’s Office on May 20, 2025, lists Thompson as grantor and the trustee of the FLANEV TRUST as recipient, Radar reported. An accompanying Nevada Declaration of Value lists the transfer value as $0 and claims an exemption from real estate transfer tax, describing the transaction as a transfer to a trust without consideration.

On May 9, 2025, Zachary DeFazio signed a seven-page representation agreement with NeJame Law of Orlando. The agreement authorized the firm to investigate his allegations against Thompson, pursue a possible resolution and file suit if warranted, according to Radar. DeFazio alleges that Thompson sexually assaulted him in Winter Park, Florida, in 2021, when DeFazio was 19. Thompson has not been charged with any crime, and none of the allegations has been proven.

Radar found a second property connected to the same trust. The Orange County, Florida, Property Appraiser lists FLANEV TRUST as the current owner of a lakefront home in Winter Park, a five-bedroom, three-bath house built in 1950 on about 1.31 acres with a pool, spa and boathouse. County records put its 2026 market value at $5,338,340. Its sales history shows a transaction on May 20, 2025, the same day as the Nevada deed, recorded at $100. Radar said it had not yet examined the underlying Florida deed to establish the parties or terms.

The outlet was explicit about the limits of what the documents show. Transferring real estate into a trust is a common and lawful estate-planning step, it noted. The records do not establish fraudulent intent or an attempt to shield assets from creditors, and they do not show whether Thompson knew of DeFazio’s potential claims when he signed. IBTimes UK, following Radar’s report, said no evidence links the two events. Thompson’s representative declined to comment, according to IBTimes.

The filings add to a crowded legal picture. DeFazio’s allegations surfaced in a September declaration filed in a Broward County lawsuit brought by Brian Evans, a singer and former opening act who is suing Thompson. On Oct. 22, DeFazio spent about five hours with Winter Park police, who have said the matter is under investigation, Radar reported. Thompson’s attorney, Ronnie Bitman, has accused Evans of extortion in court filings, which Evans denies. On Oct. 23, Radar reported that Evans was seeking to add Thompson and his company to a $10 million defamation suit Evans filed against Thompson’s lawyers. Radar has also reported on an August 2025 civil settlement between Thompson and DeFazio that recorded Thompson’s denial of liability.

Thompson, 61, was hospitalized in September and returned to his residency at the Luxor in Las Vegas on Oct. 19.

Mark Groubert said he had never been much of a fan of the comedian, but felt obliged to stay on the story. “Now the story keeps going, so we have to follow it just from a journalistic point of view,” he said.

He turned the property question over to his viewers, asking the chat to guess what the house was worth. Bids ran from $500,000 to an obviously facetious $200 million before he read out the $5.34 million county valuation. He attributed that number to the Las Vegas residence. In Radar’s report, the $5.34 million figure belongs to the Winter Park lakefront property, and no market value is given for the Nevada home.

Groubert was blunt about how he read the timing. “$5.3 million is the estate of Carrot Top that is now being transferred out of harm’s way,” he said. That is his interpretation. The documents, as Radar described them, do not establish a motive for either transfer.

He said he had been struck by the scale of Thompson’s holdings. “I was surprised how large Carrot Top was living,” he said, adding that the story was “far from over.”

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