Zachary Defazio filed a sworn declaration in Broward County, Florida, putting his name behind the Carrot Top dispute and attaching alleged explicit messages tied to the case. He said he was 19 when he first met Scott Thompson in March 2021.
His declaration says Thompson, known as Carrot Top, contacted him through Grindr, first using an anonymous torso photo before arranging to meet at a bar in Winter Park, Florida. Defazio also said Thompson later gave him alcohol despite his age and that an October 2021 encounter happened when he was too intoxicated to consent.
March 2021 Meeting
Defazio declared, “I am a victim of Scott 'Carrot Top' Thompson.” The filing adds a second accuser to the broader dispute and ties the allegation to a specific timeline: March 2021 for the first meeting, then October 2021 for the alleged encounter. In a legal fight like this, that kind of chronology is the difference between a vague accusation and a paper trail.
The declaration also says Defazio did not know Brian Evans when his own legal claim was first made. He later contacted Evans after the dispute appeared on the public court docket and supplied his legal correspondence and claim documents himself, which means his name entered the public record after the underlying fight had already moved beyond a private exchange.
NeJame Law Demand
The most concrete dollar figure in the file comes from a June 2025 demand letter prepared by Defazio's former attorneys at NeJame Law. They sought to settle the allegations confidentially for $7.5 million, with legal fees, confidentiality, non-disparagement provisions, and a waiver of future claims included in the offer.
Those same lawyers said they had text messages, photographs, videos, and other digital communications to support Defazio's account. The filing includes screenshots of alleged exchanges with a number identified as Thompson's, including the lines “Craving your c-” and “Come over and c– on me after.” Defazio asked, “Are you only wanting to hookup? I wanted to be able to talk and stuff.” The response attributed to Thompson was, “We can do both.”
$15 Million Trial Claim
The settlement demand sits beside a far larger number: Defazio's former lawyers said his potential trial damages could reach at least $15 million. Their letter put the $7.5 million proposal at roughly one year of Thompson's alleged income and about 10 percent of his estimated net worth, which shows how aggressively the demand was framed for settlement leverage.
For readers tracking where this goes next, the filing is the signal. It gives the dispute a second accuser, new alleged digital evidence, and a price tag large enough to shape the rest of the fight, but the source does not lay out what Brian Evans has filed or what comes next in court.
