Comedian Carrot Top — born Scott Thompson — is facing sexual misconduct allegations from multiple women following a recent hospitalization for an alleged self-harm attempt at his Las Vegas home.
The 61-year-old prop comic, a longtime Las Vegas headliner with a residency at the Luxor running since 2005, was hospitalized in mid-September after emergency personnel responded to a call regarding a self-inflicted medical emergency. According to a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department report obtained by Us Weekly, officers responded to a medical dispatch call about a suicidal male at Thompson's home on September 18 at 4:21 p.m., finding him unconscious in the backyard near the pool, breathing but unresponsive. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition; his representative later confirmed he was released and is home, "awake" and "breathing on his own."
The police report reveals the sequence that preceded the crisis. Thompson's tour manager, Daniel O'Leary, told police that a news article broke at approximately 3:20 p.m. covering a lawsuit filed against Thompson accusing him of sexual misconduct. O'Leary described Thompson as upset, saying the comedian feared his shows would be stopped. Thompson told O'Leary he hoped an unnamed woman and her daughter "would be okay" without him, then hung up and texted a single word: "done." Unable to reach him afterward, O'Leary called the woman and asked her to check on Thompson; she found him by the pool and called for help. Thompson's attorney later confirmed the suicide attempt in a September 20 court filing.
In the wake of the incident, several women have come forward with allegations against Thompson spanning past years. According to reports, the accusers allege he leveraged his celebrity status to make unwanted physical and sexual advances during private social gatherings and backstage encounters, describing unwanted touching, coercive behavior and inappropriate comments directed at female acquaintances and event staff. The lawsuit referenced in the police report accuses him of sexual misconduct, though its full details have not been made public.
Several of Thompson's comedy shows were canceled following his hospitalization. His representative has not issued a detailed public response to the misconduct allegations, which remain unproven. The case has cast a shadow over one of Las Vegas's longest-running comedy residencies — and raised difficult questions about how the industry reckons with allegations that surface only after a crisis.
Thompson is also fighting a separate legal battle with singer Brian Evans, linked to an alleged explicit tape of the comedian; Evans has denied wrongdoing, and a threatening video allegedly sent to Thompson's former legal team surfaced amid claims that Evans tried to pressure Thompson into paying hundreds of thousands of dollars. TMZ previously reported that Thompson suffered a suspected prescription drug overdose before he was rushed to the hospital. Between the misconduct lawsuit, the Evans dispute and the canceled shows, the comedian faces converging crises on multiple fronts — with his representatives offering little public comment on any of them.