Posted on: December 8, 2025, 05:28h.
Last updated on: December 8, 2025, 05:28h.
- Evans claims long-standing retaliatory actions and defamation by venue officials.
- Alleges assault and legal disputes sabotaged his music career.
- Reported actions by the venue tied to severe emotional and professional stress.
A litigious lounge singer, Brian Evans, is taking legal action against New Hampshire’s Hampton Beach Casino and co-owner Fred Schaake Jr, for defamation. He asserts that the venue has run a decades-long campaign aimed at “damaging [his] professional reputation, emotional health, and career path.”
Brian Evans describes himself on his site as a “contemporary icon” and “one of the most enthralling singers of this generation,” who has “won the hearts of countless fans with his timeless vocals.”
The 55-year-old singer’s track “At Fenway” – an ode to the Boston Red Sox’s Fenway Park featuring a video with William Shatner – reached #116 on the US singles chart in the Billboard issue dated May 4, 2013.
Assault with a Stun Gun
However, Evans’ career may have soared even higher if not for the alleged misconduct of the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, a prominent live music venue in New England, as stated in the lawsuit.
According to Evans, his initial interactions with the defendants – having performed at the ballroom as a teenager – were “characterized by exploitation, inadequate security, and ongoing retaliatory defamation.”
Specifically, he alleges that management tarnished his career by slandering him to booking agents after he declined to sign a contract and later sued the venue following a “life-threatening” assault while performing.
While opening for Ben E. King in 1991, the young singer suffered a violent attack by an individual wielding an electrical stun device, resulting in a concussion that required a two-day hospitalization.
“When the Plaintiff, still a minor, refused to enter a personal management contract that Defendants attempted to impose on him – a tactic aimed at seizing personal control over his career and earnings – Defendants became openly resentful. Their hostility intensified after the Plaintiff filed a legitimate lawsuit for negligent security following the assault,” the lawsuit contends.
After this incident, management supposedly told significant figures in the entertainment industry that Evans had sued the venue, while “intentionally excluding” crucial details, as per the plaintiff’s claims.
In 2015, Evans was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder resulting from years of “cumulative emotional distress” triggered by the assault and supposed subsequent retaliation, as outlined in court documents.
Evans’ Legal History
As reported by Seacoast Online, Evans, who once attempted a run for the US Senate in Hawaii, has a history of legal actions, including a $10 million lawsuit against the Hampton Board of Selectmen after they declined to erect a plaque in honor of his late mother, a case which was subsequently dismissed.
His latest lawsuit is currently filed in federal court in Florida, where he now resides. A federal case is required to be filed in a jurisdiction where either the defendants live or where the events transpired, neither of which applies to Florida in this instance.
In the early 1990s, while residing in California, Evans was arrested for impersonating “American Top 40” radio host Casey Kasem, using Kasem’s name to book flights. He later served time in prison after violating parole by leaving the state to perform the national anthem at a Baltimore Orioles game.