New Details on Carrot Top’s Suicide Attempt

New records and later statements have filled in what happened to Scott Thompson, the 61-year-old comic known as Carrot Top, on the afternoon of Sept. 18 in Las Vegas. He was found unconscious near the pool behind his house and taken to a hospital in critical condition. His Friday show at the Luxor was canceled.

Police and court files reviewed since the first report say he called a member of his team in distress, then texted his manager a single word: “Done.” That message triggered a welfare check. Officers found him in the backyard. A longtime friend was also part of the response chain.

His representative, Jami Schlicher, first said, “Mr. Thompson is recovering in the hospital and is receiving the care and support he needs.” She asked for privacy. A later update said he was “awake, breathing on his own and continuing to improve,” and that he had even shared “moments of humor with the medical staff.”

He spent about a week in the hospital. People and Page Six later confirmed he had been released and was home with family, “doing well.” The next Luxor date on the books is Oct. 19. MGM Resorts called him “a beloved member of the Luxor and MGM Resorts family.”

The new detail that followed him out of the ER is legal, not medical. Days before the attempt, public filings described sexual-misconduct allegations. One claim in a lawsuit said that in 2021 he gave alcohol to a 19-year-old at a Winter Park, Florida, home and engaged in sexual conduct when the man was too drunk to consent. Another man, Brian Evans, alleged Thompson sent him an explicit video of himself.

A police account obtained by TMZ said Thompson had been upset about an article on those claims when he called his manager. That does not prove a motive. It does place the hospitalization next to a reputational shock.

Thompson built a long Strip residency on red hair, props, and volume. The public file is now a suicide attempt, a week in critical care, a discharge home, and civil allegations that have not been tried.

His camp has not offered a narrative of the afternoon beyond recovery and a request to be left alone. The documents do the rest: a pool, a one-word text, a canceled Friday, and a comic who is no longer in a hospital bed.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988.