Dolly Parton’s tragic passing has ignited a severe conflict between her household and property.
On Monday, September 21, TMZ reported that Parton’s nephew and longtime head of safety, Bryan Seaver, was fired. Only a day later, the property accused Seaver of creating violent threats and making an attempt to destroy her status and enterprise pursuits. It additionally filed a restraining order towards him.
She’s Alive LLC, the entity established to protect Parton’s reminiscence, petitioned a Nashville choose for a restraining order towards Seaver to maintain him away from workers and enterprise issues.
In a press release to ABC Information on September 23, Seaver confirmed his termination and the authorized motion taken towards him. “The restraining order is spurious and easily a publicity stunt,” he informed the outlet.
Based on courtroom paperwork obtained by Folks, She’s Alive LLC additionally filed a lawsuit towards Seaver, claiming he turned more and more “emboldened” after Parton died of most cancers on Aug. 25, 2026.
“Mr. Seaver started his marketing campaign of threats, intimidation, and coercion a couple of weeks previous to Ms. Parton’s passing…. In writing, he vowed to ‘destroy the complete model’ and likewise informed her leisure lawyer: “I’m not an leisure individual. I’m a killer,’” one of many filings learn.
The go well with states that the nation music icon deeply beloved her household, a lot in order that she was dedicated to using relations who finest match her model. One grievance alleged that Seaver swore he would tarnish the “9 to five” singer’s model and “inflict reputational and financial hurt” on these defending her legacy. The paperwork claimed he mentioned he would even begin a podcast particularly to wreck Parton’s legacy if he wasn’t paid.
Sever additionally allegedly issued “threats of real-world violence” to Parton’s workforce, incessantly referencing his previous as a army contractor. The go well with argues that this conduct instantly led to his firing, as She’s Alive LLC is “armed with an obligation to guard the workers and companions who promote [Parton’s] model and partnership.”
“Because the entity entrusted by Ms. Parton to guard and promote her life’s work for future generations, SAL should domesticate a protected work atmosphere for workers, advisors, and companions, free from intimidation or hostility—significantly intimidation by an armed former safety contractor,” a separate submitting said. “With out aid, Defendants’ calculated marketing campaign will proceed to inflict concern, to destabilize SAL’s operations, and to trigger additional irreparable hurt.”
Seaver reportedly obtained his termination letter on Wednesday, September 16. Since then, substitute guards have taken over Parton’s properties in Nashville, in addition to her museum and warehouse.
In a press release to TMZ, Seaver and his safety workforce slammed Parton’s longtime supervisor Danny Nozell and Pinnacle Financial institution, alleging they have been “dismayed by the surprising and, to date, unexplained actions” taken after Parton’s loss of life.
“We stay unshakably resolved to satisfy her closing directive to guard her household, and we refuse to be intimidated by these whose actions we consider are being taken in unhealthy religion and with the intent to revenue from the life of somebody who willingly gave a lot,” they concluded.
