Dolly Parton’s manager dismisses lawsuit against singer’s nephew ahead of courtroom showdown

Dolly Parton’s supervisor has actually dismissed his suit versus her nephew, Bryan Seaver.

Danny Nozell and his legal representatives stated they were notifying of voluntary termination without bias of its claims in a filing Thursday, gotten by Page Six.

The filing exposes the possibility that they might bring the claims versus Seaver once again in the future. celebrities Dolly Parton and Danny Nozell sit together at a table during an event.

It is uncertain if the 2 reached a settlement.

Dolly Parton and her veteran supervisor, Danny Nozell, in February 2019. Nozell just recently dismissed his claim versus Parton’s nephew. Getty Images for NARAS
Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton’s nephew and previous head of security, was implicated by Danny Nozell of extortion and making hazards. Seaver is imagined above. bryan seaver/ instagram

The 2 were set to take on at a hearing that was set up for Tuesday.

Parton died on Aug. 25 after a secret fight with cancer. She was 80.

Less than a month after her death, the”Jolene”vocalist’s estate shockingly fired Seaver from his position as head of security.

A Tennessee judge then gave a short-lived limiting order(TRO)versus Seaver and his security business, buying them to remain 1,000 feet far from Parton’s workplaces in Nashville and from disrupting her organization.

Nozell, Parton’s supervisor of 20 years, declared in his claim submitted in September that Seaver– who revealed Parton’s death on social networks– was attempting to obtain him for cash and had actually been threatening him.

Bryan Seaver, seen in a December 2023 Instagram post, rejected Nozell’s extortion accusations, calling their exchanges personal rage talk. bryanmseaver/Instagram
Danny Nozell (center) with Kirt Webster (left) and Parton in April 2014. Nozell willingly dismissed his legal claims versus Seaver without bias, indicating he might pursue the

claims versus him once again in the future. Rick Diamond

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He likewise implicated him of “invoking his self-proclaimed military-contractor experience, access to weapons, and capability for violence” to require cash, and declared he began threatening him a couple of weeks before Parton passed away.

Seaver supposedly threatened, “All I do is warfare … everybody requires to be fretted about what I may do.”

Another among his supposed messages check out, “Her cash much better be larger than I can make in other places or I’m going to f– k everybody. I will end up being the hand of retribution for my whole household.”

Seaver rejected the claims and in a declaration to TMZ, he stated the messages were secured of context.

“Nothing in this claim were risks and the majority of the remarks I wait,” he shared. “I was talking honestly in a personal method with Danny who I believed was my good friend and he fancies himself a gangster. A great deal of these messages are 2 guys having rage talk and sobbing on the phone together while we were grieving.”

Page Six later specifically reported that Seaver presumably frightened staffers at the late nation vocalist’s Nashville hotel and museum, per Nozell’s claim.

Dolly Parton carries out in Nashville, Tennessee, in January 2025. Parton passed away in August 2026 at age 80. Getty Images
Bryan Seaver is seen here on Aug. 25, 2026, revealing his auntie Dolly Parton’s death. Dolly Parton/Instagram

A source informed us that Nozell might have ulterior intentions in pursuing this claim versus Seaver.

“He desires the household out of the photo, and wishes to turn her home into Graceland, “an expert informed us, keeping in mind that”Danny does not have the heart that Dolly did. ”

Last month, Seaver stated he was disallowed from the CMA homage to Parton– which included Reba McEntire, Katy Perry, Kelsea Ballerini and Carrie Underwood — in the middle of his legal fight with her estate.

“What a gorgeous homage. I was not welcomed. Nor was my child, Dolly’s songwriting guitar playing, claw hammer finger pickin children,” Seaver composed in a Facebook post.

“The rest of my whole household was welcomed. A couple of went to. My kids and I were informed not to go to. Such is life …” he continued.


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