{"id":881422,"date":"2026-10-14T00:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881422\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T00:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:44:13","slug":"dolly-partons-nephew-responds-to-restraining-order-denies-threatening-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/881422\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s nephew responds to restraining order, denies threatening violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dolly Parton\u2019s nephew denied accusations that he threatened to use violence and destroy his aunt\u2019s legacy, telling the court the messages were taken out of context from a specific business dispute, according to a new court filing. <\/p>\n

Bryan Seaver submitted an affidavit on Tuesday in Nashville, Tennessee, in response to a temporary restraining order request by She\u2019s Alive<\/a>, the entity that manages and protects Parton\u2019s professional property and business. The company had accused Seaver last month of sending increasingly threatening messages and describing himself as an \u201cinternational arms dealer\u201d as part of the threats. <\/p>\n

According to Seaver, the situation arose from a dispute between his security company and the company that operates Dolly\u2019s hotel and museum in downtown Nashville. Seaver\u2019s company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services, provided security for the hotel and was owed approximately $251,000 in services rendered, the affidavit said. <\/p>\n

\u201cSAPS had not been paid since approximately one to two weeks before Ms. Parton died on August 25, 2026,\u201d Seaver said. <\/p>\n

All invoices from Seaver prior to Parton\u2019s death were sent to Danny Nozell, Parton\u2019s longtime manager who runs She\u2019s Alive, he said in the affidavit. The messages referred to in the restraining order were sent directly to Nozell, Seaver said. <\/p>\n

Seaver said in his affidavit that the messages were \u201csent in the course of private conversations between two friends\u201d and that they were never sent to employees of She\u2019s Alive, referred to as \u201cSAL\u201d in the filing. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have never threatened physical harm to Mr. Nozell, to any SAL employee, contractor, attorney, advisor, or business partner, or to anyone else associated with SAL,\u201d Seaver said. \u201cI have no intention of doing so.\u201d <\/p>\n

Seaver describes his messages to Nozell regarding the alleged threat to ruin Parton\u2019s legacy as part of his frustration at not being paid by the company managing her hotel, Herschend Family Entertainment. He said the podcast conversation was part of a larger discussion on the large number of media requests Seaver received following his aunt\u2019s death, which Nozell was advising him on. <\/p>\n

The message from Seaver read, \u201cI\u2019m going to set up a podcast dedicated to ruining Dolly\u2019s brand partnerships and telling the violations these people have done on us. It\u2019s going to be great. Or f—— pay me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were not a threat made to SAL or any third party. Mr. Nozell never replied that I should not do it or that it was a bad idea,\u201d Seaver said in the affidavit. <\/p>\n

Seaver also included screenshots of messages in which he references being an international arms dealer in his filing. Part of Seaver\u2019s security work involves working as an arms broker between the U.S. government and the Haitian National Police, he clarified in the affidavit. <\/p>\n

The screenshots in Seaver\u2019s filing include a purported reply from Nozell to the message saying, \u201cYou should promote that.\u201d <\/p>\n

The messages appear to be in the context of the numerous media requests Seaver has received following Parton\u2019s death. Seaver also wrote, \u201cI just sold 29 million dollars worth of ammo to Haiti. I\u2019m not exactly a media person, Danny,\u201d according to the filing. <\/p>\n

Other messages from Seaver included in his filing appear to express a desire to cut the Herschend Family Entertainment out of Parton\u2019s business dealings. Seaver wrote that he would \u201cratf— every Herschend entity I can possibly conjure.\u201d <\/p>\n

A spokesperson for Herschend Family Entertainment did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

Seaver admitted in his affidavit that his language was crude, but said he understood the \u201cslang\u201d to mean \u201cundercut or outmaneuver someone in business or politics.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIt does not mean physical harm, and I did not intend it that way,\u201d Seaver\u2019s affidavit said. \u201cI have never sent anything to Dollywood or HFE threatening to harm their brand or their personnel.\u201d <\/p>\n

Seaver also denied allegations made in court that he attempted to avoid being served legal paperwork in this case by putting barbed wire at his front door and caution tape at his home<\/a>. He said that the request for barbed wire was actually made by his teenage son while Seaver was working.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople repeatedly came to our front door, rang the doorbell, knocked, and pulled on the screen door, beginning early in the morning and continuing during the day,\u201d Seaver said. \u201cThe media is constantly at my home.\u201d <\/p>\n

The barbed wire and tape were put in the home by Seaver\u2019s son and the purpose was to protect the family \u201cfrom unwanted approaches, not to evade service of process,\u201d the affidavit said. <\/p>\n

Seaver\u2019s company has since received the more than $250,000 payment and has been replaced as the security company employed by She\u2019s Alive, according to the affidavit. <\/p>\n

In Seaver\u2019s opposition to the restraining order issued earlier this month, he notes that the restrictions are overly broad. The terms say that he cannot have contact or be within 1,000 feet of anyone who \u201chas or may have\u201d a business relationship with She\u2019s Alive. <\/p>\n

\u201cI have no way of knowing who all of those people and entities are,\u201d Seaver said. \u201cI could violate the Order without knowing it simply by going about my business in Nashville.\u201d <\/p>\n

He also noted that this would likely include his own family members, as his mother, sisters, aunts and cousins have employment or connections to Parton\u2019s estate. <\/p>\n

\u201cA restriction extending to everyone who \u2018has or may have\u2019 a business relationship with SAL could reach ordinary communications with close family members,\u201d Seaver said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dolly Parton\u2019s nephew denied accusations that he threatened to use violence and destroy his aunt\u2019s legacy, telling the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":881423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[88],"class_list":["post-881422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=881422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/881422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/881423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=881422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=881422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=881422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}