Dolly Parton’s nephew responds to restraining order, denies threatening violence - BERITAJA

Dolly Parton’s nephew denied accusations that he threatened to usage unit and destruct his aunt’s legacy, telling the tribunal the messages were taken retired of discourse from a circumstantial business dispute, according to a caller tribunal filing.

Bryan Seaver submitted an affidavit connected Tuesday successful Nashville, Tennessee, successful response to a impermanent restraining bid petition by She’s Alive, the entity that manages and protects Parton’s master spot and business. The institution had accused Seaver past period of sending progressively threatening messages and describing himself arsenic an “international arms dealer” arsenic portion of the threats.

According to Seaver, the business arose from a conflict betwixt his information institution and the institution that operates Dolly’s edifice and depository successful downtown Nashville. Seaver’s company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services, provided information for the edifice and was owed about $251,000 successful services rendered, the affidavit said.

“SAPS had not been paid since about 1 to 2 weeks earlier Ms. Parton died connected August 25, 2026,” Seaver said.

All invoices from Seaver anterior to Parton’s decease were sent to Danny Nozell, Parton’s longtime head who runs She’s Alive, he said successful the affidavit. The messages referred to successful the restraining bid were sent straight to Nozell, Seaver said.

Seaver said successful his affidavit that the messages were “sent successful the people of backstage conversations betwixt 2 friends” and that they were ne'er sent to labor of She’s Alive, referred to arsenic “SAL” successful the filing.

“I person ne'er threatened beingness harm to Mr. Nozell, to immoderate SAL employee, contractor, attorney, advisor, aliases business partner, aliases to anyone other associated pinch SAL,” Seaver said. “I person nary volition of doing so.”

Seaver describes his messages to Nozell regarding the alleged threat to ruin Parton’s bequest arsenic portion of his vexation astatine not being paid by the institution managing her hotel, Herschend Family Entertainment. He said the podcast conversationwas portion of a larger chat connected the ample number of media requests Seaver received pursuing his aunt’s death, which Nozell was advising him on.

The connection from Seaver read, “I’m going to group up a podcast dedicated to ruining Dolly’s marque partnerships and telling the violations these group person done connected us. It’s going to beryllium great. Or f------ salary me.”

“They were not a threat made to SAL aliases immoderate 3rd party. Mr. Nozell ne'er replied that I should not do it aliases that it was a bad idea,” Seaver said successful the affidavit.

Seaver besides included screenshots of messages successful which he references being an world arms trader successful his filing. Part of Seaver’s information activity involves moving arsenic an arms agent betwixt the U.S. authorities and the Haitian National Police, he clarified successful the affidavit.

The screenshots successful Seaver’s filing see a purported reply from Nozell to the connection saying, “You should beforehand that.”

The messages look to beryllium successful the discourse of the galore media requests Seaver has received pursuing Parton’s death. Seaver besides wrote, “I conscionable sold 29 cardinal dollars worthy of ammo to Haiti. I’m not precisely a media person, Danny,” according to the filing.

Other messages from Seaver included successful his filing look to definitive a desire to trim the Herschend Family Entertainment retired of Parton’s business dealings. Seaver wrote that he would “ratf--- each Herschend entity I could perchance conjure.”

A spokesperson for Herschend Family Entertainment did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Seaver admitted successful his affidavit that his connection was crude, but said he understood the “slang” to mean “undercut aliases outmaneuver personification successful business aliases politics.”

“It does not mean beingness harm, and I did not intend it that way,” Seaver’s affidavit said. “I person ne'er sent thing to Dollywood aliases HFE threatening to harm their marque aliases their personnel.”

Seaver besides denied allegations made successful tribunal that he attempted to debar being served ineligible paperwork successful this lawsuit by putting barbed ligament astatine his beforehand doorway and be aware portion astatine his home. He said that the petition for barbed ligament was really made by his teenage boy while Seaver was working.

“People many times came to our beforehand door, rang the doorbell, knocked, and pulled connected the surface door, opening early successful the greeting and continuing during the day,” Seaver said. “The media is perpetually astatine my home.”

The barbed ligament and portion were put successful the location by Seaver’s boy and the intent was to protect the family “from unwanted approaches, not to evade work of process,” the affidavit said.

Seaver’s institution has since received the much than $250,000 costs and has been replaced arsenic the information institution employed by She’s Alive, according to the affidavit.

In Seaver’s guidance to the restraining bid issued earlier this month, he notes that the restrictions are overly broad. The position opportunity that he cannot person interaction aliases beryllium wrong 1,000 feet of anyone who “has aliases whitethorn have” a business narration pinch She’s Alive.

“I person nary measurement of knowing who each of those group and entities are,” Seaver said. “I could break the Order without knowing it simply by going about my business successful Nashville.”

He besides noted that this would apt see his ain family members, arsenic his mother, sisters, aunts and cousins person employment aliases connections to Parton’s estate.

“A regularisation extending to everyone who ‘has aliases whitethorn have’ a business narration pinch SAL could scope mean communications pinch adjacent family members,” Seaver said.