Nashville judge issues restraining order against Dolly Parton's nephew over alleged threats
A Davidson County chancellor granted a restraining order prohibiting Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton's nephew, from contacting or approaching employees of the trust-oversight company She's Alive LLC, citing a pattern of threatening communications.
A Nashville judge has issued a restraining order that bars Bryan Seaver, the nephew of singer Dolly Parton, from coming within 1,000 feet of anyone employed by She's Alive LLC or associated with its business relationships. The order, signed by Davidson County Chancellor I'Ashea Myles on September 23, also prohibits Seaver from communicating with the company's staff or interfering with its operations.
She's Alive LLC, created to manage Parton's professional property trust, filed a lawsuit on September 22 alleging that Seaver, who previously provided security services for Parton, sent a series of threatening messages to the company's former manager, Danny Nozell. The messages reportedly referenced Seaver's alleged weapons collection, military background, and intentions to damage Parton's brand partnerships unless he received payment.
Myles described the communications as part of a repeated course of conduct that identified specific individuals and business interests linked to Parton, threatened reputational and commercial harm, demanded payment, and invoked claims of access to weapons. The chancellor concluded that immediate and irreparable injury could occur before the defendants could be served with notice.
A hearing on the matter is scheduled for October 7. Seaver has not filed a response to the lawsuit, and attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful. He later told a media outlet that he considered the messages private conversations and denied that they constituted threats.