Dolly Parton‘s property has moved to dismiss its lawsuit towards the late nation music legend’s nephew and former safety guard, Bryan Seaver.
In a discover filed Thursday in Tennessee state courtroom, She’s Alive LLC, the corporate overseeing Parton’s skilled property, requested the voluntary dismissal of its lawsuit towards Seaver and his safety firm, Squadron Augmented Safety Companies.
The submitting states that the dismissal is “with out prejudice,” which means the property might doubtlessly deliver the claims once more.
ABC Information has reached out to Seaver and Parton’s property for remark.
The transfer comes three days after Seaver and his firm filed an 18-page response denying allegations that he had threatened and intimidated folks related to Parton’s property.
The property filed its lawsuit in September, accusing Seaver of constructing threats and making a “tradition of worry” following Parton’s demise in August.
Dolly Parton poses on the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Ceremony in New York, on Oct. 13, 2022.
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In his response filed Monday, Seaver denied participating in an “escalating marketing campaign of intimidation” and argued that personal messages cited within the lawsuit had been taken out of context.
Seaver additionally disputed allegations that he had tried to acquire cash by intimidation, saying his safety firm had been owed roughly $251,000 for providers already supplied and that the quantity had since been paid.
The most recent growth follows months of authorized back-and-forth between Seaver and the property.
In September, Parton’s property was granted a temporary restraining order towards Seaver and his safety firm after a choose discovered a “current and persevering with disruption and menace” to She’s Alive.
The next month, the property alleged in an Oct. 5 court filing that Seaver had tried to evade being served with the lawsuit, claiming his residence had a “no-trespassing signal within the entrance yard and barbed wire draped throughout the handrails resulting in the entrance door.”
Reached for remark on the time, Seaver instructed ABC Information that the restraining order prevented him from talking publicly concerning the case.
Parton died in August after what her household described as a “transient battle with most cancers.” Seaver, who supplied safety providers to his aunt for roughly 20 years, introduced her demise in a video assertion shared on social media.
