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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Lauren Morris

Dolly Parton’s nephew accused of extreme measures to avoid legal action

  • Dolly Parton’s estate has accused her nephew and former head of security of using barbed wire and no-trespassing signs to evade legal documents.
  • Parton’s company, She’s Alive LLC, is currently suing Seaver for allegedly threatening estate employees in an attempt to extort money following her death in August.
  • The estate has urged a Tennessee court to reject Seaver's request for a case extension, claiming he deliberately avoided process servers and failed to hire counsel.
  • Seaver was fired from his security role and hit with a temporary restraining order after allegedly sending threatening messages where he referred to himself as a mercenary.
  • Denying the extortion allegations, Seaver claimed his aggressive comments were taken out of context and were private expressions of grief between friends.

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