After Dolly Parton’s death last month, She’s Alive, the entity managing her business, asked a judge to bar nephew Bryan Seaver from contacting employees, lawyers and partners or coming within 1,000 feet, citing alleged threats of violence and damage to her brand.
Seaver owns Squadron Augmented Protection Services, which provided Parton’s security detail, and was handpicked to announce her death. The filing includes messages She’s Alive says Seaver sent over several weeks; in a Sept. 1 text, he threatened a podcast campaign against Parton’s brand partnerships unless he was paid. The complaint says he invoked claimed work for overseas private military contractors during the Iraq War.
She’s Alive says it ended its relationship with Seaver and Squadron Augmented Protection Services last week, citing what it called “terrorizing conduct.” Court filings say the messages led Parton’s trusts-and-estates attorney to leave and employees to resign; the entity hired private security for employees, including at their homes. Seaver did not immediately respond to an AP request for comment.
