NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Dolly Parton’s nephew wants more time to get a lawyer in place to defend himself against a temporary restraining order granted to her estate against him and his security company.
Representing himself, Bryan Seaver filed a motion Friday in a Tennessee court asking that a hearing on the order now set for Oct. The serious rift in the country music legend’s circle opened and spilled into public view weeks after her Aug. She’s Alive, the entity founded to manage and protect her estate, accused Seaver in a court petition of threatening to commit violence and destroy Parton’s legacy and business empire. She’s Alive is run by Parton’s longtime manager Danny Nozell.
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Because the lawyer he wants to represent him cannot meet with him until Monday, and says he won’t object to the restraining order being extended until a new hearing date, it says the delay is necessary.
Seaver’s new motion says “the defendants lack any legal knowledge or skills to proceed in this matter without retained counsel or what, if any, challenges can or should be raised.
Chancellor I’Ashea L. Myles, the judge overseeing the case, has not yet replied to Seaver’s motion. In the petition and other court documents filed by She’s Alive, Seaver is accused of sending increasingly threatening messages starting just before Parton’s death.
In granting the restraining order, she said the court took into account the repeated threats cited in the complaint, as well as the alleged demands for payment and Seaver’s “claimed access to weapons, experience with violence, and intention to retaliate. She’s Alive terminated Seaver and SS in the week before the petition, saying his “terrorizing conduct made their continued retention untenable.”
