Dolly Parton遗产管理方撤销对侄子的诉讼：前安保主管称感激把误会放下
已故乡村音乐巨星 Dolly Parton 的遗产管理方已撤销对她侄子的诉讼。据 People 取得的法庭文件，负责打理 Parton 身后商业利益的 She's Alive, LLC 于11月5日向田纳西州衡平法院提交自愿撤诉通知，撤销对 Bryan Seaver 的诉讼；此次撤诉为「不带偏见」撤诉，意味着管理方日后仍可重新提起诉讼。
Seaver 是 Parton 的侄子，为姨妈担任安保主管逾20年，今年9月被解雇。She's Alive 由 Parton 的长期经纪人 Danny Nozell 运营，此前指控 Seaver 以其军人背景作出多项勒索性威胁、其行为导致多名员工辞职，并威胁要通过一档播客「毁掉」Parton 的品牌合作；法院此前已对 Seaver 发出临时限制令，原定11月13日就相关动议举行听证。
Seaver 否认曾威胁任何人，称他与 Nozell 的私人信息往来被断章取义，并曾在10月13日的法庭文件中表示，临时限制令正在干扰他的生活以及他作为 Parton 信托受益人的地位。撤诉后，Seaver 通过律师向 TMZ 发表声明说，他深爱姨妈 Dolly、她的音乐、她的家人与她留下的非凡遗产，他一生的事业就是在姨妈生前保护她，如今感激能把这场误会放下，让全家人安静哀悼。
Parton 于今年8月25日去世，享年80岁。Seaver 的母亲 Cassie 是 Parton 的妹妹，她曾于10月26日在儿子代为发布的长文中表示，Parton 生前曾选中 Seaver 作为在她离世时对外宣布消息的人，并公开表达对儿子的支持。（来源：People）
Dolly Parton's Estate Drops Lawsuit Against Her Nephew, Who Says He Is Grateful to Put the Misunderstanding Behind Him
The estate of the late country music icon Dolly Parton has dropped its lawsuit against her nephew. According to court documents obtained by People, She's Alive, LLC, the company Parton organized to tend to her business interests after her death, filed a notice of voluntary dismissal of its lawsuit against Bryan Seaver in the Chancery Court of Tennessee on November 5. The dismissal was filed without prejudice, meaning the company could choose to file again.
Seaver, Parton's nephew, served as his aunt's head of security for more than 20 years before he was fired in September. She's Alive, which is operated by Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell, had alleged that Seaver made a number of extortionary threats invoking his military background, that his behavior had prompted the resignation of multiple employees, and that he had threatened to "destroy" Parton's brand partnerships through a podcast. The company had obtained a temporary restraining order against him, and a motion hearing had been scheduled for November 13.
Seaver denied ever threatening anyone, said his private messages with Nozell were taken out of context, and wrote in an October 13 court filing that the restraining order was interfering with his life and with his position as a beneficiary of Parton's trust. After the dismissal, Seaver said in a statement through his attorney to TMZ that he cares deeply about his Aunt Dolly, her music, her family and the legacy she left behind, that he made a career out of protecting his aunt while she was alive, and that he is grateful to put this misunderstanding behind him so the family can grieve peacefully.
Parton died on August 25 at age 80. Seaver's mother Cassie, Parton's younger sister, said in a message shared on his Facebook page on October 26 that Parton had chosen Seaver to be the one to announce the news of her death when the time came, and expressed her support for her son. (Source: People)
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