A termination letter shared with TMZ revealed that Seaver and his security companies were dismissed from all of Parton’s properties
Bryan Seaver, Dolly Parton’s nephew, has been removed as head of security from all of the country star’s properties.
On Monday, Sept. 21, TMZ reported that, according to a termination letter they obtained, Seaver and his security companies had been “immediately dismissed” from all of his late aunt’s properties.
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Sources told the outlet that the notice was issued on Wednesday, Sept. 16, as replacement security guards took over her main residence in Nashville, as well as her museum, downtown home and warehouse.
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Seaver and his team took aim at Parton’s longtime manager Danny Nozell and Pinnacle Bank. They told TMZ that they were “dismayed by the unexpected and, so far, unexplained actions” taken following Parton’s death.
While they said they are comforted by the legacy the “Jolene” hitmaker left behind, they “remain unshakably resolved to fulfill her final directive to protect her family.”
“We refuse to be intimidated by those whose actions we believe are being taken in bad faith and with the intent to profit from the life of someone who willingly gave so much,” Seaver and his team told TMZ.
According to the outlet, the letter says that Seaver’s “personal interest in the trust remains intact.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Seaver and the Dolly Parton Estate for additional comment.
Following Parton’s death on Aug. 25 at 80, Seaver confirmed the news in an Instagram video, while introducing himself to the public.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he said at the time. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
He continued: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless others who have watched her and longed to meet her in the heavens.”
Parton was predeceased by her husband of nearly 60 years, Carl Dean, who died in March 2025.
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