Dolly's manager wants Parton clan 'out of the picture' amid legal row: Report

The late country musician's manager Danny Nozell was behind her nephew's firing

Published September 25, 2026
Dollys manager wants Parton clan out of the picture amid legal row: Report
Dolly's manager wants Parton clan 'out of the picture' amid legal row: Report

Dolly Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell, who fired her nephew and head of security, Bryan Seaver, and filed a lawsuit against him, is said to have ulterior motives amid the legal row.

In the lawsuit, the longtime manager alleged that Bryan made violent threats against Dolly's staff, to destroy her estate and that he attempted to extort money.

However, a source reported to Page Six that Danny does not have good intentions behind his latest daring moves.

“He wants the family out of the picture, and wants to turn her house into Graceland,” the tattler alleged.

The source noted that Dolly and Danny used to have a good partnership, but since the legendary musician's passing, the manager's moral compass has also gone.

They added, “Danny doesn’t have the heart that Dolly did."

The ongoing tensions have seemingly unveiled Dolly's apparent peaceful business affair.

Bryan, who served as the head of security for Dolly for more than two decades, got terminated in less than a month after the country star's death.

Bryan and his company's place has been taken over by another security company.

Danny has even filed for a restraining order against Bryan, which he reportedly got on Tuesday.

This raised concerns about whether the Parton family is feuding after Dolly's death.

However, Dolly's sister Frieda Parton came in defense of her nephew on Wednesday and clarified that "there is no Feud" within the Parton and Owen families, nor they are "fighing over" her estate.

She further added in the statement posted on her social media, "We all love Bryan just as we all love each other."  

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