Dolly Parton’s Estate Seeks Hospital Bodycam Footage in Dispute Over Nephew

Dolly Parton’s estate is seeking police body-camera recordings from a Nashville hospital after court papers raised claims about an encounter involving her nephew and former head of security, Bryan Seaver. The footage has not been released, and the filing does not establish that an altercation took place or that anyone acted improperly. According to documents reported by TMZ and other outlets, She's Alive, LLC, the company overseeing Parton’s professional interests, requested recordings from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center covering Aug. 24 and 25. The subpoena, reportedly issued Oct. 27, seeks video from officers who were at the medical center during those dates and could have captured Seaver’s interaction with police. The request comes amid a wider legal dispute between the company and Seaver. He had worked as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades and was chosen to announce her death in a video on her official social-media accounts. Parton died at 80 after a battle with cancer, according to the article. Sources close to Seaver told TMZ that there was no altercation and that he was not cited by police. They said he had gone to the hospital to help arrange the transfer of his aunt’s body to a funeral home, describing his conversation with officers as ordinary. One source also claimed Seaver believed police had been instructed to keep him away from Parton. Those accounts have not been independently confirmed. She's Alive sued Seaver and his security company in September, accusing them of threats and interference with the singer’s business operations. Seaver denies the allegations and has argued that messages cited by the company were private communications connected to a business disagreement and were presented without context. A Tennessee judge issued a temporary restraining order barring Seaver and his company from approaching the company’s employees, lawyers and business partners within 1,000 feet, and from interfering with its business relationships. The order has since been extended, according to the report. The body-camera request is one development in that continuing dispute, not a finding about what happened at the hospital.