New court documents obtained by Page Six reveal that She’s Alive, LLC, the company overseeing Dolly Parton’s estate, subpoenaed body-worn camera footage from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center for August 24 and August 25 — the day Parton died at age 80 after a private battle with cancer. The estate claims the footage will show an alleged altercation between Parton’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, and police personnel at the hospital.
Seaver’s side disputes that version of events. Sources close to him told TMZ he was never cited, was only at the hospital to coordinate transporting Parton’s body to the funeral home, and that the encounter was a simple discussion — with his camp claiming police treated him like a fugitive. Meanwhile, the estate fired Seaver as head of security less than a month after Parton’s death and obtained a temporary restraining order against him.
Seaver is scheduled to appear in court on December 2, and what’s on that bodycam footage could shape how the case unfolds. Two very different accounts of the same two days, all tied to one family grieving a global icon. What do you think the footage will show? Sound off in the comments.
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