Dolly Parton's manager drops lawsuit against her nephew

Dolly Parton's manager, Danny Nozell, has filed a voluntary dismissal of his lawsuit against her nephew, Bryan Seaver.

The news comes just days before what was expected to be a dramatic courtroom showdown, as Nozell alleged Seaver posed a threat to Parton's business empire after her death.

In the notice of dismissal filed on Thursday, Nozell and his lawyers said they were abandoning the claims without prejudice, leaving them free to bring them again in the future, Rolling Stone reports.

The feud between the two men spilled into public view in September when Nozell sued Seaver in Nashville Chancery Court, accusing him of waging an "obscene, deliberate, and escalating campaign of threats" intended to create "fear and chaos to extort money for his personal gain".

Nozell, who worked with and managed Parton for about two decades, is the sole manager of She's Alive, the company that oversees the Dollywood theme park in Tennessee and the SongTeller hotel in Nashville, which houses a museum dedicated to the Jolene singer.

Seaver, the son of Parton's sister Cassie, vehemently denied threatening anyone and argued that Nozell had taken his comments, made when he was grieving Parton's death, out of context to discredit him.