Judge dismisses case from Dolly Parton's manager alleging her nephew threatened her estate

Dolly Parton's longtime manager filed a court case seeking to stop the country music icon's nephew and head of security from threatening her estate and its employees. A Tennessee judge has now dismissed that case.

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