Danny Nozell filed the voluntary dismissals Thursday, just days before what was expected to be a dramatic courtroom showdown

Dolly Parton ’s longtime manager has dropped his lawsuit alleging that the singer’s nephew, Bryan Seaver, posed a threat to her business empire after her death.

In a notice of voluntary dismissal filed Thursday, Danny Nozell and his lawyers said they were abandoning the claims without prejudice, meaning they could bring them again. The filing came shortly before Nozell’s deadline to respond to Seaver’s forceful denials of the allegations, and ahead of a hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Lawyers for both sides did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone ‘s requests for comment on the reason for the dismissal or whether the parties had reached a settlement.

At the hearing, a Nashville judge was expected to consider extending a prior restraining order that barred Seaver from coming within 1,000 feet of Parton’s employees and business partners, entering private property controlled by her…