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Hey everyone, welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of the Elite.
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I am your host Jim Chapman, and we're back with
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the fifth part in the Micah Miller case, part of
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our Exposed Investigates series. Now, the last time that I
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left you, we played the interview featuring JP Miller. It
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was his first extended interview. It was with News Nation.
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And today we're going to talk about Micah's law, and
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I'm going to start with reading you a quick article
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that came out Thursday, June sixth of twenty twenty four
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by ABC News, and it reads the attorney for the
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family of a pastor's wife whose death was ruled as
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suicide held a news conference to give an update on
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Michah Miller's estate and discuss Micah's law. Miller, who was thirty,
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lived in South Carolina. She was found dead April twenty
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seventh at lumber River State Park, and she was in
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the midst of divorce proceedings with her estranged husband, J. P. Miller,
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a pastor at Solid Rock Church. An affidavit said that
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Michah Miller's sister, Sierra Francis, applied to be the special
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administrator of her estate, four days before the county Medical
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Examiner announced Miller's cause of death as suicide. In the affidavit,
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Francis claimed that her sister said she experienced abuse and
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violence from her husband. Miller's death came just days after
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she told an officer she was scared for her life
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after finding a GPS tracker on her car in razor
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blades in her tire. Her attorney Sad Miller's phone, purse,
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and vehicle were still in the possession of the County
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Sheriff's office. Ward also unveiled MICA's law, also known as
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the coercive Control Law. Ward said that coercive Control bill
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had been sitting in the state legislator's Judiciary Committee since
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twenty twenty. Ward said that the bill has been languishing. Quote,
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this bill has been putting a folder in a dust
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covered box in a back corner of the closet in
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the Judiciary Committee's office. I challenged them to go back there,
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find it and bring it and assign a committee to it.
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Let's get this done. It's important. Ward said. The coercive
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Control bill refers to a pattern of behavior used to dominate, manipulate,
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and intimidate another person with an intimate and familiar relationship.
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She said acts include threats, humiliation, emotional abuse, and isolation,
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and the goal is to harm, punish, and frighten the victim.
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Ward compiled what she called Micah's List allegations taken for
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Miller's spoken words, journals, and other writings that she left behind.
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The list is used to show examples of abusive course
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of control. She did emphasize that Miller's husband had not
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been arrested or charged with any crime related to the case.
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So in that article I referenced the Ward Law Firm
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and Regina Ward, who is the attorney for Michael Miller's family,
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and I actually have the package that she sent that
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they referenced in that article. So in that package, Regina
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Ward sends a letter to Chairman Senator Luke Rankin of
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the Senate Judiciary Committee, and it contained the following cover letter,
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Dear Chairman Rankin, as you may be a news of
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Michael Miller's death has swept the nation in world by storm.
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Michah was a beautiful thirty year old Christian young woman
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when on April twenty seventh, twenty twenty four, she died
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from an alleged self inflicted fatal gunshot wound. She was
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employed at her husband's church, Solid Rock Ministries in Myrtle
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Beach as the worship leader, youth director, graphic designer, mission ambassador,
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media director, in a myriad of other duties. In journals
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and writings for Micah, she alleged that her husband passed her,
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John Paul Miller, emotionally abused her and abused her physically, spiritually, financially,
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and sexually. According to Micah, mister Miller began this process
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by isolating her from her family and friends, removing her
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name from bank accounts, took her cell phone, which deprived
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her of contact numbers in a way to call, stole
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her car and hid it from her, repeatedly put her down,
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degraded her, threatened to reveal, and she did reveal private
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information in semi nude photos of her, had her investigated
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for a false crime, and misuse the legal process to
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have her committed for mental evaluation. Some believe that Micah
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took her life as a result of these alleged abuses.
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Keep in mind that mister Miller has never been arrested
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for domestic violence or any other crime against his wife
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during their entire marriage. Mister Miller asserts his actions were
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all attempts to protect her, as he contends she was
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in a bipolar mania from being off her bipolar medicine. Now,
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I encourage you to put this letter to the side
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for a moment and read the attached MICA's list, and
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then pick up reading from here. MICA's list is a
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small excerpt of the many, many terrible things that Micah
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alleges her husband did to her. So we're going to
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stop right there with reading the letter and do just
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what she said to do, which was to review MICA's
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list that she attacked, and it reads Micah's list abusive
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coercive control behavior examples. Keep in mind that all of
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the following allegations were taken from Micah's verbal story in
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her diaries and journals she left behind regarding her husband
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JP Miller. Mister Miller has not been arrested or charged
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with any crime related to Micah ever. And then it
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goes through that list Number one, isolating her from family
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and friends. JP cut her off from her family and friends,
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taking her contact lists by confiscating her cellphone and hiding
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it from her, telling her her family is using her
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and are not good people, and she should disassociate with
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them forbidding her to spend time with her friends or
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questioning her necessity about it, so that the harassment outweighed
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the benefits of having friendships. Two Depriving her basic needs.
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JP would not let her sleep, keeping her up at
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night and pulling the covers off her every time she
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dozed off, throwing her clothes on the front lawn of
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their home, waking her up and screaming at her incessantly,
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to the point that she had to go sleep in
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her car just to get some peace and rest. Three
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stalking tracking her whereabouts. JP hired private investigators to follow
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and track her and put multiple GPS devices on her car.
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After they separated, he would follow her and find her
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by GPS tracker, and then he would drive very slowly
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to make sure she saw him. He would walk into
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any place she was and go up to the table
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or area and make a comment or stand afar so
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she could see that he was present. Four Monitoring her communications.
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JP took her cellphone, went through her text messages and
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call logs, and claims. He found eighteen people had texted
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her that they were willing to listen to her if
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she wanted to talk about her husband. JP hacked into
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her email, iCloud, in Facebook account and took over her identity. Five,
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taking control over aspects of her life. JP controlled what
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she could associate with, where she could go, and all
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aspects of her life as stated herein throughout. Took her
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driver's license, wallet, purse, car, house keys, and changed the
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locks on the doors. I mean, can y'all imagine? And
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it goes on. Six. Deprived her of her support services.
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JP took her cellphone, her car, apple watch, and convinced
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her she did not need a lawyer. From the pulpit,
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he gave a sermon and chastised her and any woman
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or man that texted his wife that had encouraged her
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to confide in them about her husband the pastor, thus
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shutting down even a private confidante. She became afraid to
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speak out. Seven, Expressing her worthlessness, JP told her that
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she was lazy and mentally ill, that her breast were
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too small, that her family was ignorant and they used her,
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and that she was not a good Christian woman if
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she questioned him or did not submit to him or
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keep all his dark secrets. Eight humiliated, degraded, and dehumanized her.
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JP forced her to submit to humiliating sexual acts that
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disgusted and hurt her. He would tell her she was
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mentally ill or have her hospitalized against her will. He
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would put her down for having ideas or getting inspired
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by outside influences, telling her or others that she fell
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for anything, eluding she was not smart. JP uploaded a
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seminude photo of his wife to the Internet and later
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apologized in an email and attempted to minimize the damage
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by stating it was only up for an hour. Nine
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prevented disclosure to authorities. When Michael would threaten to expose JP,
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he would ramp up his abuse and tell her she
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was not a Christian woman, not a dutiful woman, and
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that she was acting like a judge. Only God is
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the judge, and that she was required by the Bible
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to protect him and not disclose what he did to her.
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In fact, according to JP, the Bible said, she is
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supposed to forgive him for his abuse, and as a
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dutiful woman, is to obey her husband, and if she
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does not, she is sinning. Ten Financial abuse. JP removed
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her from her bank accounts and told her that she
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did not know how to manage money, but required her
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to pay her own car payment, car insurance, and other
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medical bills. Eleven threats to hurt her, her family, or himself.
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If she hinted of exposing JP's abuse, he threatened to
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commit suicide or that he would jump off a bridge.
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He also made similar threats if she said she wanted
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to leave her divorce him, or if she refused to
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return to him after he threw her out. He threatened
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her family with gun violence. JP threatened to divorce her
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she did not obey him and if she did not
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take the pills he gave to her. Next threats to
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her or publish private information. JP would make videos of
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her in private settings and then threatened to upload him
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if she did not do what he wanted. He convinced
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her to send a topless picture meant only for the
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eyes of her husband. Next assault, JP kept many guns
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and knives in the home. He punched holes in the
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walls during his fits of rage and said he was
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quote on the way, armed and ready when he demanded
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she leave her sisters home and come home. JP kept
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her in a constant state of panic and feared that
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she would do something to trigger him. Next rape, while
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she was hospitalized, JP demanded that she have sex with
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him while she lay in the hospital bed. JP forced
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her to perform sexual acts against her will and demanded
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she watch him in sexual acts with others and forced
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her to sit so others could touch her body against
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her will. JP told her and preached on Sundays that
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if she did not submit to his every recrusts for
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sex in any manner, he desired that it was her
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fault if he needed to go get fulfilled by another
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woman or man. Next, preventing her from having transportation, JP
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slashed a total of five of her car tires. He
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inserted razors in her tires, potential to cause her to wreck.
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JP took her vehicle that was titled in her name
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and paid for solely by her, and hid it from her.
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In order to be able to get to work. She
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was forced to buy a second vehicle, thus giving her
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two car payments and two insurance costs. JP took her purse,
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driver's license, and her car keys to prevent her from
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leaving the house. Next, interfering with her work. When she
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worked at the church, JP would randomly fire her for
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disobeying him, and then he would hire her back if
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she agreed on certain sexual acts or some other list
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of demands he allowed or wrote letters to her on
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church letterhead and demeaned her and put her down. She
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had to leave her job that she really loved the
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church and take a job in the restaurant industry. Next,
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ignoring request and commands to leave her alone, She asked
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him over and over again to leave her alone, but
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he would not. After a police officer warned him to
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leave her alone, he trespassed into her gated community to
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leave a quote present on top of her car. Next,
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cruelty to her dog. JP threw Micah's belongings out of
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the house and then demanded that she quote come get
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her dog. She couldnot keep the dog at the apartment
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she was staying in at the time, and he knew it.
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When she did not immediately get the dog, he took
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the dog to her apartment and tied the little dog
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to the front door handle. He knew she was not home,
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and he left the dog there. She had to leave
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where she was at at the time to go home
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and get the dog. She found a home for the dog,
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but when JP found out about her giving the dog
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to someone else. He went there and demanded the person
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give him the dog back. Next destruction of property. JP
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intimidated her by damaging her property, breaking her things, giving
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away her things, and throwing them in the trash. He
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keyed her card, dented the hood with a dumbbell, backed
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it into something, damaging the trunk, and slashed the tires
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and cut up the passenger seat. Next destruction of supporting evidence.
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JP actively sought out her journals and diaries, where she
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kept logs of details of things that he did to her.
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He found and destroyed many journals and writings belonging to Micah,
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which she intended to use as evidence to prove his
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destructive behavior and abuse of tactics. He also erased evidence, photos, videos,
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and writings that she kept on her iCloud and cell phone.
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Next misuse of legal documents. JP had an attorney write
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and send a cease and desist letter to Micah demanding
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she stopped talking bad about JP and the church or
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suffered legal ramification. JP had a lawyer draft up a
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post nuptial agreement and demanded she sign it, giving up
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certain marital rights before he would allow her to return
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to the marriage. JP used a lawyer to draft a
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separation agreement with one sided terms and demanded that she
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sign it without the benefit of representation. Next misuse of
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law enforcement. JP called the police on her for no reason.
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He reported her for a crime she did not commit,
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making her the subject of an investigation which became unfounded