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Hey everyone, and welcome back to Exposed Scandalous Files of
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the Elite. I am your host, Jim Chapman, and we're
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back with this part six in the final episode of
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the Micah Miller case as part of our Exposed Investigates
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series and the last time that I left you, JP
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Miller had filed a conglomerate of lawsuits against other people
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he claimed were slandering him. And then at all suit
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is filed that would shake this entire case up, as
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JP himself was accused in the rape of a fifteen
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year old girl. So let's get into it. And I
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have the actual lawsuit in front of me. I'm going
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to cover that now for you, and it is a
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Jane Doe number one versus John Paul Miller, reginald Wayne
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Miller All Nations Cathedral Church Cathedral, Baptist Church in Solid
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Rock Ministries, and we're going to get into the factual allegations,
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and it says by twenty twenty three, J. P. Miller
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had positioned himself as a high ranking pastor of a
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large congregation, presenting himself as a spiritual leader while continuing
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to engage in predatory behavior. In twenty twenty three, the
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plaintiff encountered John Paul Miller in person in Myrtle Beach
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while accompanied by a friend. Despite being in a public setting,
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John Paul Miller leaned into Jane Doe number one as
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if to hug her, and shoved his hand down her pants,
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touching her genitals without consent. The planif immediately recoiled and
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tried to brush it off and move his hand because
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she didn't think her friend noticed and she was scared
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about Thirty minutes later, Jane Doe number one and John
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Paul Miller had a heated argument about him using his
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title of pastor and use of scripture to justify that
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sexual misconduct. In response, John Paul Miller cited scripture telling
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the planmoff quote no man is without sin and temptation.
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God understands that the planiff was left reeling from this encounter,
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experiencing a long delayed spiral of self doubt and depression
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caused by this fresh assault on her by John Paul Miller.
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This sexual assault by John Paul Miller triggered repressed memories
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of the plaintiff of things which occurred at an earlier time.
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Upon later reflection in trying to remember previous events, the
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Planiff realized that John Paul Miller had assaulted her almost
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twenty years before. Jane Dawe Number one was sexually assaulted
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at the age of fifteen in nineteen ninety eight by
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John Paul Miller. At the time, she did not fully
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comprehend the nature of what had happened to her or
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the extent of the harmy caused. The trauma was deeply buried,
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and for decades she had no conscious recollection of the assault.
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The Plantiff lost her memory before she turned eighteen, likely
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within a few months or a year of the occurrence
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of the nineteen ninety eight assault. It was not until
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she experienced another sexual assault in twenty fe twenty three
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by John Paul Miller that these suppressed memories of the
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nineteen ninety eight incident resurfaced. Through therapy in reflection following
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the more recent assault, Jane Doe came to understand the
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profound impact of the earlier abuse, as well as its
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connection to the psychological and emotional struggles she had endured
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throughout her life. After her memories were triggered by the
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second assault, the planiff remembered details of the nineteen ninety
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eight sexual assault. In June of nineteen ninety eight, plaintiff
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Jane Doe number one, then a fifteen year old minor,
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attended All Nations Church formerly known as the Cathedral Baptist
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Church of Grand Strand, Inc. The Planeff spent her summers
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in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, residing with her grandparents, who
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were members of Cathedral. The Planiff's time in Myrtle Beach
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was supposed to be a period of safety, love and warmth.
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Her grandparents were her supports in the summer she spent
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with them were among the happiest times of her childhood.
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John Paul Miller was a nineteen year old adult male
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employed at Cathedral as a youth leader and musician at
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Cathedral in nineteen ninety eight. At the time of the
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events in question, John Paul Miller was known to his father,
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the head pastor, and other members as a troubled individual
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with a history of reckless behavior, including prior legal trouble
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a child born out of wedlock in a pattern of misconduct.
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Church leadership, including defenditant reginald Wayne Miller, who was John
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Paul Miller's father in the head pastor, failed to take
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reasonable steps to monitor John Paul Miller's behavior and continued
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to allow him unrestricted access to minor children at the church,
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in the sanctuary, his father's office, or in the church programs,
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including the youth program. Reginald Wayne Miller had personally engaged
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in sexual misconduct himself before nineteen ninety eight. He knew
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his son was engaging in sexual misconduct. This was the
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proverbial fox guarding the hen house. Reginald Wayne Miller did
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not institute any type of safeguard over the damages posed
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by John Paul Miller or himself. Reginald Wayne Miller had
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complete control of the church by virtue of the bylaws,
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which left him in complete control of the church without
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oversight by anyone else. Though he was in control, there
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were other leaders of the church who could have intervened
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to protect miners at the church. They did not. They
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seated complete control to reginald Wayne Miller, who allowed his son,
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John Paul to have free reign over the church and
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the miners of the church. This church was John Paul
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Miller's sexual playground. Leadership of the church, including reginald Wayne
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Miller should have undertaken something to protect the miners of
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the church from John Paul or any other predator they
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did not honor. About July nineteenth of nineteen ninety eight,
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a Sunday morning, the Planiff attended cathedral with her grandparents
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and her grandmother, who proceeded to her Sunday school class,
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held in a separate classroom building this academy building on
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church property. The Planiff initially intended to attend Sunday school
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with her grandmother, but changed her mind and instead went
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to the church building where she intended on going to
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her grandfather's Sunday school class. The classes had begun and
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the doors were shut, and Jane Doe number one wasn't
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aware which room he was in, so instead of interrupting classes,
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she entered the main church sanctuary. John Paul Miller was
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playing the piano and another band member was drumming a guitar.
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Upon noticing the Planeiff, John Paul Miller engaged shir and conversation.
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At some point, the Planeff stepped away from the sanctuary
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and walked down the hall to the restroom. When Planiff
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exited the restroom, she encountered John Paul Miller. Standing near
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his father's office door, John Paul called out the planiff's
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name and initiated a seemingly innocent conversation inquiring about a
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mutual friend's recent absence from the church. Without warning, John
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Paul forced planiff inside his father's office, shutting the door
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behind them. John Paul immediately became aggressive, physically overpowering the
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planiff and forcing her against her will. Despite the Planiff's
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struggles and verbal pleas for him to stop, John Paul
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ignored her and forcefully moved her out of the office,
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down the hallway into a door that led outside to
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a grassy sideyard of the church where John Paul's truck
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was parked. John Paul then forced Jane Doe number one
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into his truck, and this is where he raped her.
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At the time of the assault, the plaintiff was a virgin.
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The planeiff was terrified, physically overpowered, and left defenseless against
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John Paul's a soide faut. John Paul, an adult man
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in a position of authority within the church, took full
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advantage of the planiff's youth, inexperience, and vulnerability to commit
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this Hainus act. Following the sexual assault, the planiff remained
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silent about what had occurred with John Paul Miller and
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was overcome by shock, shame, and fear. In the following months,
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the planiff exhibited clear signs of trauma, including severe depressions,
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social withdrawal from family and friends, declining academic performance, and
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emotional distress and self doubt. Despite prior concerns about John
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Paul's behavior, church leadership, including Reginald Wayne Miller, failed to
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take any action to investigate or prevent further abuse. Shortly
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after being assaulted by John Paul in twenty twenty three,
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the planiff received a text message informing her that John
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Paul Miller's wife had died. The cause of death reported
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was a gunshot wound to the head under suspicion circumstances.
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Within hours of her death, John Paul delivered a sermon
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using manipulative rhetoric to maintain control over the congregation despite
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the tragic and questionable circumstances surrounding his wife's passing. This
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was yet another example of John Paul's conniving and manipulative behavior.
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Plaintiff suffered immense guilt after John Paul Miller's Wife's death,
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believing that had she spoken sooner, she may have prevented
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further harm to others. This guilt and shame experienced by
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Jane Doe number one for not reporting the second assault
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at the time of occurrence or the first assault after
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her memories came flooding back, was another insult to the
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plaintiff's emotional psyche. John Paul Miller's history of predatory behavior,
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his continued acts of harassment and assault, in the defendant's
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failure to protect children and to prevent John Paul's unfettered
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access to minor children have caused the plaintiff severe and
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lasting harm. So there are the facts as this. Jane
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Doe number one alleges them, and JP answers that lawsuit,
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and of course he denies everything and files a lawsuit
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of his own accusing the accuser of slander. So it's
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important to keep in mind this is a civil lawsuit,
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not a criminal charge, so he's not looking at jail
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time on this. But should this be proven in civil court,
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it will definitely hit him in the wallet. So JP's
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legal obligations do not end there. With cases coming out
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against him, he is being accused of things such as
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witness intimidation, and bribery. Fit News released an article in
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late February of this year, I'm going to cover for you,
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and the headline says John Paul Miller accused of attemptive bribery,
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witness intimidation, and other allegations linked to a September twenty
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twenty four lawsuit filed by a pair legal and it
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says the defendant, and a defamation case filed last fall
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by scandal scarred South Carolina pastor John Paul Miller, has
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accused him of bribery and witness tampering related to a
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barrage of lawsuits filed earlier this year in Myrtle Beach.
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Pair legal Melissa man Carrey said the notorious Solid rock pastor,
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whose wife Michah Miller died under suspicious circumstances last spring,
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offered to compensate her to quote lie under oath in
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connection with these lawsuits. The development is the latest bizarre
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narrative twist to follow Micah's supposed suicide on April twenty seventh,
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twenty twenty four, an event which propelled the saga into
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the international stage. Man Carey's allegations were provided in the
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form of a letter to the County Clerk of Court
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Renee Elvis, complete with receipts which included screen shots of
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communications between her and the embattled pastor. Last week, Myrtle
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Beach Magistrate Chris Ericus provided this information of fourteen defendants
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with pending civil cases filed against them by Miller. According
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to man Carrey, Miller offered to drop the lawsuit against
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her and to compensate her for testifying on his behalf
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in court hearings against protesters who were defendants in civil
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cases filed by Miller. On September seventeenth, twenty twenty four,
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Miller filed a defamation case against man Carey, seeking six
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million dollars in damages. The pair Leegal was never served
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the summons and complaint in the case. However, between January tenth,
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twenty twenty five and January thirty first, twenty twenty five,
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Miller and three of his assaciates filed a total of
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thirty four civil suits in Myrtle Beach Magistrate Court against
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an array of protesters, content creators, and others who Miller
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accused him intruding on his life and causing financial law losses,
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which he estimated at seventy five hundred dollars per defendant,
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the maximum amount recoverable in magistrate court. Miller filed additional
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motions requesting restraining orders against numerous individuals. Since restraining order
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requests are not recorded in the public index unless attached
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to the civil complaint, the total number of requests and
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identities of all those singled out by Miller remains unknown.
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Other the thirty four civil suits filed by Miller and
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his associates in January, as of this publication, which this
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was February twenty fourth of twenty twenty five, fourteen have
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been dismissed, while four have filed counter claims. Fourteen defendants
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remain on the receiving end of pending cases. On February
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fourteenth of twenty twenty five, Man Carry filed a motion
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to dismiss Miller's case against her quote the planet failed
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to obtain the service of process on the defendant within
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one hundred and twenty days of filing the complaint. This
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is required by South Carolina rules of civil procedure. The
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filing stated furthermore, the planiff still has not obtained the
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service of process on the defendant now one hundred and
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forty nine days after filing the complaint. Miller's former attorney,
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Russell Long, filed a stipulation of dismissal, essentially dismissing the
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case against man Carey. Hours later, man Carry reported John
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Paul Miller to the Myrtle Beach Police Department. According to
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emails provided to the court, man Carrey described an incident
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which allegedly took place on the evening of February sixth
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of twenty twenty five. According to her documentation, she received
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a text message from Miller asking her to give false
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testimony on the upcoming trial. Man Carrey also reported that
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Miller reiterated this request in an email to her place
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of employment on February seventh of twenty twenty five. According
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to man Carrey, Miller allegedly asked her to state that
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protesters quote, attack cars, harass him, take pictures of license plates,
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post the license plates online, abuse him, and even stalk
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him at every location he visits. In her letter to Elvis,
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men Carry said, quote, none of that match what I
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witnessed at the legally organized protest. He is using a
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lawsuit that I was never served as a weapon against
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me to obtain what he wants out of me. Receipts
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provided by man. Carrey also revealed information about Miller's alleged
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attempts to evade monitoring of his phone tied to an
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ongoing probe led by the FBI. A third party involved
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in a group chat about the details said they used
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an app called Signal to talk on the phone. Quote
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they took three phones away from him already. The other
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party said, they can probably hear what we say if
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they have an active tap, but if not, they get
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nothing because my number won't show up as calling him.
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Of the seven hearings scheduled this week, three of the