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My name is Grace, I'm a producer here at Luna Shark. Journalist Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell, and Beth Brayden. Have been reporting on Micah's story for more than two years now for the true sunlight podcast. Coerced is a Luna Shark production made possible by producers Kate Thomas, David Moses and me. Throughout this series, you've heard how JP Miller allegedly weaponized the medical,

legal, judicial, and law enforcement systems, and what appears to have been an ongoing attempt to control and contain his young wife. Clinicians appeared to get information about Mike's mindset and actions from JP, which they documented as fact. And then there were unfounded theft reports against Micah. Commitment petitions, a power of attorney filed at exactly the right moment. And this episode is about what happened when JP Miller aimed this metaphorical weapon at

the public. In the year after Micah's death, JP and his team filed lawsuit after lawsuit. As of today, as many as 28 legal actions against protesters, TikTokers, hairdressers, guitarists, and a suspicious number of women named Melissa. He listed fake addresses for people whose real addresses he knew, he sued a protester for invading his privacy for posting in a public space. He asked a court for a restraining order, this man, while facing a federal investigation for

cyber stocking his late wife. But the legal system swings both ways. In this episode, you'll also hear from the people who swung back. A former church member named Sam Rickman, whose counterclam opened the window into how solid rock operated. And two women, known as

Dindo 1 and Dindo 2, whose lawsuits against Wayne and JP Miller reached back to 1998. As always,

these are all allegations. JP and Wayne Miller deny any wrongdoing, and neither has been criminally charged in connection with any of it. But listen to the pattern. By now, you may know it by heart. One note, because Mandy and Liz reported this case in real-time to listeners,

ultimately resulting in over 2 dozen complaints.

We told you all about the 10 people who JP is suing a Magistrate court aka Small Clames Court, aka Kangaroo Court. Where, like we said, the judge doesn't need a lot of greed and all sorts of shady things go down. Now we are talking about every Magistrate court in South Carolina. Some have great judges. Shout out to our friend Lauren Fox and Charleston, when you all have heard on MMB a long time ago. But a lot of the time a Magistrate court can be a

“bit of a good old boy playground where secret deals can be made, laws can be lacking, and justice,”

really is not the goal. Magistrate judges sign words. They preside over probable cause and bond hearings in a handle, more minor civil disputes, as well as misdemeanor crimes and traffic infractions. In our experience, we've seen Magistrate judges who are more easily persuaded to side with those who have connection over everyone else. We told you how JP had listed fake addresses for at least three of his legal targets, and he appeared to be playing some sort of sick joke on two of them

by directing their summons to a gay bar in a Weight Watchers Clinic, and we told you how none of the 10 people JP has filed complaints against had been served yet, so none of them knew exactly what JP was suing for. They just knew what the public index said, which was they were being sued

“civilly in Murdoch Magistrate court by JP, which is basically the equivalent of finding out that”

you have been called to the principal's office, because you're the kid who's always in detention

for his hallway outburst and is repeated lying, reported you for telling a teacher that you saw him cheating. Anyway, those 10 complaints meant that JP now had at least 11 lawsuits filed related to his effort to silence people, and he's at least trying to live out his dream of becoming a millionaire. Turns out JP wasn't done. JP filed three more lawsuits against three women, Tanya Hall, Melissa Demarco, and Joanna Seaman Telly. Fun fact, JP might hold the record for the number

of Melissa's sued by a single man in South Carolina. Again, there's also Melissa Mencari, the ory county paralegal who JP says made false and inflammatory claims about him on multiple social media sites back in September. It also should be noted that he and his good old boy attorney Russell be wrong have made no movement on that case for four months, including serving Melissa with their papers, at least according to the public index. There's also Melissa Feifer, one of the original

10, and now there's Melissa Demarco. If your name is Melissa and you live in Ory County, and you think JP is a trash human being, and you said that out loud, watch your back girl, or not, because this is all very silly. In total, JP has filed a whopping 14 lawsuits against various social media creators and protesters who have spoken out against him in some way. What's interesting is that one of at least three people being sued under a fake address also received a silly

cease-indicist letter back in May from Old Russell Be Wrong and JP. Meaning, JP knows this man's actual address, and he knows. He doesn't live at that fake address that he wrote down in the

“filing, which that address has no connection to the defendant. So what was JP's move there?”

More games, likely. Anyway, the defendant doesn't live in Ory County and hasn't been served yet. Thankfully, a good Samaritan who I won't name sent us the summons and complaint that one of the protesters was served with. I am not going to name the protester, but we need to go over this document and talk about what this says, because Lord have mercy on. This man is losing it. And it's another example of his entitlement and expectation that the legal system is his to have

and hold because he is actually asking for a restraining order, claiming the protester has been harassing and stalking him, and he is suing the person for $7500. Cleaming the protester is invading

his privacy. Whew, I can't. So, the first page is a summons for the restraining order hearing.

It says the defendant, who we will call Jane, is summoned to the Murdoch Beach Magistrate court on

be granted. It says, "If you fail to appear, the relief prayed for by the plaintiff may be granted,

“and it signed by a magistrate judge, apparently, who did not print their name." And yes,”

JP Miller, aka the man with endless audacity, is actually applying for a restraining order, and he is suing this protester for allegedly invading his privacy. I could go line by line through numerous allegations of harassment, stalking and invasion of privacy that have been made against JP by both Micah and his ex-wife. This is the same man who was accused of an admitted to repeatedly stalking his wife Micah, who was trying to leave him. He was using GPS trackers. He was allegedly

pretending to be her and emails and text messages and allegedly having her followed in her tires

slashed. He was allegedly falsely accusing Micah of theft and demanding to have her arrested,

“and worse. This is the same man who went to court in March 2024 because his estranged wife”

less than two months before she was found shot to death in a swamp had applied for her own restraining order against him. 14 lawsuits and counting. That's where things stood in early 2025, and it didn't stop there. Within weeks, Mandy and Liz were tracking JP's legal actions, the way meteorologists track a storm system. Here's where the count landed from true sunlight podcast episode 85. Now let's talk about JP Miller and those Pesty lawsuits. There are now 28

yes 28 lawsuits filed against Justice for Micah protesters, content creators, and former solid rock members who have spoken out against JP Miller. JP added another defendant to the list, Tina Rene Mattingly. One of JP's cases was dismissed, just six days after he filed it against Joanna Simentelli, which is weird. So that makes 14 magistrate lawsuits filed by JP Miller in the last month. And then I got even weirder. When three of JP's churchy stands, his father Wayne Miller and two

apparent solid rock members, Dylan Mark Ferdin, who spelled his name Mark Fretting in court documents, and Christina Best filed a total of 14 lawsuits against five protesters. This is madness. As of today's recording defendants are still getting served with JP's bully papers. Also, one of the defendants filed a very fiery counterclam with the help of attorney

Regina Ward herself, and we'll talk about that in a second. So as you know, JP has some kind of

pathetic history with the small group of people who have gathered outside of his services week after week to protest his continued leadership at the church. According to one of the protesters, they had permits together outside of solid rock church, which is in Murdoch Beach jurisdiction.

“And for other protests, the ones at other locations where JP was holding his super secret”

spy-ish meetings, those were in unincorporated Ori County, which does not require permits for small gatherings. The protests have involved a number of JP confrontations over the summer a church member with charge after he turned on a sprinkler on the protesters. And then there was another time someone erected two panels of vinyl privacy fencing in front of the church, and what has to be the most cartoonish peek-a-boo attempt at trying to one of the protesters. Oh, and let's not forget JP's

arrest for putting his hands on a female protestor right after his house was rated by the FBI. We have a stack of police reports since Magista, outlining JP's multiple attempts to paint the protesters as menacing and his multiple attempts to use the police to get people to stop saying that he's a bad person. 28 legal actions, but suing everyone who criticizes you comes with a risk, defendants get to answer. In one of them, a guitarist named Sam Rickman,

represented by Mike's own attorney, Regina Ward, answered with a counterclam that tells you more about life inside Solid Rock, faithful tithing traded for a child's scholarship, a pastor hiring a congregant to scrub his contact information off the internet, and sermons that Sam says turned into public criticism of Mike from the pulpit.

Mike's attorney, Regina Ward, and well, they have come out swinging, y'all. Sam filed an

“answer and counterclam to JP's complaint, and there are some bombshells in there.”

First, Sam denies the allegations in JP's complaint, including the address that JP gave to the

court for Sam. Second, Sam, who says he was the guitarist and his family were loyal active members who attended Solid Rock on a regular basis, has his own accusations to make. He refers to JP as the pastor's soul owner and decision maker at the church. Sam says that JP asked to play in the church's band on Sunday, and that both Sam and his wife volunteered a lot of their time at the church, and to JP, including providing JP and his family with barber services and JP's dog

with grooming services. Quote, defendant and his family thoroughly enjoyed the fellowship of the

“congregation, forming many friendships and bonding with other members of the church. Both defendant”

and his wife had formed friendships with the plaintiff and his wife. The first lady of the church,

Mikea, defendant and his wife always looked forward to attending services, felt less to be a

part of it and felt like they found their home church for life. According to the filing, JP told Sam, if Sam and his family remain faithful tithers every Sunday, and if Sam continued to play in the church band, and if Sam's wife volunteered one day a week, at the school, then he would grant their kid an annual scholarship to cover the tuition at faith first academy, Solid Rock's private school. That paragraph says it all, right? We don't get a whole lot of insight into church members

who were utterly hurt by JP's actions, despite JP's chaotic existence, which we know plenty about there were actual people who found meaning in the church that they thought they were a part of. According to the counterclam, Sam was occasionally paid by the church for his independent work requested by JP and JP's father, Wayne Miller. The first job he was hired to do, was to quote unquote scrub the internet of JP's cell phone and contact information.

I thought pastors were all about outreach and being available to the community with open doors,

“and I think we've already proven that wasn't the case for JP. When his church called the”

police on a man under medical duress, who stopped at Solid Rock asking for water. JP also hired Sam to quote a system and the design formation and printing of a book that JP presumably wrote, which is hilarious. Presumably, I'm guessing this is a reference to JP's book, hell no, which literally sounds like a parody title. But uh, is Sam hinting that JP didn't write

his book? If not, then who did? I swear if it turns out to be an AI robot, never tell me.

Sam submitted the book to a publisher for JP and then did the same for Wayne for three books that Wayne quote presumably wrote for publication. Sam was also hired to take down the church's old outdated website. This is when Mike hired him to quote create intro videos and cool exciting artwork for the youth group to use in various program materials. Sam says he also created countdown videos for JP's sermons. Countdown videos y'all, could this get any more righteous

gemstones? Anyway, JP also asked Sam to build the Dare to Care Missions website, according to the filing. Now, Dare to Care is the mission that was close to Mike's heart. It is the one that JP and his right-hand woman for sure Ross called police about to falsely report Mike a for stealing from it. After Mike a once again separated from JP and February, as you know, a judge cleared Mike of this and refused to sign a warrant for her arrest, finding that she had not stolen any

money from Dare to Care. In his filing, Sam says that JP and Mike a confided, personal information about their marriage to Sam and his wife who offered carrying listening ears and prayers to JP and Mike a quote. At some point, JP began to talk about Mike from the pulpit in a manner that Sam perceived as criticism and exposing personal aspects about Mike a that were of no business to the

from the pulpit about Mike a which Sam felt JP demeaned, disparaged, and consistently belittled

“the first lady. Sam had had enough of this, so he decided to stop sitting in on JP's”

sermons. After the music was over every Sunday, Sam would get up and leave, and it got to the point where Sam didn't even want to be a part of the church anymore, but he felt stuck because his daughter attended JP's school. At some point before all of this though, Sam, as part of offering testimony to a pastor, had shared private insensitive information about his life with JP. JP later asked Sam if he could share details of Sam's experiences with other members of the church who

might be facing the same struggles. Sam gave JP his conditional approval to that telling JP not to reveal certain specific information, which JP did according to Sam. JP allegedly disclosed Sam's personal and private information in a sermon, and then falsely took credit for helping

“Sam recover from addiction when Sam had already been sober for 18 years. This sermon was recorded”

and uploaded to the church's site. Sam says he was so worried that certain family members of his who were mentioned in the sermon would see the video, and he was scared of the potential consequences and the damage it might cause to his relationships. Later, JP would allegedly tell popular social media content creators on TikTok and YouTube, but Sam was using illegal drugs while at the church, and JP allegedly told a former staff member that Sam is evil and should not

be listened to. In his filing, Sam recounts the morning of April 28th the day after Micah's death. When JP gave his bizarre, quote, "lighthearted sermon filled with jokes and laughter," that ended with the announcement of Micah's death and how she died. Almost immediately

“Sam says the sermon went viral and was met with empathy and outrage. Despite all this, Sam says”

JP went to band practice at the church three days later, where he again gave people details of Micah's death. He told the people at practice that the public's reaction was the work of the devil, and told them that it would blow over in two weeks. Disgusted and embarrassed by JP's behavior, Sam and his wife left Solid Rock and joined another church. May 1st 2024 was the last time Sam ever initiated contact with JP according to the filing. Four days after this, Sam attended the

first protest, which again had permits through the city according to the filing. Sam says he sat

in his car across the street from the church and did not leave his vehicle. He said he was in mourning for Micah and in disbelief over her death. Later that month, Sam posted on Facebook a response to the people who were asking, "Why didn't church members do more to protect and help Micah?" In that post, Sam said he and his wife had gone to the elders of the church, before Micah died to express their concerns, and after she died to share what JP had told them

at that May 1st band practice. On June 2nd, Sam attended and peacefully participated in another permitted rally across the street from the church, according to his filing. Despite leaving Solid Rock, Sam and his wife decided to keep their daughter who was set to be on honor roll and receive recognition for her achievements in school to finish out the year. Just before the ceremony, though, Sam says they were told that due to "an internal issue," their daughter was no longer going to

be on the honor roll, and their daughter's name ended up never being called to receive the

recognition she was due, according to the filing. Sam believes that that was Retribution for them leaving the church. Now, none of that is terribly surprising, right? But if true, it would all be confirmation of so many of the things that we've heard about how JP was running that church. But the next thing I'm going to tell you is pretty shocking. Three days before Micah's death, Sam says that JP texted him to ask him to revise the dare to care website and, quote, "put as

big as possible on the site dedicated to Micah Miller." Eerie, right? And suspicious. Three days before Micah's mysterious death, and JP wanted the dare to care website to be dedicated to her, was he messing with her? Was this a way to weaken her resolve in the divorce or a cheap trick to

Because that's an incredibly hard thing to explain to police in our opinion. JP was, in essence,

“setting up a memorial on a website for a mission Micah treasured before she died. Either Jave”

Miller has terrible luck in timing, or there is something very nefarious happening here. After Micah died, on May 22, JP texted Sam, and demanded he remove some of the photos on the dare to care website because, quote, "His lawyer told him there should not be evidence of association with a certain person." Sam doesn't say who that person was, so was it Micah or was it perhaps the sex offender who had been working for the church? Sam says he told JP he wasn't comfortable

doing that for him. And in response to that, Sam says JP attempted to create anxiety and fear, by threatening that Sam would have to pay back the money JP had paid him to create the website

in the first place. Then, according to the filing, JP told Sam that if he didn't make the changes,

Sam would have to pay back the scholarship for Sam's daughter. Sam and his wife had already done the work per the agreement. It was the end of the school year, and JP was using this as leverage to get what JP wanted done. Oh, he got after that. JP then sends Sam a cease and assists letter through his attorney. In the letter, JP accused Sam of making false claims against him and demanded that Sam, quote, "release." Any evidence he has in his possession to

Russell B. Wrong's Office for, quote, "examination of authenticity." And if he didn't, JP would file legal action against Sam. We'll be right back. Hey all, it's Manny Manny. If you're listening to coerced, you already know that Micah Francis Miller's story runs so much deeper than what the world saw on Netflix. This week on True Sunlight, Liz Farrell and I are breaking down what death of the pastor's

wife left out, and trust me. It is a lot, like JP's fell in father, Reginald Wayne Miller, and how JP inherited the playbook from him, the manipulation, the lawsuit, the just keep preaching arrogance, straight from his daddy. Plus, we talk about the two Jando lawsuits that Netflix barely touched, and we tell you a whole lot about JP's x-white

“that Netflix left out. Remember, Justice for Micah is a movement, not a moment,”

in the full story matters. So follow True Sunlight wherever you're listening right now, and check out episode 163, what Netflix left out of the Micah Francis Miller story. Stay tuned, stay pesky, and stay in the sunlight. I spend most of my life following paper trails, so believe me when I say that I have done the math on my closet, and the pieces that I actually wear on repeat, they are all from quents.

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from JP after she appeared on this podcast to talk about her friendship with Micah. Like Charlotte, Sam did not comply with that ridiculous request. Sam says he and his wife have been devastated by Micah's death. In since that time, he has posted positive messages about Micah on social media, hoping to keep her memory alive, so people will know her as she was, and not as the person

JP tried to make her out to be. In the post, Sam says that he has never mentioned JP, or alluded to

him. Nor has he ever resated any of the allegations against JP. Sam says he also curated a website for Micah celebrating her and honoring her kindness and loving nature through photos. He says he's posted about the justice for Micah movement, which aims to bring awareness to domestic violence and educate the public on coercive control. He has also helped the Francis family design

JP. Sam is also the creator of the Micah Ducks campaign. We're little purple ducks have been

“hidden locally and internationally by people, hoping to keep Micah's memory alive.”

People who find the ducks then post about them online. Sam says he has done all of this for free and does not make money off of any of it. Now, here is the kicker. Sam ends his counterclam by saying that in the light of the FBI's investigation into JP, Sam believes that JP is concerned about what he and his wife can attest to, regarding JP's relationship with Micah and his behavior over several years. Sam believes "this frivolous lawsuit is an effort to further intimidate and silence him,

especially if JP believes Sam's relevant information for the FBI investigation." In his filings, Sam has included several defenses to JP's claims against him. Sam says that JP has

“unclane hands that JP breached his fiduciary duty to him by revealing highly sensitive and confidential”

information about him and made threats. Meaning, JP cannot come after him for money when JP acted

unethically in regards to this case in the first place. Sam also says that he's protected by the

first amendment in regards to his social media post and the protests. Sam is also asserting that JP is a public character. Here is David with Sam's argument. JP has himself used his own pulpit to disclose personal and private facts about himself, his late wife, prior to and after her passing, status of his marriage and others similar personal and normally private facts. JP is an author of at least one religious book, a pastor who publicizes his sermons, promotes himself online,

and has voluntarily participated in interviews with national news organizations and social media content creators. JP by his own action has propelled himself into the spotlight of the public, indicating consent to the publication of those certain facts about his life and has lost to some

“extent the right of certain otherwise private matters that are important for the public to be aware of,”

as a consideration of whether parents should entrust their children to the church's school or become members of his church, actions unbecoming of a pastor, events such as FBI raids, are very much a matter of public interest. Amen to that, right? Additionally, Sam is accusing JP of abuse of process saying that JP has an ulterior motive to silence Sam and is misusing the court to do so. And he says that JP is intentionally inflicted emotional distress on him by using Sam's daughter as

a way to take out his anger over Sam and his wife leaving the church. Finally, Sam is accusing

JP of defamation, slander and invasion of privacy, and he is asking the court for a permanent restraining order against JP to prevent JP from coming after him again. It is really a thing of beauty. You know, how we've mentioned before, the coincidence about how the word chess seems to come up a lot in this case. JP is used in sermons and is quest to have Micah committed by the state. He said that she claimed to be playing a game of chess with the devil and we've actually

meant JP with that one. And JP's alleged paramour, Susie Skinner's husband drowned in the neighborhood pool where he had supposedly gone to play chess. We're here to tell you today that JP Miller must be horrible at chess because he can not seem to anticipate people's very obvious countermeasures, knowing all of this that Sam had on him and JP Miller still decided to poke that bear. Sam wasn't alone by February 2025, attorneys were lining up to represent protesters,

and that's when JP tried a little freelance legal diplomacy. What you're about to hear is an actual suddenly offer, emailed by JP Miller himself to an opposing attorney. Listen for the negotiating strategy. It meant to more than I'm assuming you for and I'll stop asking for money. This is from true sunlight podcast episode 87. Columbia attorney Philip Corey filed a notice of appearance on

notice of appearance, Corey filed a counter claim against JP for each of his clients,

“as well as a motion for a change of venue to move the cases out of mortal beach magistrate court”

and into orey county circuit court, meaning they want to take this to big girl court where JP will actually have to hire an attorney and could be on the hook for way more than the $7,500 limit set from magistrate cases. A date for that hearing has not been set yet. Something happened this weekend that we need to tell you about real quick. Ali's attorney received an email from John Paul Miller that I'm going to have David read. Hello. How are you? Hope you're well. I received

a letter saying that you are representing Melissa, Alexandria, and Sandra. If you would like to settle, I can assure you that all lawsuits against them will be be dropped. If they would agree to the restraining order concerning myself as well as a one sentence apology for the harassment. Thanks so

“much for considering, God bless, capital P, lowercase j, lowercase p. So let me get this straight.”

His negotiation suggestion is if you admit to more than the things I'm asking the court to force you to admit to, then I'll drop the part where I want money. The literal origin of these lawsuits is that the protestors are calling out JP's alleged coercive control abuse of my God and he hates that and he wants them to stop. But then he sends an email where he displays what appears to be a real need to control and abuse an overpower people. And if it wasn't obvious before, it should be

now. JP picked magistrate court not only because it's the wild west and a much cheaper route for him to go. He picked it because he doesn't care about the money. He cares about his ability to bully. In his lawsuits, he's claiming emotional damage in a loss of income because of supposedly each of these individual protesters, but he's willing to drop that claim that frivolous and absurd

claim in exchange for making the protesters essentially sign away their first amendment rights

and bow down to him and kiss his feet. JP wants a one sentence apology for their harassment. So I'm a writer. I'll give him one. I'm sorry that you're such a shamefully bad and hypocritical pastor that the protestors' presence outside your church businesses is stronger than your ability to convince potential church members that you're not the broken and morally bankrupt man

“you so obviously appear to be. I think it's time for JP to take a seat at his piano and maybe”

play himself off the church stage. "God bless, P.J.P." and "Now a word of caution before this next segment and it's an important one. What you're about to hear concerns a police report filed in June 2024 in the week's after Micah's death was making headlines around the world. A report is a record of an allegation,

nothing more. It is not evidence of guilt and JP Miller has never been charged in connection with it

and Mandy and Liz walk carefully through why it could have been made in good faith or in bad faith. The reason it belongs in this series is what it says about Micah's dog and what Micah's list already alleged about how JP treated her. This is from true sunlight podcast episode 68. Okay so interestingly as we were working on this episode we received a number of foias back from the Ory County Police Department and we have to talk about one of them all right now because

it is egregious and why does this always happen on a Wednesday? We need to mention that this report was made on June 3rd which is after Micah's death was all over the news and we want to remind everyone that police reports are just that. There simply reports of allegations. It's public information which makes it fair game for us to talk about as fact in terms of this thing exists and our taxpayer-funded public servants were employed in service of it but reports of allegations do not

automatically mean there is any credibility to the claim. You are so going to understand why I'm saying

all this in one second. We just want to stress that allegations are allegations. They are not

a sign of guilt. That said, on June 3rd Ory County Police Department received a call from someone.

notes that this person is asking to remain anonymous so even though they were adapted the person's

“name they probably should have redacted those other details. We're going to honor the anonymity here.”

The police were called just before 11 p.m. and alerted it to a report of potential animal cruelty at JPMLR's house. The card report says the caller described a very small black and white palm-cheat dog as appearing skinny and overly aggressive according to the report and it noted that quote things did not look right physically. It's this next line where things get really weird. So I'm going to quote it. Caller states and we're adapting this person's role but they

refer to Micah's death and an open investigation into her death and soon to be ex is looking to

involve their dog sexually. Dog rumor states there has been evidence of this and was told they were

also making a report tonight. Then it notes that Micah told this person about this in March

“before she died and I should note that we do not have a report from any dog grammar. We don't”

know if one exists yet. The report we do have notes that there were two dogs on the property. So okay let's all take a deep breath here because look and wow. So this seems to be an accusation of bestiality against JP Miller. Again, anyone can make an accusation about anything although filing a false police report is a crime. We've seen no other reports of any behavior like this on JP's part, it's not a standing accusation against a nor does he ever face any charges. If we take the

report in good faith, it's someone reporting a concern they had based on something the dog

grammar allegedly said she saw and something Micah allegedly told this person. If this is something Micah believed to be true before her death then it really speaks to the punishes and I'll just say it evil things that she was dealing with in those last few months of her life. If she believed this to be true then she was operating under fear that her dog was getting hurt. Obviously we need to note that someone taking a dog to a dog grammar would be an indication of properly caring for

the dog. We also need to say that if this report was made in bad faith, it would be very understandable why JP Miller felt like he was being wrongfully attacked by the public. And we'll note that this accusation was not specifically included in Micah's list, the list of alleged coercive control and abusive behaviors, the Micah's legal team has accused JP of inflicting on Micah, behaviors that they say contributed to her death. However, the list did outline JP's alleged cruelty to Micah's dog.

Here's David with what it says. JP threw Micah's belongings out of the house and then demanded that she "come get her dog" and "she could not keep the dog at the apartment she was staying in at the time and he knew that. When she did not immediately get the dog, he took the dog to her apartment and tied the little dog to the front door handle. He knew that she was not home and he left the dog there. She had to leave where she was at the time to go home to get the dog.

She found a home for the dog but when JP found out about her giving the dog to someone else, he went there and demanded the person give the dog back.

“So what came of this phone call to the police? And most importantly, what about the dogs?”

Police noted that they drove by JP's house that night and that the area was quiet and his front door and garage were closed but that's it. There's no other information. We're going to leave that report where the police left it. A drive by a quiet street and no follow-up because the most consequential legal filings of these past 18 months didn't come from JP. They came for him.

Hey y'all, it's Mandy Matney. If you're listening to coerced, you already know that Mike Francis Miller's story runs so much deeper than what the world saw on Netflix. This week on True Sunlight, Liz Farrell and I are breaking down what death of the pastor's wife left out and trust me. It is a lot like JP's fell in father, Reginald Wayne Miller, and how JP inherited the playbook from him, the manipulation, the lawsuit,

the just keep preaching arrogance straight from his daddy. Plus, we talk about the two Jendo lawsuits that Netflix barely touched and we tell you a whole lot about JP's x-white that Netflix left out. Remember, Justice for Micah is a movement, not a moment,

out episode 163 what Netflix left out of the Micah Francis Miller story. Stay tuned, stay pesky,

and stay in the sunlight. And February 2025, a woman known as Jendo One filed suit against JP Miller, Wayne Miller, and their religious organizations. Her account begins in July 1998, in the church sanctuary when she was 15 years old. The same year, you'll remember from episode six that a 19 year old JP ran a woman down with his truck. Again, this is a civil suit and JP

denies the allegations, and no criminal charges have been filed. And please listen with care,

from True Sunlight podcast episode 89. Okay, that brings us into the church sanctuary in July 1998.

“I think we all have a nice picture of who JP Miller was in that moment. A spoiled,”

entitled, violent pastor's son who worked at his father's church. On that day, 15 year old Jendo sat down in the sanctuary and watched as JP played piano and another person played the drums. And this is important, okay? JP, again, the pastor's son was in charge of the music at the church. It's hard for me to say this next point without throwing up in my mouth, but understandably at the time JP was seen as cool and essentially a rock star in that church community. You.

The reason I say that this is important is because too often when a civil complaint or even a

criminal complaint is filed in a sexual assault case. One of the first things people do when reading

the allegations is subconsciously put themselves in one of the roles, which is natural because it's

“how we process dangerous situations. Right? We learn about a new dangerous situation someone went through”

in the dynamics at play when we assess them. This is why the true crime genre exists. This is why dataine is so popular. We as women in particular watch because on some level we are learning how to protect ourselves. Some of us others are there to judge the victims so that they can go on Facebook and make stupid and unhelpful comments about them, which we've seen. And oh, let's not forget about the men. There are the ones who understand. There are the ones who are

willing to try and understand. And then there are the ones who can only see themselves in the alleged abuser role, whether they're conscious of that or not. The ones who automatically see a fellow man getting victimized by an accusation, a fellow man having his power taken away from him

“by a woman. Those men and the women who are there to judge are the worst. So let's get back”

to those of us who get it and know that there is no road map when it comes to the aftermath of rape. We can see the nuance, the power differential, the fear, the real and perceived pressure to keep silent to not rock the boat. We can understand the desire to forget the incident altogether. And we know how to regard the messy and perfect and highly personal decisions one makes to survive in the moment and beyond. The things rate victims do just to get through it and make it better. Whether it's

reporting the incident to police or smiling at the abuser afterwards in the hopes it helps our escape without further danger. We know that the body can take over and go into self-protection mode. We know that traumas can be buried deep and triggered later. Whether we've experienced this ourselves or not, we understand it. And in cases where the alleged abuser is in a persistent position of power. When it is someone, the rape victim is going to have to interact with again.

We can see why a rape victim might choose to keep the peace and take the abuser's cues on how to interact with them further. Especially if the accused is someone prone to coercively controlling those around him. We know that challenges victims are up against. All of that said, we think about what a child goes through in that same set of circumstances. At this time, JP was seen as a peeling to young women who looked up to him. On that day, in the music sanctuary of the church,

JP began to engage Jane and conversation. According to the lawsuit, at some point, she stepped away to use the restroom. When she came out, JP was standing near Wayne's office door and he called out Jane's name and asked her about a mutual friend's absence from the church. According to the

Without warning, JPM forced plaintiff inside his father's office, shutting the door behind him.

“JPM immediately became aggressive, physically overpowering plaintiff and forcing her against the wall.”

Despite plaintiff's struggles and verbal pleas for him to stop, JPM ignored her and forcibly moved her out of the office, down the hallway, and to a door that led outside to a grassy side yard of the church where JPM's truck was parked. JPM then forced Jane do number one into his truck, and that is where he raped her. At the time of the assault, the plaintiff was a virgin. plaintiff was terrified, physically overpowered, and left defenseless against JPM's assault.

JPM and adult man in a position of authority within the church took full advantage of plaintiff's

youth, inexperience, and vulnerability to commit this heinous act. Following this sexual assault, plaintiff remained silent about what had occurred with JPM and was overcome by shock, shame,

“and fear. In the following months, plaintiff exhibited clear signs of trauma,”

including severe depression, social withdrawal from family and friends, declining academic performance, and emotional distress and self-doubt. So after our breaking news alerts about this lawsuit being felt, we saw a number of comments online asking why this isn't considered statutory rape. So let me answer that.

First, this is a civil lawsuit and not a criminal charge, at least not yet.

But let's talk about it anyway. Statutory rape is sexual intercourse with a minor when both parties have consented, and I put that word in quotes because the age of consent in South Carolina is 16, meaning someone younger than 16 does not have the ability to consent, but if that person does

“willingly have sex with someone older than 16, then the statutory rape law could apply.”

In South Carolina, when someone is being charged in a statutory rape, however, that person gets charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor. There are three levels to that, and they are all felonies. A statutory rape offense would likely be the lesser of the three offenses depending on the circumstances, so reminder, Jane was 15, not of the age of consent, and J.P. was older than 16, he was 19, but, and this is the only part that matters here, Jane did not consent, so the so-called

statutory rape law would not apply. That said, we saw a TikTok ally of J.P.'s rush to his defense and post an AI definition of the quote Romeo and Juliet Law in New Jersey. This is a woman who seems to be in competition to do the most for J.P. in terms of minimizing his behavior on oversimplifying information to support his claims. That said, she's offensive, and so is that post. Romeo and Juliet Law is a protection put in place for young couples who are close in age and are

having consensual sex. An example of that would be, say, you were 15 and a half, and your boyfriend just turned 17. And your parents didn't want you dating your boyfriend, so they call the police on him when they discover that you're sexually active with him. Again, consent, in so far as it applies, is in play. But beyond that, South Carolina does not have that protection, so stop being a gross person, Ms. J.P. TikToker. At the time, J.P. allegedly raped Jane in July of 1998, the lawsuit

asserts that the church and its leadership and J.P.'s father were aware of concerns about J.P.'s behavior with young teenagers at the church starting as early as the year before that, and that they knew J.P. was allegedly engaging in sexual misconduct. And worse, the lawsuit points out that the church was built by Wayne, a man who had a history of sexual abuse allegations in his past. The lawsuit refers to Wayne as the proverbial fox guarding the henhouse. What's

interesting and satisfying about this lawsuit is that it talks in great length about the churchy business, which you know we love to talk about. And the lawsuit also points out the biggest elephant in the room. The one J.P. and Wayne point to when they are serving their power. And away from when they are minimizing it, the churches are extensions of both men's egos and every matter involving the church was decided by them without oversight. Here's David with

intervened to protect miners at the church. They did not. They seated complete control to R.W.M.

“who allowed his son J.P.M to have free reign over the church and the miners at the church.”

This church was J.P.M's sexual playground. Leadership at the church, including R.W.M, should have undertaken something to protect the miners at the church from J.P.M and any other predator including R.W.M. They did not. After J.P. is alleged to have raped Jane, Jane did not fully comprehend what had happened to her or the extent of the harm it was causing her according to the lawsuit. Quote, the trauma was deeply buried and for decades,

she had no conscious recollection of the assault. In other words, Jane paid over the memory of her rape and it wasn't until 2023 when it all came flooding back to her. After she ran

“into J.P. in Murdoch Beach. In 2023, according to court records and other documents and source”

recollections, J.P. was separated from Micah on and off. It's the year he had his lawyer drawn up a post-nupsual agreement, giving him all the power and giving Micah virtually none. It's the year that Micah escaped to Kansas only to come back to Murdoch Beach at J.P.'s disgusting urging because church members were asking where his wife was, only for Micah to then once again be rejected by J.P. who wanted to explore being single, again, according to our previous reporting.

At that time, the church was thriving. J.P. had built it back up from the 2015 scandal when Micah and him were caught having an affair. J.P. was moving quickly on plans for expansion. According to the lawsuit, when J.P. saw Jane, who was with a friend of hers, he leaned into her as if to hug her. But instead, he allegedly, quote, shoved his hand down her pants, touching her genitals without consent. Jane immediately recoiled. According to the lawsuit,

she tried to brush it off and move his hand because she didn't think that her friend had seen it happen and she was scared of what would happen. 30 minutes later, according to the lawsuit, Jane Doe got into a heated argument with J.P. about his use of the title pastor in his use of scripture to justify sexual misconduct, which again is an important factor to keep with you. If J.P. was engaging in sexual misconduct, do the degree that this lawsuit says he was,

how is J.P. able to stave off criminal charges or lawsuits before this one? Right? People allegedly

knew about what was happening at the church. Right? What's a more powerful tool of inspiration

to churchgoers than a pastor sharing scripture? On the darker side, what's a more powerful tool of coercion and control and persuasion and minimization? What is a more powerful threat to a

“believer's salvation than a carefully chosen and strategically shared first of scripture?”

According to the lawsuit, J.P. had to answer to Jane's anger over his title of pastor and of scripture to justify his alleged sexual misconduct. He allegedly said, quote, "No man is without sin and temptation. God understands that." Jane was left reeling from this encounter with J.P. according to the lawsuit, and she began experiencing a quote, "long delayed spiral of self-doubt and depression." In the memories of what happened to her in 1998, the details her body

tried to protect her from reliving, reemerged. After Michael was found dead in a North Carolina swamp, with a gunshot wound to her head, and after Michael's death was declared a suicide, and after all of the details of Michael's life which J.P. began spilling out, Jane was crushed by the burden of guilt, that it came with the thought that had she spoken of sooner. Jane might have been able to prevent further harm to others. The lawsuit says, quote,

"The guilt and shame experienced by Jane do one for not reporting the second assault at the time

of the occurrence of the first assault after memories came flooding back was another insult to the

hers, involves a different setting, cathedral hall academy, and a different year. Here's a clip

“from true sunlight podcast episode 90. Jane do two was 14 when her parents enrolled her”

ecophedral hall academy, a private Christian school run by Wayne and J.P. Miller, according to the lawsuit that said J.P. and Wayne quote, "pertrained themselves as development of God, offering a faith-based education in a nurturing environment. I'll have David read this next part directly from the lawsuit to give y'all a real feel of this sketchy schooled business that they were allegedly operating." Instead, Jane do two walked into a nightmare.

Cathedral hall academy was not a school, it was a trap. There were no certified teachers,

no legitimate coursework, and no structured academics. The classrooms were carved from a repurposed

“bowling alley. Their walls incomplete, their floors slick, and uneven. Many of the staff were”

simply members of Wayne Miller's churches or colleges with no credentials, no oversight, and in some cases, deeply questionable backgrounds. What should have been a place of learning became a place of control, fear, and unchecked abuse. Within months, Jane do two became one of its victims. Of course, there is a scammy school in this bottomless hellscape of a story.

We haven't told you in detail about the quote unquote schools that Wayne Miller ran back in the

day, but put a pin in that because, who? There's a lot more there, and there's a lot more to come on this lawsuit after a short break, and we'll be right back.

“According to the most recent lawsuit filed against JP Miller, one morning in 1999,”

14 year old Jane do number two was asked to hold open the door to the church building, as children laughed after chapel service. When the last child ran out of the building, Jane do number two found herself alone with one of the teachers, JP Miller, who was seated at the piano, and playing softly. According to the lawsuit, JP Miller then asked Jane do number two if she wanted to play, and she saw no reason to decline. But when she got up to leave, JP allegedly pulled

her into a hug, and before she could react, he then allegedly moved his hands down her back, to her waist under her clothing, quote touching her bare butt. Horrible, right? But then it gets worse. Jane do number two says she told a teacher what JP had allegedly done to her, and instead of that teacher helping her, Jane says the teacher sent her to Wayne Miller's office. Wayne Miller. You know, the man who allegedly fled Florence just a decade earlier because of a five-part

television series, accusing him of sexually abusing Bible college students. When Jane do number two got to Wayne's office, JP Miller was already there according to the lawsuit. Here's David reading the next part of Jane do number two's lawsuit. Listen carefully. Wayne Miller demanded she repeat her accusation with his son standing beside him. Jane do number two's voice wavered, and she told the truth. Wayne Miller did not ask for details. He did not care.

He shouted at her, "You will not lie about my son." Then came her punishment. She was forced to write the words, "I will not lie about John Paul Miller five thousand times." Let me repeat that again. Wayne Miller, allegedly made a 14-year-old girl right, "I will not lie about John Paul Miller five thousand times." Again, five thousand times. This is alleged, but if it's true, it is something straight out of a bad parenting 101 playbook.

This is how monsters are made. JP was around 20 years old at the time, so while he was absolutely old enough to know better and old enough to face accountability for his actions, we have to point out how much worse Wayne allegedly made this situation. JP could have learned

Micah's, but instead, Wayne Miller added gasoline to JP's fire, and not only gave him the green light

“to continue to allegedly abuse others with his position of power in the church, but he unfolds in”

JP by punishing the 14-year-old who told on him. He sent a strong message to those around JP that there will be consequences for those who cross him. If those allegations are true, then it makes a lot of sense, right? It makes sense the 25 years ago, JP Miller, allegedly, learned that whenever a person makes an accusation about him, his father will be there to not only

blindly defend him without even attempting to investigate the claim, but his father will use the

power he has as a pastor to punish those who speak out against him in any way. If that did happen, it would make sense that 20 years later, that same man would have the audacity to call the police

“like he's ordering pizza. While, he's under federal investigation, for example, and it would make”

sense that that same man, 20 years later, would file a gaggle of frivolous lawsuits that clog up the courts and attempt to scare the internet into silence. If that did happen, it would explain a whole lot about JP Miller, and it makes my heart break all over again from Micah. But back to the lawsuit, after Jane Doe II was punished for telling on JP, her life at school kept getting worse. Here is David reading from Jane Doe II's lawsuit. After that day, the torment escalated.

The students at the school, many from troubled backgrounds, took their cues from the Miller's. They turned on plaintiff with full force, calling her a liar, a whore, and a slut. They whispered behind her back, shoved notes under her desk and made her life, a daily humiliation. Then came the physical assaults. The lawsuit said that in JP's quote unquote so-called music class, two girls assaulted Jane,

grabbing her from behind, holding her arms back to rip open her shirt and stuff tissues in her bra. And when this happened, JP, the teacher, allegedly laughed. Here is David again, reading from Jane Doe II's lawsuit. Other times, boys and girls alike shoved her into bathroom stalls, slapped her, and yanked her hair. One student even held her down and sprayed bug spray into her mouth and eyes while others watched. Through it all, JPM was there, smirking,

encouraging, watching. RWM was no different. One day he found her crying. He told Jane Doe number two, "Stop disturbing the Lord's work, and repent for your lies." The message was clear, no one would protect her. According to the lawsuit, when Jane Doe II was a ninth grade, the abuse only escalated. One day, JP allegedly cornered Jane Doe II alone in his classroom and told her that she had failed the test, but if she stayed after class, he could fix it for her. Jane Doe II stayed after class,

according to the lawsuit, and sat down in a chair near the piano. Here is David, reading from the

“lawsuit. He started with small talk and asked, "Did she like him? And did she have a boyfriend?”

His hand moved to her knee and she froze. He leaned in further and said he could protect her if she would let him. He then grabbed her and physically assaulted her by putting his hands under her shirt and skirt and touching her sexually. She struggled to push him away, but he was stronger

and pushed her down. She finally broke free and sprinted for the door. She ran down the hall and

out of the school away from JPM. When her mother finally found her walking down the road, she did not say what had happened. The lawsuit also details horrific and heartbreaking psychological abuse that Jane Doe II allegedly endured while attending Wayne Miller School. The horrors of Cathedral Hall Academy were not just physical and sexual. They were psychological. When plaintiff

They berated her, called her a servant of Satan and told her that if she continued down this path,

“she would be raped by demons. Then right in front of her, they set the book on fire.”

Wayne Miller then beat her with a Bible and poured water over her head. She was 16 years old. That was her final year at Cathedral Hall Academy. According to the lawsuit, Jane Doe II, quote, "repress the memories of the abuse, voice it upon her by John Paul Miller and Wayne Miller." The lawsuit said quote, "as a direct result of the trauma inflicted by John Paul Miller and Wayne Miller's assaults, plaintiff repressed memories of the abuse, preventing her from fully

recognizing the extent and impact of the harm she suffered." Jane Doe II first began to process

and recall the abuse in 2024, following the widespread media coverage of Mike Miller's death, according to the lawsuit. Here's David again, reading directly from the lawsuit. The media revelations surrounding Mike Miller's death triggered plaintiff's realization of the coercion, control, and abuse she had endured at the hands of JP Miller and Wayne Miller.

It was only then that plaintiff was able to fully comprehend the nature of the assaults by

John Paul Miller and Wayne Miller and their lasting impact on her, making the accrual of the statute of limitations begin at that time. John Paul Miller and Wayne Miller's abuse and predatory behavior acts in 1998 through 2001 has caused plaintiff's severe and lasting harm.

“Five thousand times. According to her lawsuit, that's how many times a 14-year-old girl was made to”

write, quote, "I will not lie about John Paul Miller and quote." A quarter century before the world learned, Mike is named. As of September, 2026, both Jane Doe lawsuits are still ongoing. These cases could go to trial, but it would take years for these brave women to get justice. Both women say it was the coverage of Mike's death that helped them understand the impact of what had happened to them. That's what Sunday does. Mike's story didn't just expose one man.

It gave other women strength to speak up for themselves. 28 lawsuits to silence people. Two lawsuits that shine a bright light into the archives of allegations of a long time criminal behavior by JP and Wayne Miller and one more courtroom still ahead. Next time, the day the questions stop being civil. Federal agents arrive at JP Miller's door in an arrest follows within days. At a grand jury in Florence hands down the indictment,

this entire series has been building toward. But the trial now just weeks away? Well,

“scheduled anyway. Who knows what tricks JP has up his sleeve this month?”

Until next time, stay tuned, stay pesky, and stay in the sunlight. Coerced, the devotion and death of Mike of Francis Miller, is a lunashark production, with reporting from journalists, Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell, and Beth Brayden, made possible by producers Kate Thomas, Grace Hills, and David Moses. Learn more about our mission and membership at lunasharkmedia.com.