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Disgraced pastor John-Paul Miller can't even enjoy meals at his favorite restaurants after disgusted locals learned of how he treated his late wife.
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Almost everywhere he goes, Miller, 47, is heckled and shunned in the South Carolina town where he once ran a megachurch.
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The former Solid Rock Church preacher has been dogged by controversy since his wife Mica, 30, was found dead on April 27, 2024, days after filing for divorce.
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His flock melted away as he was accused of driving his wife to suicide and abusing her during their marriage.
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Those allegations led to Miller facing federal charges, to which he pleaded not guilty.
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Miller is now reduced to ministering to at most 50 people out of a former nail salon on a rundown strip mall as protesters scream at him from 90ft away.
But his everyday life has become even less bearable since the release of a new Netflix documentary, Death of the Pastor's Wife.
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So shocking were the claims made on the program, that businesses are denying service to Miller and his new wife Suzie Skinner, 51.
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The couple were last week kicked out of Travinia Italian Kitchen in Myrtle Beach after customers and staff complained that the sight of the pair offended them.
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John-Paul Miller and his new wife, Suzie Skinner, were last week kicked out of a restaurant in Myrtle Beach after customers and staff complained about being anywhere near them
It comes amid a Netflix documentary revealing how Mica Miller, 30, took her own life days after serving her husband John-Paul Miller, 44, with divorce papers
General manager Ashley Thomas told the Daily Mail that Miller furiously dared staff to call police on him and only left after Suzie dragged him out.
Miller dined at the restaurant at least once or twice a month for many years, including with Mica before her death, but Thomas and her staff decided he was no longer welcome after seeing the documentary.
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We saw him pull up in front of the restaurant so Jasmine, the manager on duty, was at the host stand waiting,' she said of when Miller and Suzie arrived half an hour before closing time on September 17.
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She told him, "We're just gonna ask you to leave, you're no longer welcome here".
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He started yelling at her and just saying like, "Do you believe everything you watch on TV?"
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Jasmine told Miller that she wasn't going to discuss it with him, and was simply asking him to leave – but he wouldn't take no for an answer.
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'He proceeded to sit himself at a table and was like, "You're gonna serve me, I'm not leaving,"' Thomas said.
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Jasmine warned Miller that she would call police if he refused to leave, and he replied 'call them'.
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Miller and Suzie were forced out of Travinia Italian Kitchen (pictured) - a venue they would regularly visit before the Netflix documentary dropped
A one-star review appeared on Travinia's TripAdvisor page from a 'John M' later that evening falsely claiming he was with seven others and they were discriminated against
The manager walked away to get her phone, and by the time she returned, Miller's wife no longer wanted to stick around.
'Suzie started yelling, "we need to get out of here, this is ridiculous,"' Thomas said.
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Thomas said the few customers still sitting at the bar told staff they would have intervened if Miller hadn't left when he did.
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Miller returned moments later and confronted Jasmine, saying he had spoken to his lawyer and the restaurant couldn't deny him service.
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When she stood her ground, he took a photo of her and vowed to return the next day and complain to Thomas.
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But he never showed up.
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Instead, a one-star review appeared on Travinia's TripAdvisor page from a 'John M' later that evening, with that profile believed to belong to Miller.
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'About 8 of us went for dinner, but we had to leave due to a manager named Jasmine who was incredibly rude to a man in our party due to her discrimination of Christians,' it read.
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Travinia's owners, devout Christians and one of whose wife works at a Christian college, sarcastically said 'what a coincidence' that the review appeared after Miller was ejected.
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And yes, this has nothing to do with Christianity,' they said.
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Mica was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Lumbee River State Park in North Carolina, after calling 911 to tell her family where to find her
Miller is now reduced to ministering to around 50 people from a former nail salon on a rundown strip mall, wedged between a dog groomer and a Colombian barbershop in South Carolina
Thomas explained that customers became increasingly uncomfortable sharing a room with Miller after he was indicted in December.
Miller faces federal cyberstalking charges over a shocking alleged campaign of harassment against Mica in the leadup to her death.
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He pleaded not guilty and will go on trial next month.
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Mica was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Lumbee River State Park in North Carolina, after calling 911 to tell her family where to find her.
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However, after the Netflix show was released in August, the irritated comments from Travinia customers escalated into multiple tables walking out each time he visited.
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'They would say things like, "I can't believe you're letting him eat here," or "I'm not sitting here having dinner and staring at that guy,"' Thomas said.
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Wait staff also told their managers they were uncomfortable serving him, until Thomas decided Miller would be denied service.
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'After this Netflix thing came out, it's just gotten worse, to where people just don't want him around,' she said.
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'My concern was more of protecting my staff and the way they felt, I had probably five or six different girls come to me.
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'Some of these girls are younger, like 17 years old, and watching what was (allegedly) done to this woman is scary, so they're scared to death of this man.
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'Nobody wants to wait on him, and I'm not gonna force anyone to.
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So we just decided it would just probably be for the best that he does not come in here.
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Miller and Suzie were spotted at a Myrtle Beach Pelicans minor league baseball game on September 2, dressed casually and trying to blend in
But when they tried to enjoy a drink at nearby Uncle Tito's bar in Murrells Inlet - about 10 miles from Miller's home - after the game, they were jeered by other patrons
Travinia is not the only local business where Miller is unwelcome as he is increasingly becoming a pariah since the charges and documentary.
Other hospitality workers wrote online that they were supported by their own managers when they refused to serve him.
However, another waitress at a well-known restaurant claimed she was fired after she made the same request of her bosses.
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Miller's notoriety is not confined to Myrtle Beach.
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He and Suzie were spotted at a Myrtle Beach Pelicans minor league baseball game on September 2, dressed casually and trying to blend in.
But when they tried to enjoy a post-game drink at nearby Uncle Tito's bar in Murrells Inlet – about 10 miles from Miller's home – they were jeered by other patrons.
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One local said 'everyone in the bar started yelling... and (the Millers) put their heads down and got the hell outta there real quick.'
Suzie is nearly as reviled, accused of having a long-running affair with Miller before Mica's death, and whose own late husband drowned in a swimming pool in 2021 – allegedly after discovering her betrayal.
Miller is now preaching to a few dozen faithful sparsely filling the tiny former nail salon
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A growing group of rotesters against Miller has only grown larger since the release of new Netflix documentary Death of the Pastor's Wife
Dozens of protesters have for months laid siege to Mercy Church from a traffic island across the road to heckle Miller and his flock every Sunday
Miller is particularly hounded by a large, loud and dedicated band of 'Justice for Mica' campaigners who are determined to make his life hell.
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