{"id":102365,"date":"2024-06-05T06:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/7m-dancer-miranda-derrick-responds-to-dancing-for-the-devil\/"},"modified":"2024-06-05T06:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:04:49","slug":"7m-dancer-miranda-derrick-responds-to-dancing-for-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/05\/7m-dancer-miranda-derrick-responds-to-dancing-for-the-devil\/","title":{"rendered":"7M Dancer Miranda Derrick Responds to Dancing For the Devil"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Miranda Derrick<\/strong> has broken her silence after her life was the focus of Netflix\u2019s docuseries Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The three-part series<\/a>, released on May 29, explores Miranda\u2019s family\u2019s claims that the 7M dancer is allegedly stuck in a cult run by Robert Shinn<\/strong>, the pastor at Shekinah Church in Los Angeles and the founder of 7M Films, which manages Miranda\u2019s dance career.<\/p>\n

Miranda, 27, released a statement via Instagram<\/a> on Tuesday, June 4, that detailed her take on the docuseries, including the fact she is \u201cnot a victim,\u201d \u201cnot in any harm,\u201d and \u201cnot being abused.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to start by saying that I appreciate the concern that has been expressed for my well-being. Due to pending litigation, in which I am a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit, it\u2019s not appropriate for me to comment on specific allegations. Though I will state that I do not condone abuse in any way,\u201d Miranda, who has, in the past, denied she is in a cult, wrote via an Instagram Story.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tRelated: <\/span>7M Dancers Miranda Wilking and James Derrick’s Relationship Timeline<\/span><\/a>
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\n\t\t\tMiranda Wilking\u2019s life with husband James Derrick looks picture-perfect based on her social media presence, but her family members claim there\u2019s more to the story. Miranda\u2019s parents and sister, Melanie Wilking, took to Instagram Live in February 2022 to claim that Miranda had been indoctrinated into a cult that targets dancers. The concerned family said [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In the show, Shinn is accused of sexual assault by multiple women.<\/p>\n

Miranda explained that while the series has captured her parents\u2019 and sister Melanie Ekeler<\/strong>\u2019s views on 7M, Miranda believes that what has been aired \u201cis a one-sided story.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my Mom, Dad and Melanie and they will forever be a part of my life. The truth is, we just don\u2019t see eye to eye at this time. I believe that this documentary is a one-sided story,\u201d Miranda wrote. \u201cI gave my life to Jesus Christ in 20202 and asked my family for some space in the very beginning to collect my thoughts and process my new walk I wanted to take with God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miranda continued, \u201cMy family didn\u2019t honor the space I asked for and I saw a different side of them I\u2019ve never seen before. Honestly, it made me mad, frustrated and annoyed that they were being so overbearing and chaotic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dance star, who is married to fellow 7M dancer, James Derrick<\/strong>, and was first linked to him in April 2021 after she allegedly cut ties with her family, also detailed a fallout between her and Ekeler.<\/p>\n

\u201cI also told my sister that I wanted to continue our wilkingsisters social media page. She logged me out of our account and when I asked for access back she denied my request,\u201d Miranda wrote. \u201cSo I had no other choice but to start my own account and pursue my own career.\u201d<\/p>\n

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During an Instagram Live in February 2022, her family claimed that they were not aware of Miranda\u2019s September 2021 wedding to James.<\/p>\n

Miranda\u2019s new statement revealed that she and her family, including her sister<\/a>, are now working together to move forward.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been getting together with them over the past couple years to make amends, move on and work things out as a family. This documentary has created a further challenge between us as I work to overcome this public attack,\u201d Miranda wrote.<\/p>\n

Miranda also expressed her disapproval over the way she was represented within the docuseries.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo one likes to be portrayed as their [sic] brainwashed\/not in control of her own life\/shell of herself\/human trafficked daughter\/sister when that just isn\u2019t the truth,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI would have preferred that my family\u2019s circumstances remain private. I\u2019m forced and feel like I have no other choice but to defend myself because of all of this. I can\u2019t convince anything to believe anything. I am just a woman trying to live my life. I am not a victim, I am not in any harm, I am not being abused.\u201d<\/p>\n

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