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Viewers of the most recent true crime documentary released by Netflix, Death of the Pastor’s Wife, claim that the entertainment giant left out crucial details about his violent past.
The new documentary follows the years leading up to the death by suicide of Mica Miller in 2024, the wife of a prominent South Carolina pastor, John-Paul Miller, who allegedly physically and sexually abused her.
While Mica’s family and friends shared insight into their tumultuous relationship, the documentary left out major details about the JP’s criminal past.
Although John-Paul was arrested and charged with cyberstalking by the FBI in 2025, he pleaded not guilty and still maintains his innocence.
After also being charged with lying to federal agents, which he denies, his record was completely scrubbed in 2022 after receiving a pardon for his former felony convictions.
The clergyman’s infamous previous convictions were almost 30 years ago. In March 1998, he was charged with driving under suspension, and an assault and battery charge of “high and aggravated nature” in June of 1999.
According to South Carolina local newspaper the Post and Courier, John-Paul received the assault charge after he hit a woman with his truck and continued to drive for 100 yards with her lying across the hood of his car.
After accusing the woman of harassing him and refusing to get off his car, he received a four-year suspended sentence, three years of probation, and 500 hours of community service for hitting the woman with his car.
In 2022, the former pastor was pardoned after it was ruled that he had been a "law-abiding citizen" after completing his sentences.
Although Netflix excluded much of John-Paul’s past from the show, the multi-billion-dollar company has publicly supported Mica’s law, a piece of legislation proposed by her family. It calls for greater protections from abuse when a victim is married to the perpetrator.
According to her family, Mica had reported her partner to the police for stalking and harassing her numerous times, but very little was done about it because the couple was not married.
Speaking to the camera in the show, Mica’s sister, Anna Francis, said: “The police weren’t able to do a single thing for Mica, because you’re married to someone; that’s not harassment in South Carolina.
“That’s why ‘Mica’s Law’ is so important to us as a family.”
