Since the documentary was posted online Dancing with the Devil: a cult on TikTok, Netflix subscribers are taking a closer look at the life of dancer and influencer Miranda Derrick. But what happened to her?
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Two weeks after the release ofAshley Madison: Sex, lies and scandals, Netflix offered a new shocking documentary series to its millions of subscribers. Available since Wednesday May 29, Dancing with the Devil: a cult on TikTok traces the story of a group of famous dancers on the social network trapped by a sect which posed as an artist agency. Among them is Miranda Derrick, a young woman whose family desperately tried to get her out of this downward spiral. But what has become of it today?
Dance with the Devil : Miranda Derrick still works for the 7M agency
As her family members claimed in the Netflix documentary series, Miranda Derrick visits them from time to time, on the condition that they do not mention the activities of the Shekinah Church or the 7M agency. If the dancer regularly posts photos of her visits to her family, her little sister Melanie Wilking nevertheless affirmed that their interactions seemed “superficial”. Miranda Derrick now lives in Los Angeles alongside her husband James Derrick, a dancer and choreographer, who has more than 5 million subscribers on TikTok. The couple recently appeared as extras in the film Road House with Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor, to watch on Prime Video.
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Miranda Derrick (Dance with the Devil) claims not to be part of a religious sect
Before the documentary series goes online Dance with the Devil on Netflix, Miranda Derrick’s parents and little sister created a buzz on Instagram by telling through a video that the dancer was being held against her will by the Shekinah church, founded by Robert Shinn. Allegations that Miranda Derrick had refuted. “I am not being held against my will and I have never been held hostage. I go to church and I have faith in God. If I ever want to pursue my faith elsewhere, I will and I will feel completely free to do so.”, she declared in a press release sent to the site The Cut. The dancer assured that she was in no way part of a religious sect and that members of the 7M firm were in regular contact with their families.
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