The family of TikTok star Miranda Derrick believes their daughter has been taken in by a cult in Los Angeles run by a pastor accused of stealing millions from at least one member.
Melanie Wilking and her parents, Kelly and Dean Wilking, say that they have not been able to speak to Miranda since January 2021 after she refused to go to her grandfather's funeral in a now-viral Instagram video.
'It's been haunting us for over a year now,' Melanie said on the video, which they dated February 24. 'It's definitely been the hardest year of my life.'
'You don't need to cut us off. Life is going on and there are so many exciting things going on,' Melanie added.
They said that Miranda, 24, left last year to join an entertainment management company called 7M Films, which has ties to a church called Shekinah Church and a sect of Christianity known as the Seven Mountain Mandate, according to Gawker.
Representatives for 7M told DailyMail.com that there is zero connection between 7M Films and the mandate and that the company neither believes in nor promotes the mandate.
Melanie Wilking and her parents, Kelly and Dean Wilking, say that they have not been able to speak to Miranda since January 2021 after she refused to go to her grandfather's funeral in a now viral Instagram video
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