JP Miller made a revealing admission in an interview Netflix left out of Death of the Pastor’s Wife

Warning: This article contains discussion of domestic abuse and suicide which some readers may find distressing.

A journalist has shared a clip from their interview with pastor JP Miller, which wasn't included in a Netflix documentary about the death of his wife Mica Miller.

On 27 April, 2024, Mica Miller was found dead at the age of 30 in Lumber River State park, across the state line in North Carolina.

Her death was ruled as suicide, however, a new Netflix documentary - titled Death of the Pastor's Wife - reconstructs the years that led to that day, including how Mica had served husband Solid Rock pastor John-Paul “JP” Miller with divorce papers just two days before she was found dead.

The story is led by Mica's family, friends, and former church members, and contains allegations against John-Paul of coercive control, emotionally and sexually abusing her in the lead up to her death.

In 2025, John-Paul was arrested and charged with cyberstalking by the FBI alongside making false statements to federal investigators - charges he's pleaded not guilty to and maintains his innocence.

Three months after Mica was found, John-Paul was sought out by NewsNation investigative correspondent Rich McHugh and agreed to 'sit for an interview,' McHugh recalls in a post shared to X on 1 September.

JP's interview with NewsNation and what he admitted to

The interview wasn't featured in the Netflix series and saw JP and McHugh speak 'for nearly two hours,' McHugh since having shared the 'moment [he] asked [JP] if he ever abused Mica'.

When asked the question, JP responds: "Never. Not in any way, shape or form. I took better care of her than anybody could ever take care of her."

He continued by exemplifying how he allegedly 'never asked her to clean the house not once in seven years of marriage,' and saying she 'never had to cook a single meal' or 'work' either.

"She was never harmed physically in any way," he said.

McHugh then addressed an email allegedly sent by JP which saw him 'apologise for tracking her, for messing with her tires and for posting the picture' - referencing a topless photo. The journalist questioned: "So that's all true, right?"

JP Miller admitted to apologising to his wife for tracking her, for messing with her tires and for posting a nude picture of her on social media (NewsNation)

'I 100 percent wrote the letter'

JP responded: "Great question. I'm glad you asked that actually. If I wanted to lie about that, I'd just say I never wrote the letter, right? Because how can you prove that I wrote somebody's letter? There's no signature, there's no name, it's not in my handwriting.

"But I 100 percent wrote the letter, [...] because the last night we were together for four hours, at one point, because the whole four hours I'm trying to get her to take her medicine.

"And then she's saying my family doesn't want me to, they don't want me to come inside the house."

He alleged Mica agreed to come inside and take her medicine if JP agreed to give her $10,000 and 'write an apology letter'.

Upon McHugh clarifying the facts, JP admitted to doing 'the PI thing' but then said: "Over the years what I've learnt with her is when she's in a delusional state of mind, I have to play into it in order to get her back on the medicine."

JP denied slashing Mica's tires and posting a naked image of her online, saying he 'thinks' it was a 'made up thing' and saying he believes her 'tire just ran over something'.

John-Paul and Mica first met when she was 13 (Netflix)

"I don't know I didn't see anything," he added.

He also claimed he only hired the PI but only in a bid to 'stop her getting a weapon' from a 'gun store'. However, he claims he 'stopped paying for' the PI 'three weeks' before Mica's death.

This contradicts FBI filings which state JP allegedly hired the investigator to cyberstalk Mica because he suspected she was cheating on him.

JPs response to the allegations that he 'drove her' to her death

"That's the dumbest thing I ever heard. She wasn't with me," he said.

Death of a Pastor’s Wife is available to stream on Netflix now.

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