Why JP Miller's Best Man Released a 400-Word Public Statement

Sam Rickman played bass in the Solid Rock worship band. After Mica Miller died, he sat in his car at the first Justice for Mica rally, unable to get out. Then he joined the protesters. JP Miller sued him. The jury handed Rickman $3,400 and JP $100. JP abandoned his appeal one week before his own federal arraignment. Rickman did not issue a statement claiming he was never really inside the room. He picked a side and absorbed the cost.

Mark Kaufman took a different path. JP's best man, co-owner of a Myrtle Beach piano bar, and recipient of power of attorney over JP's entertainment company shares, Kaufman published a written response after the Netflix documentary Death of a Pastor's Wife reached its global audience. JP, he wrote, "was never part of the core group of friends with whom I regularly spent my time." The wedding tape, the pulpit footage from the morning after Mica's death, and a former pastor's account of Kaufman calling her within minutes of her resignation all point in a different direction than the statement.

The spiritual overseer who said in May 2024 he stood behind JP "for the duration" has gone dark since the premiere. A church elder who resigned after Mica died now emphasizes he was "never close friends" with the pastor. The congregation that packed two Sunday services is down to a handful gathering in storefronts and gyms. A separate church in Conway had to tell the public it shares nothing with JP's operation after Netflix viewers confused the two buildings.

JP Miller has entered a not-guilty plea to federal charges. His trial opens in the October 2026 term. He maintains his innocence.

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