A house linked to the Pastor “Tiktok Cult” Robert Shinn was attacked by federal agents.
The authorities have accessed a house in the 7700 block of McGroarty Street in Tujunga which is connected to several owners, including Shinn, Friday, July 25, the Los Angeles Times reported.
According to the local media ABC7“Several” mandates were issued and several people were detained on Friday on the property. Mandates are linked to an investigation into allegations of money laundering and sex trafficking and were served by IRS in collaboration with the FBI and the American postal service. The El Monte police department also said ABC7 His Swat team is part of the investigation.
The media reported that “at least seven people have been detained”.
US Weekly Contacted the EL Police Service by e-mail and by phone to comment. We also contacted the Shekinah church to comment.
“The American postal inspection service works in close collaboration with our local, state and federal partners to apply the law on this current survey”, postal inspector Patricia Mendoza said to Times. “This remains an active case, and we continue to collect and examine the information.”
Shinn, the pastor of the Shekinah church, was presented in the Netflix 2024 documentary. Dance for the Devil: the cult of Tiktok 7m. He was described as an “abusive cult chief” Times Noted, and the supporters said that Shinn told them that they should “die” to family members who did not follow him.
Several old dancers of 7m Participate in the documentary And voted against the abuses they would have received in the hands of Shinn in May 2024. Shinn denied the allegations against him, and a declaration at the end of the Docuseries read: “No criminal accusation was brought against Shinn.
ABREY FISHERA dancer who participated in the documentary, appeared in the newspaper program Banfield In June 2024 to describe what he claimed to have experienced.
“My experience in Shekinah was very interesting,” he explained at the time, while adding that he did not immediately realize that things were not satisfied with the church until media coverage suggests that the 7M could be a cult.
Robert Shinn with Melanie Lee.
With the kind authorization of Netflix“”[Shinn] I wanted everyone to see our families, talk to our friends, make sure everything you do, post it [online] So, in this way, people can see that everything is normal and that everything seems to be at all in a cult. … This is where I said to myself: “Ok, it’s a bit shady”, “he added.
In June 2024, Dancer colleague Miranda Derrick Silence breaks him On the documentary, insisting on the fact that she was not one of those who would have been mistreated.
“I want to start by saying that I appreciate the concern that has been expressed for my well-being. Due to an early dispute, in which I am an applicant in a defamation trial, it is not appropriate for me to comment on specific allegations. Although I declare that I do not tolerate mistreatment, “said Miranda, 27, 27 via Instagram.
Miranda added that although her parents and sister participated in the documentary, she thinks that she only offered “a unilateral story”.
“I love my mother, my father and melanie and they will always be part of my life. The truth is that we do not see the eyes to the eye at the moment. I believe that this documentary is a unilateral story,” continued Miranda. “I gave my life to Jesus Christ in 2020 and I asked my family a space at the very beginning to collect my thoughts and treat my new walk that I wanted to do with God.”
“My family did not honor the space I asked for and I saw another side of those I have never seen before. Honestly, it made me crazy, frustrated and bored that they were so dominant and chaotic,” she said.
Miranda, who is married to her colleague 7m dancer James Derrickcontinued: “I also told my sister that I wanted to continue our social media page from Wilkingsists.
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