
Scandalous pastor JP Miller whose wife's death shocked America remarries just one year later
The 45-year-old tied the knot Sunday with his now-wife Suzie Skinner, 50, at an intimate beach wedding in Myrtle Beach, investigative journalist James Seidel reported.
It was reportedly protected by security guards to look out for 'uninvited guests,' Robbie Harvey, a freelance reporter, posted on X.
Harvey noted that the couple's seven combined children were not in attendance.
News of Miller's third marriage comes as he continues to face mounting criticism over his second wife Mica Miller's suspicious death.
Mica, 30, was found dead in North Carolina's Lumbee River State Park on April 27, 2024 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, days after filing for divorce from Miller.
Suzie Skinner also lost her previous spouse, Chris Skinner, 41, who drowned when his wheelchair rolled into a neighborhood pool in Myrtle Beach on September 6, 2021.
Although no foul play was initially suspected in Chris's case, Horry County Chief Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard reopened the case in March after mysterious 'new evidence regarding the manner of death' came to light.
Miller's first ex-wife Alison Williams filed a petition for sole custody of their children last June that included shocking claims about his sex life - including some involving Skinner and his wife.
In the affidavit, Alison wrote that her then-husband began an affair with Suzie in 2021 by using their son, who played soccer with Suzie's son, to facilitate their liaisons.
She claimed her children were 'well-aware' of the affair, which their friends also gossiped about - causing them 'a tremendous amount of embarrassment.'
'When I learned [John-Paul] was exposing our children to yet another one of his adulterous affairs, I confronted JP and Suzie and told them not to let it happen again,' she wrote.
Alison divorced Miller in 2015 after discovering he was having an affair with Mica, whom he married in 2018. It's not known if his alleged 2021 affair with Suzie ended before Mica's death.
'JP called me the day Suzie's husband died in an alleged drowning accident extremely upset and asking me to pray, which was incredibly bizarre,' Alison continued in the lawsuit.
'Based on information and belief, just two weeks prior to [Skinner's death], Suzie's husband had confronted JP and asked him to leave his wife and children alone.
'It is chilling to know that the spouses of both Suzie and JP are now dead, from tragic events.'
Chris's sister Tamra McDermott said Suzie called Miller to the scene soon after his body was discovered in the pool.
She said the reopening of the investigation into her brother's death was partly prompted by new witnesses giving contradictory evidence to what Suzie and others told police at the time.
'When looking at the police reports and coroner reports, it is clear there was some inconsistency. Also, it was acknowledged that some of what was said at the scene may be inaccurate,' she previously told DailyMail.com.
Tamra said her brother fell out of the pastor's church, Solid Rock Ministries, and with Miller himself, about four or five months before his death, after having worshipped there without issue since 2018.
'Chris definitely voiced that he did not like the pastor of that church and he did stop going to church there,' she said.
'He was in some emotional pain, and he was having a hard time... he was pulling away and distancing himself.'
This period of time is understood to be a focus in the re-investigation.
Mica, Miller's second wife, contacted police several times in the months preceding her suicide to level allegations against her husband, including claims he 'groomed' her when he was a teenager.
He has vehemently denied any allegations of grooming and abuse. He has also previously suggested Mica suffered from mental illness and attempted suicide on more than one occasion.
Mica and Miller initially split on September 20, 2023, before the divorce was dismissed on February 13.
Later that same month Miller filed against his wife for separate support and maintenance in a motion withdrawn March 11.
But on April 15, just 12 days before she was found dead, Mica filed for divorce once more and sought a no contact order against her husband. They split for the second time on February 6.
Miller has also been accused of raping a 15-year-old girl and displaying a continued pattern of 'sexual abuse and predatory conduct for years,' according to lawsuit from February.
Miller allegedly attacked the teen, known only as Jane Doe, in 1998 while at his father's church, the filing stated.
In a 43-page complaint filed in Horry County Circuit Court, the unidentified woman accused Miller of raping and inappropriately touching her.
The last incident occurred as recently as 2023, the woman said, with Miller accused of grabbing her genitals in public which triggered 'repressed memories.'
Those repressed memories are alleged to be an assault by Miller that occurred in 1998, when she was 15 and he was 19.
In the suit, it said that the trauma of that earlier alleged assault was 'deeply buried' and that Jane Doe had 'no conscious recollection of the assault.'
She had been attending Sunday school at Miller's father's church when she said he forced her into his father's office, and shut the door behind him.
Miller is said to have 'immediately' become 'aggressive' and 'physically overpowering' against her.
After a struggle and pleading with him to stop, Miller led her from the office to outside the church, the suit claims.
The woman alleged that she was forced into his truck and raped. The suit stated she was a virgin at the time.
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