The Never-Ending ‘Dancing For the Devil’ Saga Is Getting Weird
glamour.comBy On Netflix, the three-part docuseries, , aired at the end of May. But in the real world, the series just keeps on going.In the latest installment, , its apparently unwitting subject who may or may not be in a cult, took to Instagram Monday to those behind the series.
In a video message she filmed on the edge of her bed, likely to fight accusations that she wasn’t running her own social media accounts, Derrick pleaded with the public to leave her and her husband, fellow maybe-cult member James “B-Dash” Derrick alone.“Since this documentary came out, we feel like our lives have been put in danger,” she said.Derrick’s message was the second time she has addressed the series, which was released on May 29 on the platform.
The series alleges, among other things, that Derrick and her husband, professional dancers who moved to Los Angeles to try to make it big in the industry, instead fell under the spell of Robert Shinn, a Christian pastor who founded a church called Shekinah.
Shinn, with the help of his son Isaiah, met the Derricks and many other-LA area dancers slash TikTok influencers, and created a management company, 7M, to help them monetize their However, Derrick’s parents and sister, fellow dancer slash influencer Melanie Wilking, allege that Shinn is instead running a secretive cult, brainwashing their daughter and others into his warped version of Christianity and keeping them in his control by managing their careers.
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