TikTok star\u2019s family concerned daughter\u2019s being held hostage by \u201ccult\u201d management Instagram: Wilking SistersA TikTok star\u2019s family is devastated after claiming that their daughter had been allegedly inducted into a \u201cchurch-based cult\u201d targeting dancers in Los Angeles. Former TikTok duo \u2018the Wilking Sisters\u2018 rose to fame in early 2020 when Melanie Wilking, 22, and Miranda Derrick, 25, whose maiden name is Wilking, had the idea to start posting artistic dance videos. At the time, the sisters had over 2 million followers, before breaking off and going about their own careers in mid-2021. As the sisters stopped posting together, fans thought something was off with them \u2013 sparking rumors of the duo having a fallout. The situation now appears to be far more concerning, however, as their parents allege a talent agency has held Derrick hostage. The Wilking family speaks out On February 24, Melanie, along with her parents Kelly and Dean Wilking posted a video to Instagram praying for Derrick\u2019s safety and return home, alleging that she has been held hostage\u201d by a talent management agency that operates under the name \u201c7M Films.\u201d \u201cMiranda is part of a religious group and she\u2019s not allowed to speak to us,\u201d Melanie said in the video, which now sits at over 270,000 views. View this post on Instagram The sister\u2019s detachment from her family supposedly began after she intended to fly back home from Los Angeles, California, to Michigan for her grandfather\u2019s funeral. The family said they had flown out to Los Angeles to see where she was staying during the months-long absence in an effort to reunite. After the family\u2019s attempt to meet with the daughter, Derrick allegedly cut all ties and blocked her entire family, including her grandmother. \u201cShe got married and we don\u2019t even know when she got engaged,\u201d Miranda\u2019s mom said. \u201cI don\u2019t know who officiated the wedding, I don\u2019t know who was in attendance, I don\u2019t even know anything about it.\u201d So is Miranda being held hostage by a \u201ccult\u201d management? The original concern stemmed from Derrick\u2019s family who believed her management had a major role to play involving her absence. Derrick, along with her husband James, joined 7M Films management in mid-2021, with the \u201c7M\u201d standing for the Pentecostal movement of the Seventh Mountain Mandate. After an independent investigation by Dexerto, we uncovered an individual who goes by the names Robert Shin and also Robert Shinn. This individual with multiple aliases directly links Derrick\u2019s management company 7M Films and a Shekinah church that practices the Seventh Mountain Mandate. Dexerto reached out to Shinn and three of his associates about the allegations against 7M Films to no response. The only representative we were able to reach was Matthew Shinn, who answered but declined to comment. The Wilking family maintains their daughter is being held hostage and are still looking into getting in contact with her. Derrick\u2019s sister Melanie said the family is working with local authorities to get answers following the disappearance. \u201cAs of right now, we are choosing to just work on things behind the scenes and with the authorities to get my sister back,\u201d she told Dexerto. Dexerto reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department, to which no reports were readily available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok star\u2019s family concerned daughter\u2019s being held hostage by \u201ccult\u201d management Instagram: Wilking SistersA TikTok star\u2019s family is devastated after claiming that their daughter had been allegedly inducted into a \u201cchurch-based cult\u201d targeting dancers in Los Angeles. Former TikTok duo \u2018the Wilking Sisters\u2018 rose to fame in early 2020 when Melanie Wilking, 22, and Miranda […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}