THIS is the $2.5 million Los Angeles mansion where an alleged TikTok “cult” shoots its hit dance videos.
Pictures obtained by The Sun show the inside of the five bedroom, five and a half bathroom property where Shekinah Church pastor Robert Shinn and his son Isaiah appear to be living.
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Shinn, 63, has been hit by claims online that he is running a “cult” which has recruited top dancers through his 7M Films production and management company and brainwashed them.
He and 7M vehemently deny the allegations, which they say are “wildly offensive and riddled with inaccuracies”.
The custom-built 5,200 sq ft Studio City home where Shinn and his son appear to live has been used as a backdrop for the slick dance clips they produce.
It boasts a “luxurious master suite with fireplace and gigantic walk in closet” and a kitchen with Carrara marble counters, according to an online listing.
The listing adds: “The large and bright family room includes an independent climate control wine cooler, grand fireplace and direct access to the outdoor terrace with pool/spa and bbq area.”
Many of the hit TikTok videos shot by 7M feature dancers performing in front of the doors which lead the terrace and pool area.
The allegations surrounding 7M first emerged after the family of TikTok star Miranda Derrick, 25, claimed in a viral online video that she has been recruited by 7M and cut off from them.
They say she later went on to marry her now-husband James Derrick – who also works with 7M – without telling them or inviting them to the wedding.
The Wilking family claim they first became estranged from Miranda in January 2021 after she refused to go to her grandfather’s funeral.
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In a tearful denunciation, Miranda’s sister Melanie and parents Dean and Kelly Wilking said of 7M’s recruits: “They are not in control of their lives— someone else is controlling their lives and they’re all victims of this.”
Miranda and her husband James Derrick have both denied claims – which have now been reported about, but not yet conslusively substantiated, by several news outlets – that they are part of a “cult”.
Meanwhile, Samantha Long, a dancer who claims to be a friend of Miranda’s husband James Derrick – known on TikTok as B-Dash – also spoke out online about how he has allegedly changed since joining 7M.
Long said that James seemed “like a robot” the last time she spoke with him.
Shinn was previously sued by former church member Lydia Chung in 2009 for allegedly cutting her off from her family, brainwashing her and defrauding her out of almost $4million.
He and other defendants reportedly prevailed at trial against all of the claims in the lawsuit.
Chung claimed Shinn had been described online as a “former medical doctor who successfully practiced medicine for seven years before God spoke to him and brought him into ministry full time”.
She also alleged in the failed lawsuit that Shinn and others in Shekinah Church had deprived her of at least $3.8 million in property and funds after she joined the church in 2000.
The lawsuit, which was reportedly defeated following a trial, alleged: “Defendants exerted undue influence, mind control, coercive persuasion, oppression and other intimidating tactics in the name of ‘opening up and being honest to God’ to cause plaintiff, Lydia Chung, to reveal and give them control over all of her personal financial information.”
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Some reports have suggested that Shekinah Church may subscribe to the “Seven Mountains Mandate” followed by some Pentecostal and Charismatic churches to prepare for the end of days.
Lawyers acting for Shinn and 7M denied the church believes in or promotes the Seven Mountains Mandate and claimed the “M” in 7M’s name stands for “millennium”.
The Seven Mountains Mandate states that to bring about the second coming of Christ believers must work to influence religion, family, education, government, media, arts and entertainment and business.
Shekinah Church’s website states: “We are called to aggressively train God’s people to develop the fruit of the Spirit, which are divine characteristics of God Himself, so that they may really meet God in the deepest way.
“Only in this way, will one handle all the success and prosperity properly.
”We are called to be doers of the Word. Therefore, we are called to be givers.
“We are devoted and dedicated daily to give into the Kingdom of God.
“We have firmly committed our lives to sow T.E.M.P. (Time, Effort, Money, and Prayer) seeds every day to bring all of God’s family together into His glorious house.”
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Shinn was spotted last week in exclusive pics obtained by The Sun driving a Bentley SUV, attending a gym in Burbank and going for lunch at an upmarket Woodland Hills restaurant with his wife Hannah and two female friends.
He declined to comment when approached by The Sun at the home where he appears to live in Studio City.
A statement provided by lawyers representing him and 7M Films stated: “The false and sensational allegations about 7M stem directly from a dispute between 7M-represented dancer Miranda Derrick and her estranged family.
“Despite her family’s claims, Miranda is a successful businesswoman and a loving wife and daughter who cares very much about her family.
“It is pathetic and contemptible to try to turn her private family matters into a tawdry public scandal for clicks and clout.
“While the recent portrayals of Dr. Robert Shinn and 7M Films have been wildly offensive and riddled with inaccuracies, those false claims will not deter 7M from supporting Miranda in whichever endeavors she chooses to pursue next.”
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