Jack Osbourne Calls Out LAPD Over '7M' Documentary

Jack Osbourne has called out the LAPD after the Netflix docuseries Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult detailed how the police handled complaints made by women about 7M Films and its founder, Robert Shinn.

During an episode of The Osbournes Podcast, which sees Sharon, Ozzy, Jack and Kelly Osbourne catch up on present-day events, Jack Osbourne explained the three-part series that hit Netflix on May 29. The docuseries investigated claims of a "cult-like" atmosphere at 7M Films, a talent management company that works with dancers and is owned by Shinn—pastor of the Los Angeles-based Shekinah Church.

The show interviewed former church members and showed clips of 7M member Miranda Derrick. Her parents, Kelly and Dean Wilking, and her sister Melanie Ekeler were also interviewed for the series after previously going viral on TikTok. The documentary suggests that Derrick is deeply entrenched in the alleged "cult," but the dancer has denied the reports.

During his conversation with his family, Jack Osbourne called Shinn "controlling" and "creepy."

"You've got to give him happy ending massages and you have to dance or you're not going to heaven," Jack Osbourne claimed.

When the family discussed Shinn and Shekinah Church further, Sharon Osbourne added: "It's just an excuse for another one of these, uh, pastors to control people and get what he wants. They've just added in some dancing."

Later, Sharon Osbourne asked her son whether 7M Films and Shinn were being investigated.

"Numerous women came to the LAPD. LAPD were like 'We need more, we need more, we need more,' typical LAPD. And apparently there's, there's nothing happening so [Derrick's] family has taken him to, like, civil suit and also his victims have filed like civil suits against him but he's just trying to—they're just going to drag it out, you know, he's got church money," he explained.

Newsweek emailed LAPD and 7M Films for comment on Wednesday.

In 2023, former members, including Kevin "Konkrete" Davis, Aubrey Fisher-Greene, Kylie Douglas, filed a cross-complaint against Shinn, his wife Hannah Shinn, their entities and other affiliated individuals.

"The claims accuse them of fraud, forced labor and human trafficking, as well as Robert of sexual battery. The case is scheduled to go to trial in July 2025 in Los Angeles; to date, no criminal charges have been filed," per CNN.

According to E! News, elsewhere in the cross-complaint, Shekinah is called "a cult operating under the guise of a religious institution," with the lawsuit accusing Shinn of "building his personal wealth on the backs of the free labor or excessive fees from Shekinah members."

In a statement previously sent by email, 7M Films called the Netflix docuseries a "work of fiction," that was "invented for the sole purpose of gaining fame and fortune."

"Two years ago [former Shekinah Church members] Melanie Lee Goldman, Priscylla Leigh aka Elisha Priscylla Leigh and their co-conspirators launched a concerted smear campaign to defame Robert Shinn, his family and his business associates after Mr. Shinn did not capitulate to Ms. Leigh's extortion demands," a representative for the company told Newsweek on June 4.

"Despite sworn statements from co-conspirators that confirm the scheme by Ms. Goldman and Ms. Leigh to disseminate widespread lies, Netflix recklessly provided a global platform to peddle a false narrative that is at the center of ongoing litigation," the representative said. "We will continue to pursue all legal remedies available to stop the spread of salacious lies and expect to be fully vindicated in court."