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NJ Actor Ezra Miller Accused Of Grooming Young Girl, 12: Reports

Ezra Miller, who stars in the film "Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore," is accused of manipulating and giving drugs to the minor.

NEW JERSEY - Actor and Garden State native Ezra Miller is facing accusations of grooming a teen girl from the age of 12, according to documents obtained by People.com and TMZ.

Miller allegedly used “cult-like and psychologically manipulative, controlling behavior," "violence, intimidation" and a “pattern of corrupting a minor” against activist Tokata Iron Eyes, who is now 18, per documents filed in Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court.

The pair met at Standing Rock Reservation in 2016 when Miller was 23, said the court filing from Tokata’s parents, Chase Iron Eyes and Sara Jumping Eagle.

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Wyckoff-born Miller stars in the “Fantastic Beasts” movies and as The Flash in several DC films. But following a string of arrests in Hawaii earlier this year, DC and Warner Bros. have put a pin in Miller’s projects. Read more: Bergen Native Ezra Miller Threw Chair At Woman: Hawaii Police

The parents go on to claim that Tokata was fed LSD, marijuana and alcohol from Miller as a teen, and flew to London to see Miller at 14. The activist also went to Miller’s house in Vermont, as well as visited New York, Los Angeles and Hawaii to see the actor.

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Miller also offered to pay for Tokata’s schooling at Bard College, which the parents claim was used by Miller to “create a sense of indebtedness” to the actor.

The parents in the filing are seeking a protective order against Miller, with a hearing set for July 12.

In a statement posted to Instagram, Tokata defended Miller, arguing that the claims against the actor were false.

“My comrade Ezra Miller for the entirety of the aforementioned era has only provided loving support and invaluable protection throughout this period of loss,” Tokata wrote.

“My father and his allegations hold no weight and are frankly transphobic and based in the notion that I am somehow incapable of coherent thought or opposing opinions to those of my own kindred worrying about my well-being. I am now aware of the severity of emotional and psychological manipulation I was made to endure while in my parents [sic] home.”

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