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“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller said in a statement shared with PEOPLE via their rep on Aug. 15.
“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life,” Miller added.
However, during an interview onThe Discoursepodcast in May 2023, director Andy Muschietti said he has no plans to recast Miller in a potentialThe Flashsequel.
“I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did,” he said.
The Flashfilm, which was completed before Miller’s latest round of legal woes, is slated to hit theaters in June 2023 but has faced increasing controversyamid Miller’s recent scandals.
Here’s a breakdown of the actor’s recent controversies.
June 2011: Ezra Miller is charged with marijuana possession
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Just before Miller’s breakout role inThe Perks of Being a Wallflower, the actor was arrested and charged with marijuana possession on June 22, 2011, with police reporting that the actor was holding a “brown, vegetable material” during a routine traffic stop,per TMZ. However, that July, the publication reported that a New Jersey judge agreed to dismiss the possession charge, issuing two disorderly conduct citations.
April 2020: Ezra Miller appears to choke a woman outside a bar
In April 2020, a video surfaced online of Miller appearing to choke a woman at a bar in Reykjavik, Iceland. Asource later confirmed toVarietythat the incident was “a serious altercation at the bar” and that Miller was escorted off the premises as a result.
Two years after the incident, thewoman from the clip shared her side of the storywithVariety, saying that her banter with the actor about getting into a fight was meant as a “joke,” but her friend appeared to antagonize the situation when he told Miller that he heard the actor didn’t want to fight.
“My friend didn’t have to say that,” she told the outlet. “It was just a joke, obviously — but [Miller] took that literally and got super mad and came running outside.”
January 2022: Ezra Miller delivers a cryptic message to the Ku Klux Klan
In a since-deleted Instagram video posted on Jan. 27, Miller appeared to threaten members of a Ku Klux Klan chapter in North Carolina.
“Look, if y’all want to die, I suggest just killing yourselves with your own guns. OK?” Miller said in the video,according toThe Hollywood Reporter. “Otherwise, keep doing exactly what you’re doing right now — and you know what I am talking about — then, you know, we’ll do it for you, if that’s really what you want. Talk to you soon, OK. Bye.”
Along with the video, Miller reportedly wrote in the caption, “Please disseminate (gross!) this video to all those whom it may concern. This is not a joke and even though I do recognize myself to be a clown please trust me and take this seriously. Let’s save some live [sic] now ok babies? Love you like woah.”
March 2022: Ezra Miller is charged with disorderly conduct and harassment
On March 28,Miller was arrested and chargedwith disorderly conduct and harassment over their alleged involvement in two separate incidents that happened at a karaoke bar in Hawaii.
“Miller began yelling obscenities and at one point grabbed the microphone from a 23-year-old woman singing karaoke and later lunged at a 32-year-old man playing darts,” added the HPD. “The bar owner asked Miller to calm down several times.”
That April,the actor pleaded no contestto the disorderly conduct chargein courtvia Zoom call, after which the judge sentenced Miller with a $500 fine. The judge also dismissed two additional counts against Miller “with prejudice,” including a harassment charge from the same incident and a separate traffic-obstruction-related complaint.
March 2022: Ezra Miller gets a restraining order filed against them
April 2022: Ezra Miller is arrested on a second-degree assault charge
Miller’s legal trouble continued as the actor wasarrested and charged with second-degree assaulton April 19 after being found during a traffic stop at the intersection of Highway 130 and Kukula Street in Kea’au, Hawaii, per police.
“During the course of their investigation, police determined that the individual, later identified as Ezra Miller, became irate after being asked to leave and reportedly threw a chair, striking a 26-year-old female on the forehead, resulting in an approximate half-inch cut,” read thenews releasefrom the Hawaii Police Department.
June 2022: Ezra Miller is accused of grooming
The parents claimed that Miller groomed their child from the age of 12 after taking “an immediate and apparently innocent liking” to them, adding that Miller exhibited a “pattern of corrupting a minor,” allegedly drugging their child over the years and displaying “cult-like and psychologically manipulative, controlling behavior.”
Gibson later issued a statement on Instagram, downplaying her parents' concerns and sharing that Miller “has only provided loving support and invaluable protection.”
“I am now aware of the severity of emotional and psychological manipulation I was made to endure while in my parents home,” read part of the message. “I am an adult and I deserve to feel authority in my own body.” (Chase and Sara told PEOPLE their child doesn’t have a phone and doubt whether they wrote the statement.)
June 2022: Another parent comes forward with allegations against Ezra Miller
Shortly after Chase Iron Eyes and Sara Jumping Eagle’s court filing, another parent sought legal actionfollowing an incident with Miller. According toThe Daily Beast, a mother from Greenfield, Massachusetts, and her child, now 12, were granted a temporary harassment prevention order against Miller after they alleged that the actor “menaced their family one evening in their downstairs neighbor’s home and acted inappropriately toward” the minor. The actor deactivated their Instagram account shortly after the temporary harassment prevention order was granted.
August 2022: Ezra Miller is accused of burglary
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In August,Miller was accused of burglarizing a homein Vermont, wherethey allegedly stole “several bottles of alcohol,” per a release from the Vermont State Police.
After looking at surveillance footage and taking statements, police said they had “probable cause” to charge Miller “with the offense of felony burglary into an unoccupied dwelling.”
The actor was later summoned to attend a court hearing in Vermont Superior Court Bennington Criminal Division on Sept. 26.
August 2022: Vermont State Police try to serve an emergency care order to a mother staying at Ezra Miller’s home
August 2022: Ezra Miller reveals they’re seeking treatment for “complex mental health issues”
On Aug. 15,Miller publicly addressed their recent troubling behaviorin a statement to PEOPLE. “Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller said.
“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life,” the actor added.
Oct. 17, 2022: Ezra Miller pleads not guilty to burglary charge in Vermont
The actor appeared via video in a Bennington courtroom or an arraignment surrounding the August incident in which theyfaced charges after allegedly taking alcohol from a man’s homein Stamford.
During the brief hearing,Miller’s attorney entered not-guilty pleason their behalf to one “felony count of burglary into an occupied dwelling,” as well as a second “minor charge of petit larceny,” theBennington Bannerreported.
Jan. 13, 2023: Ezra Miller pleads guilty to misdemeanor and begins 1-year probation
Miller and their lawyer attended a hearing in person at Vermont’s Bennington County Superior Court, where Judge Kerry Ann McDonald-Cady reviewed the terms of a change-of-plea agreement and sentencing.
Theypleaded guilty to a lesser chargein an agreement with prosecutors to drop two charges, including felony burglary and petit larceny, which were dismissed without prejudice — meaning the case is closed if the yearlong probation is not violated.
Rather than pursue a jury trial, Miller opted to plead guilty to misdemeanor unlawful trespass, admitting they were on the victim’s property May 1, 2022, in Stamford, Vermont, without the owner’s permission.
April 24, 2023:The Flashdirector addresses Ezra Miller’s controversies
During a Q&A at the Warner Bros. lot,The Flashdirector Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschiettispoke publicly about Miller’s controversies. When asked how the actor is doing, Muschietti responded, “Ezra is well now. We’re all hoping that they get better… They’re taking the steps to recovery.” He added of the actor, “They’re dealing with mental health issues, but they’re well. We talked to them not too long ago, and they’re very committed to getting better.”
May 2023: Director Andy Muschietti says he has no plans to recast Ezra Miller in futureThe Flashfilms
Muschietti isn’t dropping Miller. During an interview onThe Discoursepodcast, the director shut down rumors about plans to recast the actor in any futureThe Flashsequels.
“I don’t think there’s anyone that can play that character as well as they did,” Muschietti said. “The other depictions of the character are great, but this particular vision of the character, they just excelled in doing it.”
June 12, 2023: Ezra Miller alludes to their recent controversies atThe Flashpremiere
On June 12, Miller made a rare public appearance as they attended the Los Angeles premiere ofThe Flash. During the premiere, the actor alluded to their recent legal woes as they addressed attendees at the event.
In particular, Miller acknowledged Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav, Warner Bros. Film Group heads Michael De Luca and Pam Abdy and DC Studios stewards James Gunn and Peter Safran for “your grace and discernment and care in the context of my life. And in bringing this moment to fruition,“according toVariety.
source: people.com
