'{{short description|American dance instructor (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox person | name = Abby Lee Miller | image = Abby Lee Miller by Gage Skidmore.jpg | caption = Miller in October 2022 | birth_name = Abigale Lee Miller<ref>{{cite news |last=Ove |first=Torsten |date=January 19, 2017 |title='Dance Moms' TV star faces sentencing in federal court |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2017/01/19/Dance-Moms-television-star-Abigale-Abby-Miller-seeks-probation-for-financial-crimes-feds-want-prison/stories/201701190194 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |access-date=July 26, 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|09|21}}<ref name="autobiog">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Abby Lee |title=Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class |date=July 15, 2014 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=9780062304889 |page=8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5a8CVRskfPEC&pg=PT8 |quote=I was born in 1965.}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Pittsburgh|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | occupation = Dance instructor, television personality, choreographer, studio owner, author | years_active = 1980–present }} '''Abigale Lee Miller''' (born September 21, 1965) is an American dance instructor, choreographer, television personality, and author who founded the Abby Lee Dance Company. She appeared on the [[reality television]] show ''[[Dance Moms]]'' from 2011-2019. ==Early life== Abby Lee Miller was born in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania in 1965, to Maryen Lorrain Miller (''née'' McKay; 1927–2014), a dance teacher and studio owner, and George L. "Salty" Miller (1927–2000).<ref name="post-gazette">{{cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/news/obituaries/2014/02/21/Obituary-Maryen-Lorrain-Miller-Dance-instructor-mother-of-Dance-Moms-star/stories/201402210118|title=Obituary: Maryen Lorrain Miller / Dance instructor; Stars in'Dance Moms' star|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|author=NIKKI PENA|date=February 21, 2014|access-date=July 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-02-10 |title=Abby Lee Miller's Mother, She is the Original Dance Mom, Dies At Age 86 |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/abby-lee-millers-mother-dies-age-86-maryen-lorrain-miller-original-dance-mom-passes-after-cancer |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=International Business Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=My Dad, George L. Miller died on Father's Day in 2000 – I miss him every single day. Here's to all the dance dads everywhere!She was very much so considered Karen |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/pSkmUwCGvo/?hl=en |website=instagram.com}}</ref> Hi Wikipedia 😚 ==Career in dance== Miller grew up around dance in [[Penn Hills, Pennsylvania]], a Pittsburgh suburb, studying under her mother's direction at the Maryen Lorrain Dance Studio.<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web |title=Abby Lee Miller Biography: Reality Television Star, Choreographer (1966–) |url=http://www.biography.com/people/abby-lee-miller-21215825 |access-date=March 30, 2017 |publisher=[[Biography.com]] ([[FYI (TV network)|FYI]] / [[A&E Networks]])}}</ref><ref name=officialbio>{{cite web|title=Faculty > Abby Lee Miller, Owner/Director |url=http://abbyleedancecompany.com/faculty/#/639 |publisher=Abby Lee Dance Company |access-date=October 21, 2013 |archive-date=March 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303024417/http://abbyleedancecompany.com/faculty |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1980, Miller formed the Abby Lee Dance Company, a dance team at her mother's studio. Miller eventually took over the studio in 1995 and renamed it Reign Dance Productions.<ref name=officialbio /> Miller opened a Los Angeles location in 2015. It was closed and sold in 2017 in light of Miller's prison sentence. Miller has since relocated her LA studio to a much smaller space, including one dance room and a merchandise shop. In December 2022, it was announced that Miller's Pittsburgh studio had been permanently closed. It was subsequently sold and repurposed into a bus lot and daycare. Miller became certified by Dance Masters of America<ref name=officialbio /> and became a member of Dance Masters of Pennsylvania Chapter #10 in 1986,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dma-chap10.com/|title=Members| publisher=Dance Masters of Pennsylvania Chapter #10}}</ref> but her membership was terminated in February 2012, with DMA saying Miller's [[reality-TV]] show ''[[Dance Moms]]'' was "a total misrepresentation of our dance educators and their students and is detrimental to the dance profession.".<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.dancestudiolife.com/2012/02/dance-masters-of-america-dumps-abby-lee-of-dance-moms/|title=Dance Masters of America Dumps Abby Lee of 'Dance Moms'| agency=DSL Dancewire|via=Dance Studio Life|date=February 29, 2012| archive-date= July 9, 2014| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140709063043/http://www.dancestudiolife.com/2012/02/dance-masters-of-america-dumps-abby-lee-of-dance-moms/}}</ref> ==Career in reality television== In 2011, Miller began appearing in the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] reality television show ''[[Dance Moms]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dance Moms|url=http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms|publisher=mylifetime.com|access-date=October 21, 2014}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2019}} Miller appeared on the show for eight seasons through September 2019. <ref>{{Cite web|title = ''Dance Moms'' (Lifetime)|url = http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/dance-moms |publisher=[[TheFutonCritic.com]]| access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> ''Dance Moms'' follows the training and careers of children in dance and show business under the tutelage of Abby Lee Miller as well as the relationships between Miller, the dancers, and their often bickering mothers. Three spin-offs of ''Dance Moms'' are ''[[Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition]]'',<ref name="book">[http://www.ibtimes.com/dance-moms-star-melanie-huelsman-speaks-out-about-abby-lee-miller-book-signing-drama-1875587 "'Dance Moms' Star Melanie Huelsman Speaks Out About Abby Lee Miller Book Signing Drama, Why Haley Joined The Candy Apples"]. ''International Business Times''. by Rebecka Schumann April 9, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.silive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/03/staten_island_dancers_compete.html "Staten Island studios star on Abby Lee's 'Dance Moms' this week; 'World Class' status awaits?"]. ''Staten Island Live''.</ref> which ran for two seasons and 22 episodes;<ref>{{Cite web|title = Watch Online Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition – Watch Series|url = http://watch-series-tv.to/serie/abbys_ultimate_dance_competition|website = watch-series-tv.to|access-date = July 15, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150715104841/http://watch-series-tv.to/serie/abbys_ultimate_dance_competition|archive-date = July 15, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref> ''Dance Moms: Miami''; and ''Dance Moms: Abby's Studio Rescue.'' The latter ran for only 7 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Dance Moms: Abby's Studio Rescue|url = http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/abbys-studio-rescue|publisher = myLifetime.com|access-date = July 15, 2015}}</ref> Miller has also been a guest judge on ''[[Dancing with the Stars (American season 18)|Dancing with the Stars]]''.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-701550 "'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Guest Judges 'Dancing With the Stars,' Upsets Pro Dancers"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''/</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://time.com/88771/dancing-with-the-stars-recap-abby-lee-miller/ |title=Dancing with the Stars Watch: Abby Lee Miller Brings Her Dance Moms Magic|date=May 6, 2014|first1=Melissa|last1=Locker|access-date=November 1, 2015|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> In 2014, Miller published a book, ''Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class''.<ref name="book" /> In 2015, Miller opened a new studio set up in Los Angeles called ALDC LA.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/dance-moms-star-abby-lee-millers-huge-aussie-dummy-spit/story-fn8yvfst-1227271201368 "Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller's huge Aussie dummy spit"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724063635/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/dance-moms-star-abby-lee-millers-huge-aussie-dummy-spit/story-fn8yvfst-1227271201368 |date=July 24, 2015 }}. ''News.com. au''.</ref> In March 2017, Miller announced she had quit the series.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-quits-fraud-case-sentencing-jail-lifetime-collins-avenue-1202053136/|title='Dance Moms' Host Abby Lee Miller Says She's Exiting Show As Jail Time Looms|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=March 27, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2017/03/27/abby-lee-miller-quits-dance-moms-full-statement-jail/|title=Abby Lee Miller Quits Dance Moms|website=[[TVLine]]|first=Andy|last=Swift|date=March 27, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> In July 2018, Miller announced her return for season 8 of ''[[Dance Moms]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/abby-lee-miller-returning-to-dance-moms-for-season-8-and-is-currently-casting-talent-exclusive/ar-AAzWukS|title=Abby Lee Miller Returning to 'Dance Moms' for Season 8 – And Is Currently Casting Talent! (Exclusive)|website=www.msn.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712153242/https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/abby-lee-miller-returning-to-dance-moms-for-season-8-and-is-currently-casting-talent-exclusive/ar-AAzWukS|archive-date=July 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''[[Dance Moms]]: Resurrection'' premiered June 4, 2019, on Lifetime.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms/videos/dance-moms-resurrection-premieres-june-4|title=Watch Dance Moms: Resurrection Premieres June 4 Clip – Dance Moms|website=Lifetime|access-date=2019-02-19}}</ref> In 2016, Miller appeared on ''[[The Eric Andre Show]]''{{'}}s season 4 premiere.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adultswim.com/videos/the-eric-andre-show/abby-lee-miller|title=Watch The Eric Andre Show Episodes and Clips for Free from Adult Swim|website=Adult Swim}}</ref> Miller announced on [[Instagram]] on May 4, 2020, that she will be leaving ''Dance Moms'' and Lifetime after nine years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levine |first1=Daniel |title=Abby Lee Miller Leaving 'Dance Moms' and Lifetime After 9 Years |url=https://popculture.com/reality-tv/news/abby-lee-miller-leaving-dance-moms-lifetime-after-9-years/ |website=PopCulture |publisher=Entertainment Tonight |access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref> There are rumors of the show's return on a new network, facilitated by Miller in an interview with Pop Crave.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-20 |title=Abby Lee Miller teases new, 'different' season of 'Dance Moms' |url=https://nypost.com/2022/10/20/abby-lee-miller-teases-return-to-a-different-dance-moms/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}}</ref> ===Racism allegations=== On June 2, 2020, Miller posted a black square to Instagram on [[Blackout Tuesday]] in response to the murders of [[George Floyd]], [[Ahmaud Arbery]], and [[Breonna Taylor]]. This caused Adriana Smith, the mother of ''Dance Moms'' season 7 dancer Kamryn, to share on Instagram that she and her daughter left the show because of their experience with Miller. "A statement from her that sticks in my mind to this day during my time on DMS8 is 'I know you grew up in the HOOD with only a box of 8 crayons, but I grew up in the Country Club with a box of 64—don't be stupid.'" Smith wrote on Instagram. On June 3, 2020, another ''Dance Moms'' mother, Camille Bridges, accused Miller of treating her daughter Camryn differently because of her race and that the environment was "extremely hostile". She told [[E! News]] via e-mail that Miller "tried to spin Camryn as being the poor one and there on scholarship. She would say the most terrible things on camera. It was a traumatic experience that I wish on no one."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vulpo |first1=Mike |title=Dance Moms Stars Speak Out Against Abby Lee Miller Over Alleged Controversial Remarks |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1158313/dance-moms-stars-speak-out-against-abby-lee-miller-over-alleged-controversial-remarks |website=E! News |date=June 3, 2020 |publisher=NBCUniversal |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref> Miller has since deleted her [[Black Lives Matter]] post and on June 4, 2020, she issued an apology to "Kamryn, Adriana, and anyone else I've hurt", saying, "I realize that racism can come not just from hate, but also from ignorance. No matter the cause, it is harmful, and it is my fault. While I cannot change the past or remove the harm I have done, I promise to educate myself, learn, grow, and do better. While I hope to one day earn your forgiveness, I recognize that words alone are not enough. I understand it takes time and genuine change." Reposting Miller's apology, Smith said that she did not accept it because she did not think it was sincere. "I also fully support and standby Nia Frazier [Sioux], Camryn and Nicaya [Wiley] as well as any others who have been victims of racism at the hands of Abby Lee Miller or in the industry," Smith wrote.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gumbs |first1=Alisa |title=Lifetime TV Drops the Curtain on 'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller After Racist Remarks |url=https://www.blackenterprise.com/lifetime-tv-drops-the-curtain-on-dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-after-racist-remarks/ |website=BLACK ENTERPRISE |date=June 6, 2020 |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> It was announced that on June 5, 2020, Lifetime decided to sever ties with Miller as a result of the allegations of the racist remarks she made. The network canceled the ''Abby's Virtual Dance-Off'' competition reality series, which was announced in April and was slated to debut in summer 2020. Miller also will not be returning to ''Dance Moms'' if the series is renewed for a ninth season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Lifetime Severs Ties With Abby Lee Miller, Cancels 'Virtual Dance-Off' Series |url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/lifetime-severs-ties-abby-lee-miller-cancels-virtual-dance-off-series-1202952325/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 5, 2020 |publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC. |accessdate=6 June 2020}}</ref> ==Legal and financial problems== On December 4, 2010, Miller filed for [[bankruptcy]] after owing more than $400,000 in back taxes to the IRS.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The Truth About 'Dance Moms': 8 Shocking Facts About Abby Lee Miller's Hit Lifetime Series| website=[[International Business Times]] | date=April 15, 2014 |url = http://www.ibtimes.com/truth-about-dance-moms-8-shocking-facts-about-abby-lee-millers-hit-lifetime-series-1572016|access-date = July 15, 2015}}</ref> Soon afterward, she was hired for ''[[Dance Moms]]'', with filming beginning on April 6, 2011. Episodes began airing in July 2011, and Miller's financial situation improved. Miller began to encounter numerous legal problems in 2014. Paige Hyland sued Miller, charging assault. The suit further claims the show's producers encourage a violent and combative atmosphere on the show as a way to attract viewers.<ref>[http://www.people.com/article/abby-lee-miller-dance-moms-assault-lawsuit "Abby Lee Miller of Dance Moms Sued for Assault by Teen Student"]. ''People''. By Andrea Billups October 10, 2014</ref> A $5 million lawsuit was filed against Collins Avenue Entertainment for staging disagreements that ended in a fight between Kelly Hyland and Miller.<ref>{{Cite web|title = 'Dance Moms' Lawsuit Results: Judge Sides With Abby Lee Miller, Kelly Hyland's Emotional Distress Claims Tossed| website=[[International Business Times]] | date=November 18, 2014 |url = http://www.ibtimes.com/dance-moms-lawsuit-results-judge-sides-abby-lee-miller-kelly-hylands-emotional-1725685|access-date = July 15, 2015}}</ref> Paige Hyland also filed an emotional distress lawsuit against Miller.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Charges Dropped Against Dance Mom Who Slapped Coach Abby Lee Miller| date=April 3, 2015 |url = http://www.etonline.com/news/162207_kelly_hyland_gets_charges_dropped_after_slapping_dance_moms_star_abby_lee_miller/|access-date = July 13, 2015}}</ref> The claims were dropped on the emotional distress lawsuit. Some indignities Miller inflicted upon her students that the lawsuit highlighted included bullying, throwing a chair at a student, pinching a student until they bled, and referring to a student of color as a "little tootie."<ref>{{cite web|title='Dance Moms' Coach Abby Lee Miller's Parenting Advice Book Gets Official Release Date|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/dance-moms-coach-abby-lee-millers-parenting-advice-book-gets-official-release-date-1606582|first1=Rebecka|last1=Schumann|date=June 19, 2014|access-date=November 1, 2015|work=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> While no lawsuits officially were filed, Maddie Ziegler, former ''[[Dance Moms]]'' star, has made it clear where she stands with Miller.  To quote Ziegler, “I’ve blocked out so much of my childhood that I actually don’t know what my life was like, even, just before working”.  Miller taught Ziegler, along with all of the girls, negative life lessons, and made the Ziegler family feel guilty for trying to leave the show for three seasons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mohammed |first=Leyla |date=2023-09-11 |title="Dance Moms" Star Abby Lee Miller Reflected On Her Strained Relationship With Maddie Ziegler And Said There's Still "A Lot Of Ugly Darkness" There |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/leylamohammed/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-maddie-ziegler-feud |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=BuzzFeed News |language=en}}</ref> On October 13, 2015, Miller was indicted by the [[United States Department of Justice|DOJ]] for [[fraud]] for creating a secret bank account between 2012 and 2013 used to hide income from [[master class|masterclasses]], TV deals, and [[merchandising|merchandise]] sales, in addition to failing to file required monthly reports of income with the bankruptcy court for 13 months. She was indicted for bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy assets and false bankruptcy declarations in hiding some $755,000.<ref>{{cite web|title = 'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller indicted on fraud charges|url = http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-radio/2015/10/14/Dance-Moms-star-Abby-Lee-Miller-indicted-on-fraud-charges-pittsburgh/stories/201510140166|website = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date = October 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/file/783446/download|title=Case 2:15-cr-00212-NBF|publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]|access-date=February 28, 2017}}</ref> If found guilty, she could have faced a fine of $250,000 for each of the 20 counts she was indicted on (collectively $5,000,000) and five years in [[prison]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dance-moms-star-abby-lee-miller-indicted-fraud/story?id=34470066|title='Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Indicted for Fraud |last=Messer |first=Lesley |website=[[ABC News]] |date=October 14, 2015 |access-date=April 18, 2015}}</ref> She pleaded not guilty in November 2015.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/abby-lee-millers-legal-problems-continue-dance-moms-star-delays-fraud-trial-again-2346262|title=Ib times|website=[[International Business Times]] |date=March 31, 2016}}</ref> By February 2016, the case was delayed a fifth time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/abby-lee-millers-legal-problems-continue-dance-moms-star-delays-fraud-trial-again-2346262|access-date=April 24, 2016|date=March 31, 2016|first1=Rebecka|last1=Schuman|title=Abby Lee Miller's Legal Problems Continue As 'Dance Moms' Star Delays Fraud Trial Again|work=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> Shortly after her indictment, she was charged with customs fraud relating to undeclared cash from [[Dance Moms]] Australia master class tour. Miller reached a deal with the IRS criminal investigators to enter a guilty plea to reduced charges on June 27, 2016.<ref>Patten, Domonic. (June 27, 2016) "[https://deadline.com/2016/06/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-guilty-plea-fraud-smuggling-charges-bankruptcy-lifetime-1201779760/ 'Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Smuggled $120K & Faces 2.5 Years In Jail After $5M Fraud Case Guilty Plea], ''[[Deadline Hollywood]]. Retrieved April 15, 2020.</ref> Sentencing was originally set for October 11, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2016-06-27 |title='Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Smuggled $120K & Faces 2.5 Years In Jail After $5M Fraud Case Guilty Plea |url=https://deadline.com/2016/06/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-guilty-plea-fraud-smuggling-charges-bankruptcy-lifetime-1201779760/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Deadline}}</ref> It was postponed three times: first to January 20, 2017;<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-01 |title=Abby Lee Miller's Sentencing Gets Delayed To 2017 |url=https://www.realitytea.com/2016/11/01/abby-lee-millers-sentencing-gets-delayed-2017/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Reality Tea |language=en-US}}</ref> then to February 24, 2017;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2017-02-22 |title='Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Gets 11th-Hour Reprieve In Fraud Case Sentencing |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/abby-lee-miller-final-sentencing-delayed-dance-moms-fraud-1201943445/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> and finally to May 8, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |date=2017-02-24 |title='Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Faces Jail With New Final Sentencing Date In Fraud Case |url=https://deadline.com/2017/02/dance-mom-abby-lee-miller-final-sentencing-date-fraud-1201973331/ |access-date=2022-07-15 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> On May 9, 2017, after a two-day hearing, Miller was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-jail-time-sentencing-fraud-case-lifetime-1202086665/|title=Ex-'Dance Moms' Host Abby Lee Miller Sentenced To Prison In Fraud Case|work=Deadline Hollywood|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/05/09/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-prison-bankruptcy-fraud/|title=Dance Moms star Abby Lee Miller sentenced to prison|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Nick|last=Maslow|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017|archive-date=May 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512013950/http://ew.com/tv/2017/05/09/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-prison-bankruptcy-fraud/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/849528/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-sentenced-to-1-year-in-prison|title=Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison|website=[[E! News]]|first=Samantha|last=Schnurr|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/dance-moms-star-abby-lee-miller-year-prison-47300752|title=Ex-'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller gets 1 year in prison|website=[[ABC News]]|first=Joe|last=Mandak|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/crime/abby-lee-miller-bankruptcy-fraud-sentence/|title=Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller's Sentenced to 1 Year, 1 Day in Prison for Bankruptcy Fraud Case|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|first=Christina|last=Dugan|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Patten |first1=Dominic |title=Ex-'Dance Moms' Host Abby Lee Miller Sentenced To Prison In Fraud Case|url=https://deadline.com/2017/05/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-jail-time-sentencing-fraud-case-lifetime-1202086665/|access-date=May 11, 2017|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> Miller also paid a $40,000 fine, a $120,000 judgment and gave a DNA sample relating to her [[Felony|felony charge]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://people.com/crime/abby-lee-miller-bankruptcy-fraud-sentence/ |title=Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller's Sentenced to 1 Year, 1 Day in Prison for Bankruptcy Fraud Case|website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |first=Christina |last=Dugan |date=May 9, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> On July 12, 2017, Miller reported to the [[Victorville Federal Correctional Institution]] in [[Victorville, California]], to begin serving her prison sentence.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://people.com/celebrity/abby-lee-miller-reports-prison-bankruptcy-fraud/|title=Abby Lee Miller Reports to Prison Where She Will Serve a 366-Day Sentence for Bankruptcy Fraud|date=2017-07-12|work=People|access-date=2017-07-13|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Signorini |first1=Renatta |date=July 19, 2017 |title=Imprisoned ex-'Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller gets Lifetime special |url= http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/12524943-74/imprisoned-former-dance-moms-star-gets-lifetime-special |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045758/http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/12524943-74/imprisoned-former-dance-moms-star-gets-lifetime-special |archive-date=14 June 2018 |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> On March 27, 2018, Miller was transferred to a [[Long Beach, California]] [[halfway house]] to complete her sentence.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dugan |first1=Christina |last2=Strohm |first2=Emily |date=27 March 2018 |title=Dance Moms' Abby Lee Miller Released from Prison After 8 Months, Transferred to Halfway House |url=http://people.com/tv/dance-moms-abby-lee-miller-released-prison-transferred-halfway-house/ |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=6 March 2019}}</ref> After receiving time off for good behavior, she was released on May 25.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/abby-lee-miller-halfway-house-release-ex-dance-moms-star-1202398454/ |title=Ex-'Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller Released From Halfway House |first=Patrick |last=Hipes |date=May 25, 2018 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=November 9, 2018}}</ref> ==Personal life== Miller has never been married and has no children, quoting that she "loved the studio more than family".<ref>{{cite news|title=Does Abby Lee Miller Have a Daughter? Find Out!|url=http://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/does-abby-lee-miller-have-a-daughter-137678|work=In Touch Weekly|date=July 26, 2017}}</ref> In April 2018, she was diagnosed with [[Burkitt lymphoma]], a type of [[non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]] cancer, after spinal surgery. In September of that year, Miller's lymphoma went into remission and she began physical therapy to relearn how to walk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Abby Lee Miller Speaks Out After Initial Cancer Diagnosis|url= http://www.eonline.com/news/929008/abby-lee-miller-speaks-out-after-initial-cancer-diagnosis|publisher= E! News| first=Corinne|last=Heller| date= April 21, 2018 |access-date=December 30, 2018}}</ref> As of 2024, she uses a [[power wheelchair]] for mobility. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite book|author=Abby Lee Miller|title=Everything I Learned about Life, I Learned in Dance Class|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HuzNmwEACAAJ|date=July 15, 2014|publisher=HarperCollins|isbn=978-0-06-230481-0}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Abby Lee}} [[Category:1965 births]] [[Category:2020 controversies in the United States]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century American women educators]] [[Category:21st-century American educators]] [[Category:21st-century American criminals]] [[Category:American choreographers]] [[Category:American female criminals]] [[Category:American female dancers]] [[Category:American people convicted of fraud]] [[Category:American people of English descent]] [[Category:American people of Irish descent]] [[Category:American prisoners and detainees]] [[Category:American women choreographers]] [[Category:American women television personalities]] [[Category:Criminals from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:American dance teachers]] [[Category:Dancers from Pennsylvania]] [[Category:Participants in American reality television series]] [[Category:Prisoners and detainees of the United States federal government]] [[Category:Television personalities from Pittsburgh]]'