Vermont, Mass Authorities Seeking Actor Ezra Miller

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STAMFORD, Vt. — Another family has filed a protection order against actor Ezra Miller, this time in Greenfield (Mass.) District Court. 
 
Miller, who owns a home in Stamford, had a protection order issued against them from Standing Rock Sioux tribal court earlier this month.
 
According to NBC News, the order of protection granted last week was made after the Massachusetts family "grew suspicious" of the actor's relationship with their 12-year-old child. Miller had reportedly offered to buy the child expensive gifts after first making the family's acquaintance in February. The allegations also include Miller showing up in a bullet-proof vest and displaying a gun, "pestering" the child and engaging in "grooming" behavior, as stated in the Daily Beast, which first broke the story.
 
The 29-year-old Miller catapulted to prominence after starring in the latest Harry Potter film series "Fantastic Beasts" and as the speedy hero Flash in "Justice League" and upcoming "The Flash."
 
But in the past several months, they have had several tussles with the law, including arrests in Hawaii for assault, disorderly conduct and harassment. 
 
The Standing Rock Sioux interim order was issued at the behest of attorney Chase Iron Eyes, who says his child, Tokata, now 19, is in an abusive relationship with Miller. Iron Eyes said in the NBC News report that Miller has known the family since 2012 when they attended a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
 
According to several media reports, the order accuses Miller of having a "cult-like and psychologically manipulative, controlling behavior" over Tokata.
 
Tokata Iron Eyes, who like Miller identifies as nonbinary, reportedly dropped out of Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Mass., at 18 and moved in with Miller. 
 
Last week, Tokata used their Instagram account to claim their parents were using ceremony and religious teachings to guilt them in to returning to a "dysfunctional" home. "Ezra is innocent," they wrote.
 
"It's really distressing that the narrative of the 'victim' in question is not being granted trust," they also said in a video. "I'd like to say it's nobody's business and nobody is owed a story or an outcome ... this is my life, these are my decisions and I'm disappointed in my parents and the press in every way."
 
They acknowledged that they did not have their own phone but denied that anyone else was using their account. 
 
According to NBC News, the Bennington County Sheriff's Department has attempted to serve Tokata an order from Standing Rock calling for a substance abuse and mental health evaluation. 
 
Miller had reportedly deleted their Instagram that some saw as mocking authorities for not being to find them and serve them with the orders. 
 
The actor has been seen locally within the past two weeks. 
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Stamford Library to Feature Presentation on Travels in China

STAMFORD, Vt. — The Stamford Community Library will host a presentation titled "Books, Buddhas, and Buns: Three Trips to China" on Thursday, April 24, at 6:00 p.m.
 
The one-hour program will be presented by Stamford resident Caroline Burch. The presentation will recount her three trips to China, where she visited book printers as part of her work at Storey Publishing. Burch, who retired as the Production Director at the North Adams-based book publishing company after 36 years, traveled to China in the early 2000s to visit suppliers and experience the local culture.
 
This program is part of the library's Armchair Travel series, which is scheduled to continue in May with a presentation on Baja California and Mexico City.
 
The Stamford Community Library is located at 986 Main Road, Stamford, VT. Refreshments will be provided, and the event is open to the public.
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