The plot thickens as new allegations emerge surrounding The Flash’s Ezra Miller suggesting that the actor ran a cult-like sanctuary during their time in Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Insider has spoken with 14 people who had recent interactions with Miller in which the actor exhibited frightening emotional outbursts, carried firearms, or left them feeling unsafe.

Some people said Miller sought out impressionable young women and nonbinary people whom they could isolate from their families and control.

In some cases, Miller had sexual relations with these people. In 2020, during a roughly two-month stint in Iceland where Miller walked the streets barefoot, rumors spread that the movie star was running a cult out of an Airbnb.

Over the past six months, the actor has been driving around the US carrying at least one gun and wearing a bulletproof vest, paranoid about being followed by the FBI and the Ku Klux Klan, people told Insider. (Tokata said the vest was “a fashionable safety measure in response to actual attacks and received death threats.”) In January, Miller posted a video threatening to kill Ku Klux Klan members.

Several people close to Miller say they’re worried about the actor’s mental state and are concerned Miller has lost touch with reality, whether because the pressures of fame have broken them or because no one is willing to check their behavior. Many of the people who spoke with Insider asked to remain anonymous, fearing retaliation from the star.

“I think Ezra has been enabled because of their fame, their wealth, their earning potential, their whiteness, and their beauty,” a longtime family friend of Miller’s told Insider. “It’s really hard to intervene when someone has as many resources as Ezra,” they added. “When you’re famous, people are less likely to say ‘no’ to you. I think that those things can be really dangerous.”

Delving into the actor’s past the article says Miller “appeared to have a level of emotional intelligence uncommon for their age.”

“They were really able to connect with people,” the person said.

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When filming of Fantastic Beasts halted due to COVID, Miller went to Iceland where they say he “strolled the frigid streets of Reykjavík barefoot, revealing long, pointy toenails and what looked like an infected gash on one foot, three people said. One person recalled seeing Miller walking around mumbling.”

Miller rented a sprawling, modern Airbnb in Reykjavík’s suburb of Kópavogur. They filled the home with a menagerie of Icelandic artists, expats, and spiritual confidants whom they encouraged to stay there, even though many had their own homes in Reykjavík.

One woman who visited the house for a day in March 2020 recalled several mattresses spread out on the floor and compared the house to a “commune.” She was struck by how enamored guests seemed to be of Miller, hanging on their every word and seeming unfazed by Miller’s mood swings. “I felt like everyone was hypnotized,” she said.

Between Miller’s makeshift commune, their monologues on spirituality, and their emotional outbursts, rumors began to circulate in Reykjavík that the star was running a cult.

Miller held court daily at the Airbnb. They often alluded to possessing supernatural powers, two people said, and instructed guests to participate in group meditations led by Young Bear. They spoke at length about fate and the importance of social justice for marginalized groups. Many of the people who became involved with Miller said they believed in the issues Miller cared about but Miller often took things too far.

Two people said Miller’s celebrity status and power made them hesitant to go against the actor, in part because of Miller’s generosity. Miller insisted on paying for the friends’ food, lodging, and weed. A musician who recorded with Miller in Iceland said the actor handed him 200,000 króna, roughly equivalent to $1,500, for his birthday. The musician said the more time he spent with Miller, the more he behaved like them and believed in their spiritual powers.

“Nobody ever was kind of allowed to disagree with them,” recalled a young woman who said she had a brief sexual relationship with Miller in Iceland when she was 18. “Their reality painted everybody else’s reality. There was no room for anybody else’s opinion or feelings.”

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Some guests said they felt frightened during Miller’s mood swings.

A 23-year-old woman who visited the house twice said she witnessed Miller fly into a rage when a group of friends tried to pick which song to play over the sound system.

She said Miller swore and screamed at them to leave the house, which the actor referred to as a “sanctuary.” “They snapped from being a friendly host to this really angry person,” she said. The 23-year-old said Miller wouldn’t allow the offending parties to speak or explain themselves.

The woman who visited the house in March said that when she tried to use her phone in Miller’s presence, Miller got angry. They “would be like, ‘Hey, I’m talking to you! Why are you on your phone?'” she said.

At another point, Miller ushered the woman and her friend into a room and confronted them about wanting to leave the house. “You don’t like my hospitality,” Miller told them, adding that they could read the pair’s minds, the woman said. She remembers feeling intimidated and trapped.

The woman eventually sneaked a text to a family member asking them to pick her up. She said that leaving the house felt like making an escape. “I was a bit traumatized for a while,” she said. “It was one of the weirdest days I’ve ever experienced.”

The picture of Miller is that of an erratic emotionally unstable and violent figure.

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Miller being called a cult leader is the latest in a long string of accusations against the actor. They had previously been reported to the police for engaging with a German woman in threatening, abusive behavior while visiting her home in February 2022. The actor has also been accused of grooming an 18-year-old woman by her parents. Another incident involves Miller housing a mother and her three children at a cannabis farm with loose firearms in June 2022. Despite all the allegations and accusations against the actor, Warner Bros. is still expected to release The Flash, which stars Miller as the titular speedster, in theaters in 2023.

The allegations against Miller come at a tumultuous time for WarnerMedia, Warner Bros.’ parent company, whose leadership was reshuffled after the completion of a merger with Discovery nearly four months ago. Warner Bros. Discovery’s new CEO, David Zaslav, has been tasked with overcoming major hurdles like navigating the company’s debt and overhauling its streaming services.

Insiders have begun to speculate that Zaslav might pull the plug on the actor’s starring role in The Flash, which is said to have a budget of $100 million.