According to the official website for the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff's Office, troubled heavyweight Jarrell Miller was arrested on January 2nd for "carjacking without firearm or weapon." Bail was set at $30,000. The website included a mugshot of Miller (pictured) and accurately listed Miller's height and weight as 6'4" and 330 pounds respectively. The story was also picked up by WSVN (7 News) in Miami, who reported that Miller tried to steal a black Dodge Ram from Haims Motor in Hollywood, Florida and assaulted an employee of the dealership in the process. Miller recently returned to the United States from a big fight in Saudi Arabia on December 22nd, where he lost to Daniel Dubois via tenth-round stoppage. Despite being overweight, Miller fought respectably for most of the fight but tired badly in rounds eight through ten. W After a contentious week in Saudi Arabia that saw him insutling and threatening Dubois and other boxers on the show, Miller seemed upbeat in his post-fight interview. ith the heavyweight scene seeing a flurry of activity, Miller should have expected other six-figure purse offers to come his way shortly.

However, Miller's life is one of non-stop drama and self-destructive behavior. He's had multiple positive tests for illegal performance-enhancing substances, one of which cost him a 2019 title shot against Anthony Joshua. 

Miller has also been in a long-running legal dispute with promoter Dmitriy Salita and Salita's company Star of David (Salita now operates under a different name, Salita Promotions). On November 30th, John A. Owens, a Special Referee in the New York court system, recommended that Salita be awarded damages against Miller in the sum of $4,843,000. Miller did not show up to court to participate in the proceedings, and as a result, Salita's theory of damages was largely accepted. The award, however, has not been finalized, so Miller still has time to oppose it before it becomes a final judgment.

In the civil lawsuit, Salita was represented by attorney David Berlin, while Miller stopped appearing. Salita sought an award of damages of five million dollars for Miller’s breach of the promotional agreement. In a clever legal theory, Salita alleged that Miller breached the promotional contract by violating the agreement’s anti-doping provisions and also for making disparaging and derogatory statements about Salita. Referee Owens took the amount Salita would have received for fighting Joshuia, and then averaged potential outcomes based on Miller defeating or losing to Joshua. He ruled, "I have considered all the evidence submitted, and I find that plaintiff [Star of David] is entitled to damages for the breach of contract in the amount of $4,843,035 ($2,298,570 + 7,387,500 divided by two). "