GOP Rep. Cory Mills hit with a restraining order from ex-girlfriend

A Florida judge on Tuesday issued a restraining order against Republican Cory Mills of Florida for “protection from dating violence” after his ex-girlfriend accused him of threatening and harassing her.

In a petition filed in August, Lindsey Langston alleged that after their breakup, Mills threatened to blackmail her using nude images and videos and physically harm anyone she dated.

“Cory continued to send me messages on the Instagram accounts I manage after I blocked him and asked him not to contact me. The messages gradually became more threatening over time,” wrote Langston, a Republican state committee member and Miss USA 2024.

Tuesday’s restraining order, issued by Columbia County Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr., prohibits Mills from committing violent acts against Langston and prohibits him from contacting her until Jan. 1.

Mills cannot “directly reference Petitioner on social media, including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, or any other social media platform,” the order states.

Langston’s attorney, Bobi Frank, declined to comment. Mills’ congressional office and his attorney did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Langston alleged in a police report filed with Florida authorities in July that Mills contacted her several times after they separated. The complaint was forwarded to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which confirmed receiving the referral from the sheriff’s office in August, but declined to comment on the investigation.

Mills allegedly sent a series of harassing communications to Langston in May and June, which are cited in the judgment: including a message he wrote to Langston on May 15 that she “might want to say this to all the men you date if we meet at some point. Buckle up.”[.]”

He also threatened in another post the same day to share videos of Langston, writing: “I can send him some videos of you too.[.] Oh, I still have them[.]”, according to the judgment.

Koberlein’s ruling also says Mills ignored 11 separate requests from Langston to leave her alone and detailed some of Mills’ testimony at a hearing last month.

According to Koberlein, Mills said efforts to contact Langston were intended to determine whether he and Langston were reconciling or separating.

Koberlein wrote that Mills also claimed during the hearing that he was only referring to sending non-sexual videos of Langston and said he deleted all intimate videos of her.

Koberlein wrote that he doubted the veracity of Mills’ testimony.

“Even if Defendant’s testimony had been truthful, his response is irrelevant because no evidence has been presented suggesting that Plaintiff knew that Defendant was no longer in possession of their intimate videos,” Koberlein wrote.

This isn’t the first time Mills, who has represented Florida’s 7th Congressional District since January 2023, has faced legal issues this year.

Police opened an investigation in February following a report of an alleged assault at an apartment building on the same block as the property where Mills faces eviction. Mills’ office said he “vehemently” denied any wrongdoing, and a police spokesperson said at the time that Mills had not been arrested and no charges had been filed.

He also faced an eviction lawsuit over the summer in Washington, D.C., after a property management company accused him of owing $85,000 in unpaid rent. Mills told the Daytona Beach News-Journal in August that he no longer faced eviction for missed rent, telling the newspaper, “Everything is paid for.”