A Florida judge has issued a restraining order against Republican Representative Cory Mills following accusations from his ex-girlfriend that he threatened, harassed, and attempted to blackmail her.
The order, signed Tuesday by State Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr., was granted “for protection against dating violence” and prohibits Mills from contacting or referring to his ex, Lindsey Langston, until January 1, 2026.
Langston, a Republican state committeewoman and Miss United States 2024, filed the petition in August, alleging that after their breakup, Mills threatened to use intimate videos and images to blackmail her and made violent threats against anyone she might date. “Cory continued to message me on Instagram accounts I run after blocking him and asking him to not contact me. The messages progressively got more threatening over time,” Langston wrote in her filing.
The restraining order explicitly bars Mills from all forms of contact and states that he cannot “directly refer to Petitioner on social media, including but not limited to, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, TikTok, or any other platform.” According to court records, Mills allegedly sent a series of harassing messages to Langston between May and June 2025, including one on May 15, in which he wrote: “You may want to tell every guy you date that if we run into each other at any point. Strap up cowboy.” He allegedly followed up with another message threatening to share intimate footage, writing: “I can send him a few videos of you as well. Oh, I still have them.”
Judge Koberlein noted that Langston had asked Mills 11 separate times to stop contacting her. The judgment also summarized Mills’ testimony during a hearing last month, where he claimed his messages stemmed from confusion about whether they were “reconciling or splitting up.” Mills also insisted that the videos he referenced were not sexual and that he had deleted any intimate footage. However, the judge said he doubted the credibility of Mills’ statements. “Even had the Respondent’s testimony been truthful, his response is irrelevant because there was no evidence presented suggesting the Petitioner knew the Respondent no longer had possession of their intimate videos,” Koberlein wrote.
This isn’t the first time Rep. Cory Mills, who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District, has faced legal issues in 2025. In February, police investigated an alleged assault incident at an apartment building near a property where Mills was also facing eviction. Although Mills denied any wrongdoing and was not arrested, the case added to growing scrutiny around the congressman. During the summer, Mills faced an eviction lawsuit in Washington, D.C., after a property management company accused him of owing $85,000 in unpaid rent. He later told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that the issue had been resolved, stating, “All is paid.”
In addition to the restraining order, a police report filed by Langston in July 2025 has been referred to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), which confirmed receiving the case in August. The FDLE has not commented on the status of the investigation. Langston’s attorney, Bobi Frank, declined to comment on the outcome of the case, and Mills’ congressional office has yet to respond to media inquiries.
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