An American beauty queen expressed relief after her request for a restraining order against a sitting U.S. congressman was granted Tuesday, and her attorney implied that more legal actions may be coming.

Lindsey Langston sought the order against Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida based on accusations that he had threatened to release compromising videos of her after she ended their romantic relationship.

'There's certainly the evidence there to pursue criminal charges. I would suspect that this isn't the last time you're going to hear about this.'

Langston and her attorney, Bobi Frank, answered questions from Blaze News and other outlets on Wednesday. When asked whether Mills would face criminal prosecution over the sextortion accusation, Frank implied there was a possibility he might.

"I am not a prosecutor, and I am not a law enforcement officer, but I can tell you I have a lot of experience in both the civil and criminal arenas in our justice system," she responded.

"Certainly from my perspective, the allegations that Ms. Langston made have been absolutely substantiated in each of the elements of two particular crimes ... through the findings of fact that the court issued," Frank added. "So I will say this: There's certainly the evidence there to pursue criminal charges. I would suspect that this isn't the last time you're going to hear about this."

When asked if she knew whether anything had been filed or was in the works, she repeated only that the TRO ruling on Tuesday was unlikely to be the last time they would hear about the case.

"The Court, considering the totality of the testimony and circumstances, does not find the Respondent's testimony concerning the intimate videos to be truthful," Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. wrote in granting the restraining order against Mills.

The judge also wrote that the purpose of at least some of Mills' messages to Langston "was to continue to harass and cause emotional distress" to her.

Frank went on to call on Republicans and Democrats to vote to purge Mills from Congress over the sextortion allegations as well as numerous other scandals and controversies.

"It's clear as day that Cory Mills is synonymous with unethical behavior," she added. "This is not an isolated incident. He leaves a trail of unethical behavior."

Frank quoted from the order that forbids Mills from referring to Langston on any social media platform.

"If Mr. Mills chooses to take even one step, performs one act that is harassing, threatening, or intimidating in any fashion, we will react swiftly and severely."

Langston's attorney said they were thankful that the judge gave the TRO case proper consideration.

"He clearly took this case very seriously, and that is demonstrated in the 14-page injunction that he painstakingly wrote," she said.

Frank praised her client for speaking out about the accusations.

"She found the courage, the strength, the perseverance to hold Cory Mills responsible, primarily because of her fear," she said. "That is amazing, astonishing. It's to be commended."

When asked if justice had been served, Langston described her emotional reaction to being told the restraining order had been granted.

"I do feel that justice was served, and I can't even describe the relief that I felt once I got the phone call that I had been issued the injunction for protection. I felt like I'm able to live my life again," she said.

"I hope that it serves as a clear message to victims, whether it be physical violence, intimidation, threats, coercion, anything like that," Langston added.

"I hope that you come forward. I hope that you stick to your guns. Be thorough. Be truthful and have faith in the justice system because it is there to protect you. There are laws in place to protect you. Know your rights, and have courage," she continued.

A representative for Mills did not respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

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Judge issues ruling on restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills in alleged dating violence case

A Florida judge granted a restraining order petition Tuesday against Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida after a woman accused him of threatening to release compromising videos of her.

The restraining order was issued by a court in Columbia County, according to documents reviewed by Blaze News.

The judge found that some of Mills' testimony was 'difficult to comprehend and for the most part incomprehensible.'

An American beauty queen told Blaze News that she was in a romantic relationship with Mills for more than three years. Lindsey Langston, who was named Miss United States last October, said she began the secret relationship after meeting him in Nov. 2021. He told her he was going through bitter divorce proceedings, she claimed.

Langston said Mills threatened to release private and compromising images of her after she tried to end their relationship earlier this year.

"Get me his number and I can send him videos. Take care," Mills allegedly wrote in a text that was reviewed by Blaze News.

"Am I gonna wake up one day to videos of us having sex on social media?" she said to Blaze News. "Because I know he has them, and he's put it in writing."

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She first filed a report about the alleged threats in July to the Columbia County Sheriff's Office and later spoke with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

The judge found that some of Mills' testimony was "difficult to comprehend and for the most part incomprehensible."

At one point, Mills tried to explain that the texts were sent in the context of people raised in the country.

"I grew up in the country," Mills said. "You know, I grew up hunting and fishing in Perry and Mayo and things like that. We grew up with subsequently the same backgrounds. ... We used to talk about how country folk are a little bit different than those up North."

Blaze News reached out to Langston's attorney for comment. A request for comment from Mills' office was not immediately answered.

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The congressman has been hounded by numerous scandals and controversies, including allegations of stolen valor as well as ties to an extremist Islamist cleric.

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Cory Mills leans on comrade's testimony, only to have his 'twice wounded' tall tale blown up

Republican Rep. Cory Mills (Fla.) has on multiple occasions claimed that he was "blown up" twice overseas and campaigned on the biographical assertion that he was "wounded twice while deployed." His story does not, however, add up.

When called out this week for alleged "stolen valor," the scandal-plagued congressman shared a letter from an old comrade in an apparent effort to validate his narrative. This attempt to bolster his account does not appear to have gone as planned.

The narrative

Ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, then-congressional candidate Cory Mills released a campaign advertisement highlighting his supposed bona fides. A quarter of the way through the ad, Mills refers to his formative experiences in the Middle East.

'Unreal.'

Mills states in the ad, "I was hit not once but twice with improvised explosive devices and explosive formed projectiles. After you take a hit like that, you don't know if you're going to survive or not."

During that stretch of the video, a large graphic appears at the center of the screen stating, "WOUNDED TWICE WHILE DEPLOYED."

Screenshot: YouTube, Cory Mills

Keen observers have questioned the veracity of the "wounded twice" claim in the campaign advertisement as well as Mills' repeated assertion that he was "blown up twice" while serving as a defense contractor in Iraq.

Mills' congressional bio states, "While serving abroad, he was struck twice in 2006, once with an improvised explosive device (IED) and once with an Iranian explosively formed projectile (EFP), which resulted in numerous casualties."

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Mills told C-SPAN in 2023 that he "was blown up twice by roadside bombs in 2006."

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace (S.C.) shared a video of Mills' claims to X on Monday, writing, "Beginning to think nothing Cory Mills says is true. This guy has been parading himself around as some sort of U.S. Army special ops covert Ranger sniper James Bond 007 elite commando for years and it's not even remotely close."

'Was it some severe maiming wound? No.'

"He was an ambulance driver mainly in the motor pool," continued Mace. "Medics work hard to save lives! Why wasn’t that good enough? But instead he fabricated his resume, and stole stories from men who either gave their life for their country and can’t speak now or can’t speak for themselves due to their injuries."

"Total Stolen Valor. And this guy sits on the House Armed Service committee?" added Mace. "Unreal."

The admission

Mills' "blown up twice" claims appear to be in reference to two incidents that took place in Iraq: a roadside bombing that occurred on March 15, 2006, and a roadside bombing that took place on April 19, 2006.

Blaze News previously confirmed that Mills was present at the first incident. However, photographic evidence and sources have called into question the congressman's recollection of events and alleged injuries.

Mills, discussing the first incident, revealed the extent of his injuries in his April interview with Blaze News.

"I ended up hitting my head," said Mills. "Was it some severe maiming wound? No. I've got the actual document that shows where I was hit."

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"I had a concussion. So a concussion isn't being wounded? Knocking your head off an actual armored vehicle door and having to go get treated and have three days down, that's not being wounded, right? So what is your definition? Do I need to lose an arm? Do I need to be shot in shrapnel? Just tell me. Tell me what your definition of wounded is. Because apparently, [traumatic brain injury] is not an external wound," said Mills.

After Mills suggested that he had sustained a Purple Heart-qualifying wound, Blaze News asked Mills for clarification whether he had indeed suffered a traumatic brain injury.

"No, actually I just got reviewed by the PA and the doc there, and they basically told me, 'Monitor yourself over the next 24 hours,' and then — which I did — and then 72 hours later, I was cleared to be able to return back to work."

"So you weren't wounded, then," said Blaze News.

"According to them, I had a severe concussion. That's all they wrote up," said Mills.

'That blood on Cory was not Cory's.'

When Blaze News later pressed Mills on the twice-wounded claim and asked whether, in the second incident in which a vehicle was hit by an explosion, he was in the affected car, Mills answered, "No."

"We were on the team that [was] actually there," said Mills. "We helped to try and pull everyone out and actually get the bodies transferred."

"Were you wounded then?" asked Blaze News.

"No, I wasn't wounded on that," said Mills.

Scott Kempkins, one of Mills' then-colleagues who suffered injuries in the second incident, previously told Blaze News that Mills was "absolutely not wounded."

"I got hit in the shoulder, the neck, and the leg," Kempkins said. "And then the guy in the turret took a little bit of shrapnel to the side of his face. That was it. Cory's vehicle was already around the corner and about 50 yards down the street. It would have been impossible for him to be wounded."

While Mills has referred to blood on his pant leg in a photograph taken after the mission as supposed confirmation of an injury, one of his colleagues told Blaze News that the blood did not belong to Mills.

An appeal to doubt

In response to Rep. Mace's Monday tweet, Mills shared the photograph of him apparently wearing another man's blood along with a July 16, 2025, letter from Paul Sovitsky, Mills' team leader in Iraq when he was working for DynCorp International on the State Department's World Personal Protective Services program.

'If Cory is claiming he was wounded in both, that's probably a stretch.'

Sovitsky's letter did not support the "twice wounded" claim but gave Mills a possible out regarding his "blown up twice" narrative.

"I understand that there may be a question as to what 'blown up' means to the military contractors that served in Iraq and Afghanistan," said the letter. "It refers (in contractor speak) to being in a motorcade struck by improvised explosive devices."

"It does not necessarily mean that you are physically 'blown up' or even seriously wounded," added Sovitsky.

Courtesy of Scott Kempkins. An image apparently taken after the April 2006 roadside bombing.

Sovitsky, who was in the vehicle with the congressman when their motorcade was ambushed by a command-detonated IED, subsequently told Blaze News that "with all of Cory's train wrecks, no one needs to lie about what he did."

"I don't think there was any question about the first explosion," said Sovitsky, who indicated he had asked for the letter not to be made public, and called Mills a "human train wreck."

Sovitsky lent credence to Mills' claim of an injury in the first roadside attack, telling Blaze News that the congressman complained of a "throbbing" head after their Suburban was raked with bullets and swept by a shock wave.

Sovitsky cast doubt, however, on whether Mills sustained an injury in the second roadside bombing, referring to indications that he was around 50 yards away at the time.

"If Cory is claiming he was wounded in both, that's probably a stretch," Sovitsky told Blaze News. "He did provide aid. He even got blood on his pants treating — I believe it was Scott Kempkins, who got a big wound in his shoulder."

When Blaze News noted that Mills had shared the photograph where his pant leg was bloodied as if to insinuate that was his injury, Sovitsky said, "No, no, totally a lie."

"That blood on Cory was not Cory's," added Sovitsky.

Blaze News has reached out to Mills for comment.

While Sovitsky acknowledged that the congressman proved effective and helpful at the time, he noted, "If the beef on Cory is that he has lied about his military service and exaggerated his contractor service, you can't fix that by then telling a lie."

"In court, the minute you can impeach some part of, you know, a witness' testimony, their entire testimony ... has to be questioned," said Sovitsky. "And I want Cory to pay the price for his lies and screwing people over."

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Cory Mills' Bronze Star document raises serious concerns about stolen valor, Rep. Mace says

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) once again finds himself mired in controversy, this time facing questions from a fellow congressional Republican who doubts the validity of his Bronze Star and has accused Mills of engaging in "stolen valor," an accusation some who served with Mills have leveled as well.

Mills has long leaned on his military service and Bronze Star as evidence that he has the qualifications to serve his community in Congress. "Cory Mills is a decorated U.S. Army combat Veteran, and recipient of the Bronze Star," an old version of his official government bio stated.

As recently as July 18, Mills repeated the “Bronze Star recipient” boast.

'All this could be put to bed with real, verified documents, and he doesn't have them or refuses to share them.'

However, as Blaze News previously reported, questions have swirled for years about Mills' Bronze Star and the DA Form 638 used to recommend him for it. A photo of the form that has circulated online does confirm that Mills was recommended for a “Bronze Star medal” for his “SVC” in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It also suggests that now-retired Brig. Gen. Arnold Gordon-Bray signed off on the application.

According to Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), that form was completed and signed by someone other than Gen. Bray.

“The general did not sign the form,” Mace told Blaze News during a phone interview. Mace then reiterated that accusation on Tuesday's episode of "Blaze News: The Mandate."

"I spoke to General Bray over the weekend," Mace told hosts Matthew Peterson and Jill Savage. "... Well, come to find out the general whose name is on that form didn't even sign it and didn't actually see the document before his signature was placed on it."

Blaze News reviewed a recording of Mace's conversation with Bray. On the recording, the man identified himself as Gen. Bray and confirmed that he authorized the Form 638 for Mills via an email sent to a woman named Cathy, whom Bray believed to be a member of Mills’ staff. A woman named Catherine Treadmill does work as Mills' chief of staff.

Bray also acknowledged on the recording that the form was incomplete when he first reviewed it and that he did not sign it himself. Instead, he said that his email to Cathy would serve as his "signature."

Though Bray denied ever signing the form, a signature does appear on it:

Screenshot of corymillswatch.com

Gen. Bray did not respond to Blaze News’ request for comment.

Another point of contention with the DA Form 638 linked to Mills is that it was issued on an April 2021 version of the document, even as the document indicates the Bronze Star was for Mills' service in Iraq between February and June 2003.

Mace, who noted that she is not a veteran, told Blaze News that while “upgrades” in military awards appear to be nothing unusual, the military typically does not issue a new award after so much time has lapsed. As she described it, soldiers very rarely go “from zero to something” after nearly two decades.

“My understanding is that soldiers do get upgrades periodically,” she explained. “... Usually, when you see these forms filled out 20, 25 years later, it's an upgrade of an award because new information has been provided, new witnesses, information that was missing because there is the fog of war. It's usually in an upgrade scenario. That's not what this is.”

“All this could be put to bed with real, verified documents,” Mace told Blaze News, “and he doesn't have them or refuses to share them.”

Furthermore, not all Bronze Stars are created equal. A Bronze Star with a valor device is awarded to those who have demonstrated remarkable bravery on the battlefield. Those Bronze Stars such as Mills' without the valor device are rather commonplace these days, denoting some demonstration of general merit.

Another source who spoke with Bray told Blaze News that Bray emphasized that the Bronze Star he authorized for Mills was for merit only and did not have the valor device. On the recording, Bray confirmed that he recommended Bronze Stars for all of his platoon sergeants, including Mills.

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After Mills cast the deciding vote last week against Mace’s bill that would have censured Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota for her disparaging remarks about the late Charlie Kirk, Mace began a tweet storm about Mills, sharing many of the alarming allegations against him that Blaze News has reported in recent months.

On "The Mandate" on Tuesday, Mace expressed admiration for whatever military service Mills rendered but indicated that the integrity of that service has been compromised by Mills' repeated lies and exaggerations about it. She even hinted that he is an "imposter."

'There's no reason to lie and say that you're Rambo or 007 or this Ranger sniper commando guy ... — there's no "there" there.'

"He told people he was an Army Ranger," Mace stated. "I talked to two people today who knew him, and they flat-out said he said he was an Army Ranger and was a sniper and all these things. Turns out it was not true."

"I think it's very admirable that Cory Mills was an ambulance driver like he was," she said, though quickly adding that "we're not even sure he was trained as a medic. We can't find proof of that right now.

"But," she continued, "whether you're a medic or an ambulance driver, you have decided to serve your country. That, in and of itself, is admirable. So there's no reason to lie and say that you're Rambo or 007 or this Ranger sniper commando guy ... — there's no 'there' there."

Mace stated that Mills’ troubling track record of alleged stolen valor, among other accusations, makes him a threat to “national security” and should therefore lead to his removal from his congressional committees.

"Because of this negativity, the negative press he's been attracting for months locally, his seat's at risk if we don't replace him," Mace claimed on "The Mandate." "And then when you look at the allegations of the arms dealing, the bags of cash, allegedly, you know, is this guy a national security threat? He sits ... on the Foreign Affairs Committee. How the heck is he even on this committee? If there is allegations are swirling around him, we can't have someone who's stolen valor on the House Armed Services Committee.

"Like, what are we even talking about?"

Mills' spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Why did Cory Mills come to Ilhan Omar's rescue?

Republican Rep. Cory Mills of Florida was one of the four GOP lawmakers to block the censure of Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. Although Mills publicly argued that he was simply voting to protect Omar's First Amendment rights, reports indicate that there may have been a deeper motive.

Following Charlie Kirk's horrific assassination, Omar let out a slew of insensitive comments that sparked outrage among conservatives. As a result, Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina introduced a resolution to censure Omar, which would formally condemn the Democrat and strip her of her committee assignments.

'Ilhan Omar mocked the cold-blooded assassination of an innocent American husband and father.'

Mace's resolution narrowly failed 214-213 in a procedural vote Wednesday night, with Mills casting the deciding vote.

Republican Reps. Mike Flood of Nebraska, Jeff Hurd of Colorado, and Tom McClintock of California joined Mills in voting against Omar's censure.

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"Ilhan Omar mocked the cold-blooded assassination of an innocent American husband and father," Mace said in a post on X. "She’s supported ISIS. She’s supported the Muslim Brotherhood. She’s incited political violence. And tonight, Congress protected her."

Mills' decisive vote comes as Axios reported that House Democrats were pushing a retaliatory censure against him unless Omar's censure was tanked. Democrat Rep. Greg Casar of Texas, who filed the censure against Mills, later confirmed to Axios that he now intends to withdraw the resolution.

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Mills is facing a slew of allegations reported by Blaze News, including accusations of sextortion, financial misconduct, and stolen valor, all of which he has denied. There have also been questions raised about Mills' faith after he was found to have been married by a radical Islamic cleric at the Dar Al-Hijrah Islamic Center in Falls Church, Virginia, which has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.

When approached for a comment regarding his decisive vote protecting Omar, Mills' spokeswoman, Jillian Anderson, told Blaze News she was "not available."

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Rep. Cory Mills gives wild explanation for messages to Miss United States as hearing ends in frustration

As has been the case since Miss United States Lindsey Langston came forward to accuse Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) of making threats of violence and revenge porn after their breakup, the hearing about her petition for a restraining order against him was filled with drama.

Langston testified at Columbia County Courthouse on Friday morning about her growing concerns about Mills' mental health at the tail end of their three-year relationship as well as her increasing terror afterward on account of his behavior. According to Langston, Mills repeatedly contacted her after the breakup in February, pleading with her to reconcile and progressively threatening greater and greater harm to himself and others if she did not agree.

'I'm up against this person who is intimidating, and I don't know what to do.'

Langston testified that in March he threatened to commit suicide if she would not take him back.

Despite these alleged alarming comments, Langston said she continued to speak with Mills, even mentioning to him in late April or early May that she was struggling with an IRS- and tax-related problem, though she noted that she eventually had to ask him to stop contacting her.

Sometime in May, she began ignoring his messages, she said, and by late May, she started blocking him on her phone and social media accounts. However, she said the messages continued — and that they promised to harm her future love interests and even to share revenge porn with them or with the Miss United States organization.

Blaze News previously viewed screenshots of those messages, some or all of which were then introduced into evidence on Friday. They include:

"You want to date or be with someone else. Be my guest. But they need to know well in advance that if we cross paths, I don’t care this week, this month, or this decade. They better damn well know it’s coming every time."
"May want to tell every guy you date that if we run into each other at any point. Strap up cowboy."
"I can send him a few videos of you as well," followed by "Oh, I still have them."

Messages that she received in June were so specific that she worried he was somehow monitoring her activities in Columbia County, she told the court.

Langston previously indicated to Blaze News that on June 12 she told him once and for all to leave her alone, and her attorney, Bobi J. Frank, noted at the hearing on Friday that Langston asked him "10, 11, 12 times" to stay away.

Between the escalating rhetoric and his previous boasts about engaging in violence, Langston testified that she felt she had no choice but to involve law enforcement.

"I'm up against this person who is intimidating," she said through tears on the stand, "and I don't know what to do."

"I thought I could handle this, and I can't. I can't handle it by myself. Please help me. Someone please help me because I don't know what to do, and I'm scared," she added.

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When it was Mills' turn to take the stand, he did not deny contacting Langston after their breakup, noting that they had broken up and reconciled before and that he believed that they were on a path toward reconciliation once again. When his attorney, Aaron Delgado, asked about the messages that Langston found worrisome, Mills seemed to suggest that they were inside jokes between two Southerners raised in the "country."

He indicated that he was merely adopting her type of "voice" and language.

Mills at first said his last conversation with Langston 'was around the June 12th time frame,' but when Delgado pressed further, asking whether he had any contact with Langston after that point, Mills equivocated.

As far as the messages seemingly directed at a new man in Langston's life, Mills said they were responses to threats that the man had first given about him. "She even sent me a text that was cropped that just said, 'Good luck,' saying that this was his response," Mills asserted.

Langston testified Friday that while she had gone on dates, she had not been involved in another relationship after Mills.

Mills further stated that while Langston had sent him explicit videos of herself during their relationship — a fact that Langston confirmed during cross-examination — he had deleted those videos and that the phone on which he had received them was later damaged. He denied ever contacting the Miss United States organization or the county GOP group of which Langston is a member about the explicit photos and videos.

Photo courtesy of Lake City Reporter

Mills, who is still believed to be married to Rana Al Saadi despite reportedly telling Langston in 2024 that his divorce had been finalized, gave an ambiguous answer when Delgado asked him to pinpoint the last time he had contacted Langston.

Mills at first said his last conversation with Langston "was around the June 12th time frame," but when Delgado pressed further, asking whether he had any contact with Langston after that point, Mills equivocated. "No, sir, only to the fact of I have heard ..." Mills began before he was cut off multiple times by Frank, Judge Fred Koberlein, and Delgado that he was engaging in hearsay.

At the prompting of Judge Koberlein, Delgado eventually redirected the line of questioning, and Mills' testimony concluded shortly thereafter.

Langston had testified earlier that after she contacted law enforcement and the media, Mills, his current girlfriend, and his chief of staff sent her a flurry of messages and phone calls, begging her to retract her story. She told Blaze News on August 5, the day our story on the accusations broke, about this alleged harassment.

The hearing Friday extended well beyond the time allotted, with other critical procedures, including cross-examination of Mills and closing statements, left undone. After both attorneys petitioned for more time, Judge Koberlein suspended the hearing, demanding that by 4 p.m. Friday they agree upon another date and time to continue the proceedings.

After the court was recessed, Mills promised the gaggle of reporters in attendance, including Steve Baker of Blaze News, that he would address them outside the courthouse, but he never appeared, instead exiting the building from another door.

Delgado did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News, and Frank declined to give one.

The court had previously dismissed Langston's emergency petition for a restraining order. As of the time of this writing, no follow-up hearing has been scheduled.

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Drama continues as Rep. Cory Mills prepares for looming court hearing against Miss United States

The intrigue associated with the accusations against Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) regarding threats of violence and revenge porn continues as a hearing about a restraining order looms next week.

While the hearing for an injunction for protection against dating violence is scheduled for the morning of September 5, attorneys for Mills and the petitioner, reigning Miss United States Lindsey Langston, can't seem to come to an agreement about a major detail.

'Being a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives does not exclude [Rep. Mills] from the requirement of appearing in person for hearings on complex matters.'

Florida Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein ruled previously that the hearing would be held in person at the Columbia County Courthouse. However, Mills and his attorney, Aaron Delgado, have petitioned the court for permission to attend via Zoom, court documents obtained by Blaze News showed.

Mills "must be in Washington, D.C., on that date to fulfill his voting duties," and Delgado "is dealing with serious health issues that will make him unable to travel the three (3) hours, one-way, to make it to the Columbia County Courthouse in person," a motion from Delgado said.

A response from Langston and her attorney, Bobi J. Frank, seemed to throw cold water on Mills' reason for being unable to attend in person. "A brief investigation" of the published calendar for the House of Representatives revealed that the lower chamber of Congress "is not in session on September 5, 2025," said the document from Frank.

The only congressional group scheduled to meet that day is the House Committee on Natural Resources, evidence included in Frank's filing showed.

"Undersigned Counsel could not find any published document confirming that Respondent is a member of the Natural Resources Committee; therefore, if he is not, the September 5, 2025, 10:00 a.m. meeting does not hinder Respondent's in-person participation in this matter," Frank wrote.

The website for the Natural Resources Committee appears to confirm Frank's claim.

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Frank also asserted that presenting evidence through technology would hamper her case, especially since the technology will likely cause "delay and interruption."

"Being a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives does not exclude Respondent from the requirement of appearing in person for hearings on complex matters," Frank argued, adding that Mills should "be treated no differently than any other person in a Court of Law."

Delgado did not respond to a request for comment by Blaze News, and Frank declined to give one.

It is unclear whether the court will permit Mills and/or Delgado to appear virtually at the hearing.

Mills and Langston were in a romantic relationship for more than three years when they broke up in February after another woman called police and claimed Mills had been violent with her at his penthouse apartment in D.C. The woman later recanted her story, and Mills was never charged.

To this day, evidence indicates that Mills is still married to Rana Al Saadi, though Mills has previously stated that they are separated.

After Langston dumped Mills, he allegedly threatened to harm her future dating partners as well as to share with them intimate photos and videos of Langston. He also allegedly harassed her after he learned she had reported her accusations to the police and to the media, including Blaze News.

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Rep. Cory Mills to appear in court following bombshell accusations from Miss United States

A court document obtained by Blaze News reveals that a final hearing date has been set, ordering the appearance of Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) in a petition for injunction for protection against dating violence filed by the reigning Miss United States, Lindsey Langston. The hearing is set to begin at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 5, 2025, at the Columbia County Courthouse in Lake City, Florida.

Blaze News reported on August 5, 2025, that Ms. Langston alleged that she was the victim of revenge-porn threats by Mills following the breakup of their three-year relationship in February of this year.

'I can send him a few videos of you as well.'

The original court hearing in this case was held via Zoom video conference on August 18, but was cut short at the request of Langston’s counsel, Bobi J. Frank, who explained to the court that they could not possibly present their case for a restraining order against Mills in the “17 minutes” of time allotted.

In that initial hearing, Florida Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. responded by asking both Frank and Mills’ attorney how much time they each would need to present their arguments and witnesses. Both parties asked for 45 minutes each. The judge then instructed the parties to present to the court mutually agreed-upon dates — at the earliest possible time — for a final hearing.

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The basis for Langston’s petition stems from a series of text messages she allegedly received from the congressman, in which he threatened to send photos and videos of the two having sex during their relationship to any current or future romantic partner Langston might have.

In one such text message shared with Blaze News, Mills threatened Langston, “I can send him a few videos of you as well,” and said, “Oh, I still have them.”

In other messages, Mills seemed to also threaten violence against any potential Langston suitors, saying, “[You] may want to tell every guy you date that if we run into each other at any point. Strap up cowboy.”

Langston made an effort to fully understand the intentions conveyed by Mills’ texts, asking, “So I can be with you, be alone, or be scared that you’ll hurt whoever is in my life in the future?” Mills replied, “Take it how you want,” one screenshot revealed.

Langston shared with Blaze News her concerns about these threatening text messages. “Am I gonna wake up one day to videos of us having sex on social media?” she wondered. “Because I know he has them, and he's put it in writing.”

On July 14, Langston filed a report with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office about Mills’ alleged threats of releasing revenge porn against her. She then spoke with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement a week later.

Sexual extortion, under Florida statute, is a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, 15 years of probation, and a $10,000 fine.

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