Rep. Cory Mills' legal woes may not be over now that restraining order is granted



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.

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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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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."

"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."

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.

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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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Court documents: Cory Mills ordered to appear before judge in restraining order case



According to court documents obtained by Blaze News, Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) has been ordered to appear for a court hearing regarding a request for a restraining order filed by Miss United States Lindsey Langston. The restraining order filing was first reported by Drop Site News.

Mills has been battling numerous allegations of improper behavior, but the latest allegations have to do with harassment and threats made against an American beauty queen who said she had a relationship with the congressman.

Langston broke up with Mills, and he allegedly threatened to send private videos of her to her acquaintances to embarrass and humiliate her.

On Thursday, in an apparent attempt to shift the narrative, Mills said in a statement to the Floridian that a judge had denied the application of the restraining order against him.

However, while an emergency protection order was rejected in Columbia County, according to Daytona Beach News-Journal, a restraining order can be still be granted after both sides present evidence at a hearing for consideration. The Journal reported that a hearing had been scheduled. The matter has not been fully adjudicated.

Blaze News has reviewed a copy of a court order from a judge in Columbia County. That document set the hearing for August 18 at 1:30 p.m. via Zoom for a hearing before a judge. As the respondent, Cory Mills was told to appear. The order states that if either party fails to appear, they will be bound by the ruling of the judge.

In addition to reporting on the upcoming hearing, the Daytona Beach News-Journal also noted that Mills has retained the services of an attorney to represent him in the matter.

On Tuesday, Lindsey Langston told Blaze News that she had met Mills when she was in her twenties, about a year before he won his first congressional election. Langston claimed that they had a romantic relationship and that Mills proposed that they get married and begin a family.

After a tumultuous relationship, Langston broke up with Mills, and he allegedly threatened to send private videos of her to her acquaintances to embarrass and humiliate her.

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