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Florida Judge Grants Restraining Order Against Rep. Cory Mills After Ex’s Threat Allegations

The judge credited Lindsey Langston’s testimony in September hearings, with state investigators still reviewing the case.

Representative Cory Mills (R-FL) was hit with a restraining order on Tuesday.
U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, left, leaves the courtroom in the Third Judicial Circuit in Lake City, Fla., Sept. 26, 2025. Mills' ex-girlfriend Lindsey Langston, right, a state GOP committeewoman and the reigning Miss United States, is seeking a restraining order against Mills. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
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Overview

  • The Columbia County order bars Mills from contacting or referencing Lindsey Langston and requires him to stay 500 feet from her home and workplace through Jan. 1, 2026.
  • Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. found Langston had reasonable cause to fear another act of dating violence and concluded Mills’ communications caused her substantial emotional distress.
  • Court records cite messages attributed to Mills, including “I can send him a few videos of you as well. Oh, I still have them,” and “Strap up cowboy,” and note he ignored 11 requests to stop contacting her.
  • The judge said he did not find Mills’ testimony about the intimate videos truthful and noted he used a girlfriend’s phone and a congressional staffer to contact Langston after she sought the injunction.
  • The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is reviewing a referral with no criminal charges announced; Mills denies wrongdoing, while Langston expressed relief and her attorney urged Congress to consider his removal as Speaker Mike Johnson declined to weigh in on details.