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Rep. Mills Denies Sextortion Claims as Florida Agents Review Complaint

A civil hearing is scheduled later this month after his ex filed a police report alleging he threatened to share intimate recordings

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Rep. Cory Mills is under investigation for an alleged assault. He denies wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
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Overview

  • Lindsey Langston filed a July 14 police report accusing Rep. Cory Mills of threatening to release nude images and videos following their breakup
  • The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office referred her complaint to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is now reviewing the sextortion allegations without any charges filed
  • Mills has retained criminal defense attorney Aaron Delgado, who contends the congressman’s messages referred to benign event footage rather than explicit content
  • In public statements, Mills labeled the extortion accusations as politically motivated “lawfare,” pointing to rival Anthony Sabatini’s involvement A judge declined to issue an immediate restraining order but set a hearing later this month to consider Langston’s request for a civil protection order