Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call via AP Images<\/p>\n
A Florida judge slapped Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) with a restraining order<\/a> Tuesday requiring him to stay away from his ex-girlfriend, telling the congressman he found his testimony to not be believable.<\/p>\n Mills, a 45-year-old Army veteran who has co-founded several security and defense contracting companies, has found his name in a slew of negative headlines over the past year, including multiple on-the-record stolen valor accusations<\/a> from soldiers who served with him in combat, a House Ethics Committee investigation into his business dealings and financial disclosures, a report he was being evicted from his D.C. penthouse apartment<\/a> after his landlord accused him of owing $85,000, an accusation in February from 27-year-old Sarah Raviani that he had assaulted<\/a> her at that D.C. apartment, and then in September,\u00a0Lindsey Langston, 26, the current reigning Miss United States<\/a> and a Florida GOP state committeewoman, filed a restraining order petition<\/a> against Mills.<\/p>\n The police report regarding Raviani\u2019s alleged assault said officers observed \u201cbruises on her arm which appeared fresh\u201d and described her as \u201cphysically shaking and scared.\u201d A warrant<\/a> was issued for Mills\u2019 arrest but then Raviani recanted her accusations and he was not arrested.<\/p>\n Langston\u2019s petition included numerous allegations<\/a> against Mills, describing how she broke up with him after learning he was also in a relationship with Raviani from the news reports, but he continued to aggressively pursue and harass her for months, ignoring her repeated rejections and requests to leave her alone.<\/p>\n According to Langston, \u201cthe threats from Cory intensified over time,\u201d and included \u201cemotional manipulation,\u201d \u201cphysical violence against whoever I date in the future,\u201d and threats to release nude images and sexually explicit videos of her, which would violate the Miss United States pageant\u2019s code of conduct and jeopardize her crown.<\/p>\n Columbia County Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. presided over the case at the Lake City courthouse, a small north Florida town where Langston lives.<\/p>\n Roger Sollenberger with Drop Site News, who had reported on Langston\u2019s initial filing of the restraining order petition, reported on Koberlein\u2019s ruling.<\/p>\n The judge\u2019s order requires Mills to refrain from attempting any contact with Langston, to stay at least 500 feet from her, and prohibits Mills from referring to her on \u201cInstagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Tik Tok, or any other social media platform.\u201d<\/p>\n According to a report by The Orlando Sentinel<\/a>, during the two days of testimony, Mills denied threatening Langston or her potential future partners, claimed he had deleted any compromising videos of her, and claimed he couldn\u2019t access them anyway because his phone was damaged.<\/p>\n Koberlein did not find Mills believable, describing the congressman\u2019s testimony about his relationship with Langston \u201cdifficult to comprehend and for the most part incomprehensible,\u201d and adding that Mills \u201coffered no credible rebuttal\u201d to Langston\u2019s testimony.<\/p>\n The judge wrote in his order that Mills \u201cnever told the truth to [Langston] concerning his relationship with [Raviani] until he was placed under oath in this matter and underwent a vigorous cross-examination on September 26, 2025, including being confronted with social media postings made by [Raviani].\u201d The judge noted that Mills had ignored at least eleven requests from Langston to leave her alone, continued to call and text Langston after she filed for the restraining order using Raviani\u2019s phone, contacted her family members, and also \u201ccaused a public employee under his direct supervision\u201d to contact Langston.<\/p>\n Accordingly, wrote Koberlein, Mills had caused Langston \u201csubstantial emotional distress\u201d with his \u201charassing communications,\u201d and she did have \u201ca reasonable cause to believe she is in imminent danger of becoming the victim of another act of dating violence without an injunction being entered.\u201d<\/p>\n The restraining order is effective until Jan. 1, 2026. 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