The reigning Miss United States, whose hometown is Lake City, has filed a report with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, accusing her ex-boyfriend, a central Florida Republican congressman, of threatening to release intimate videos and private images of her after she ended their romantic relationship.
Lindsey Langston, 25, is a Florida Republican state committee member and 2024 winner of the Miss United States beauty pageant.
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In a report filed on July 14 with law enforcement, Langston said U.S. Rep. Cory Mills threatened to release nude videos of her after they broke up -- commonly referred to as “revenge porn.”
Mills on Wednesday denied the allegations.
“These claims are false and misrepresent the nature of my interactions,” Mills said in a statement. “I have always conducted myself with integrity, both personally and in service to Florida’s 7th District.”
The sheriff’s office forwarded the information to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is now handling the case, Sgt. Steven Khachigan, a spokesman for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, told the Associated Press in an email.
No charges have been filed. The FDLE said Wednesday that it doesn’t comment on any active inquiries or investigations.
In his statement, Mills said the allegations were being pushed by a former political opponent, Lake County commissioner Anthony Sabatini, who ran against him in a 2022 GOP primary for the House seat.
“Anthony Sabatini is weaponizing the legal system to launch a political attack against the man who beat him in the primary, using his corporate legal office to push a narrative built on lies and flawed legal arguments - all to score political headlines,” Mills said.
Mills said he wouldn’t comment further.
“My team and I will fully cooperate to ensure the truth is made clear. I remain focused on serving my constituents and advancing America First policies,” Mills said in the statement.
Sabatini didn’t respond to an emailed inquiry, but posted on social media on Wednesday: “Mills must resign.”
Langston told investigators that she started a romantic relationship with Mills in 2021, and it ended in February.
During their time together, she lived with him at a home in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, while the congressman traveled back and forth from Washington. At the time they met, Mills was still married but had separated from his wife, and he told her that the divorce was finalized in 2024, she said.
Langston said she moved out of the New Smyrna Beach home earlier this year and returned to her hometown in Columbia County following news reports about allegations against Mills from another woman described as his girlfriend in Washington.
In February, police in Washington, D.C., said they were investigating the assault allegations against Mills, but an official said the case had been sent back for further investigation and might never result in charges.
After Langston left New Smyrna Beach, the congressman contacted her numerous times, threatening to release nude images of her and videos of her and Mills engaging in sex acts, Langston told the sheriff’s office.
The congressman also threatened to harm any men that Langston planned to date in the future, she said.
Mills was first elected to Congress in 2022, and his district stretches from the Orlando area to the Daytona Beach area.
Mills, an Army veteran who received a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq, was elected to a second term in Congress last year.