Florida judge issues injunction barring Mills from contacting ex

A Florida circuit judge on Tuesday granted a protective injunction barring U.S. Rep. Cory Mills from contacting his former girlfriend, ordering him to stay at least 500 feet away from her home and workplace and to refrain from referring to her on social media until at least Jan. 1, 2026. The order, issued by Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. in Columbia County, follows testimony in two public hearings in a Lake City courthouse in which the judge found the petitioner, Lindsey Langston, credible and concluded she had reasonable cause to fear further dating violence.

Langston, 26, a reigning Miss United States and a Republican state committeewoman from Columbia County, told the court that she began a romantic relationship with Mills in 2021 and that it ended in February 2025 after she learned he was seeing another woman. In filings and testimony, she accused Mills of sending a string of harassing messages and of threatening to release explicit videos and to harm any men she might date in the future. The court record includes messages dated May 15 in which the sender wrote, "Strap up cowboy," and "I can send him a few videos of you as well. Oh, I still have them."