By A criminal investigation is underway after Miss United States and Columbia County GOP committeewoman Lindsey Langston accused U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, a Republican from Florida, of threatening to release sexually explicit videos of her following their breakup—an allegation that has drawn in both the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Langston, a rising star in Florida Republican politics, described the congressman’s alleged threats as part of a pattern of manipulation and intimidation that began after their relationship unraveled earlier this year. Speaking to Blaze Media, Langston said Mills, who represents Florida’s 7th Congressional District, “put it in writing” that he had recordings of them engaged in sexual activity and threatened to send them to future romantic partners.
The relationship began in late 2021, while Mills was still finalizing a contentious divorce. Langston described him as initially “captivating” and forward-looking—discussing marriage, family, and even the timing of a pregnancy around her pageant schedule. “He told me, ‘[In] August, you’d only be, like, eight weeks pregnant whenever you gave up your title. We could get married that weekend,’” she said.
Despite his overtures, Langston said she refused to live with Mills until he finalized his divorce. By May 2024, the couple had moved into a beach home in New Smyrna Beach, while Mills also maintained a luxury penthouse in Washington, D.C.—a residence for which he was served an eviction notice after allegedly failing to pay more than $85,000 in rent.
Langston described an increasingly unstable home life, including late-night visits by individuals delivering bags of cash. “People would come with money bags, and he would get cash,” she claimed, suggesting financial dealings at odds with Mills’ public denials.
The relationship ended in February 2025, after another woman—Sarah Raviani—called police from Mills’ D.C. apartment alleging domestic violence. Though Raviani later recanted and no charges were filed, Langston moved out. She said Mills began sending threatening messages soon after. One read: “You want to date or be with someone else. Be my guest. But they need to know well in advance that if we cross paths, I don’t care this week, this month, or this decade. They better damn well know it’s coming every time,” she told Blaze.
In another message, the congressman said, “I can send him a few videos of you as well. Oh, I still have them.”
Langston said she fears those videos could surface at any time.
The case may test Florida’s extortion laws and intersect with a new federal statute: the Take It Down Act, signed by President Trump in May. The law targets the non-consensual sharing of explicit content—marking the first federal effort of its kind. “This will be the first-ever federal law to combat the distribution of explicit imagery posted without subjects’ consent,” Trump said at the signing.
Langston’s attorney, former state Rep. Anthony Sabatini, called the situation “sexual extortion and sexual blackmail to an extreme degree,” adding, “If this investigation wasn’t moving slowly due to him being a political official, Mills would already be in handcuffs.”
Langston filed a formal complaint on July 14. The police report, obtained by Blaze Media, states that “since February 20th of 2025, Cory has contacted Lindsey numerous times… threatening to release nude images and videos of her, to include recorded videos of her and Cory engaging in sexual acts.”
She also shared text messages in which Mills warned her that he planned to destroy her political career. “Your name is floating out there and it’s not in a good way,” he allegedly wrote. In another he claimed, “Lots of talk in Mar-a-Lago and within some DeSantis circle about you.”
Langston now wonders whether speaking out was worth the risk, but said she feared what silence might allow. She has filed a restraining order against Mills, according to The Daily Caller.
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