'Please help me': Ex-girlfriend of married GOP rep tells judge she's 'scared' of lawmaker

Florida once had a reputation for being a volatile swing state that went for Republican George W. Bush in two presidential elections before favoring Democrat Barack Obama in the next two. But these days, Florida is dominated by Republicans and is home to a who's-who of MAGA, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida), former Rep. Matt Gaetz, and President Donald Trump himself.

One of the Sunshine State's most embattled MAGA Republicans is Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.), whose ex-girlfriend, according to Politico's Gary Fineout, "spent more than an hour in court" on Friday, September 5 "describing how she was 'scared' the Central Florida Republican wanted to harm her and tarnish her reputation." Mills allegedly threatened to release explicit videos of them.

The ex-girlfriend is Lindsey Langston, a GOP state committeewoman in Columbia County, Florida who, Fineout notes, "is seeking a restraining order against Mills, who has denied any wrongdoing."

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Fineout reports that Langston "broke down several times while testifying and said she went to law enforcement this summer only after Mills refused her requests to leave her alone." Mills, according to the Politico journalist, "is married to another woman and first started dating Langston in late 2021."

Langston told Circuit Court Judge Fred Koberlein, "He's powerful, he's well-connected, he’s wealthy ... I'm scared. I thought I could handle it by myself. Please help me."

However, Koberlein, according to Fineout, "said he will try to schedule another hearing in the case soon."

"Langston also testified Mills had been angry in public twice and had physical confrontations with other people," Fineout reports. "She said during the two incidents, Mills was with fellow GOP Rep. Byron Donalds, who is running for governor in Florida. Mills told reporters after the hearing that the allegations were not true and that Langston had no proof they happened. Part of the hearing focused on exactly why and when the two stopped talking. Langston and Mills acknowledged they had broken up at one point in 2023 but had gotten back together."

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Read Gary Fineout's full article for Politico at this link.