Florida native Lindsey Langston, the current Miss United States and a Republican state committeewoman, has alleged that Congressman Cory Mills threatened to release intimate images and videos of her after she broke up with him, according to police complaint.
Langston, 25, filed a report with the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office on July 14 on advice from legal counsel. The complaint was obtained by The Daytona Beach News-Journal, a part USA TODAY Network, on Aug. 6.
Mills, a U.S. Representative of Florida’s 7th District, is a former combat veteran, security contractor and Trump ally. Mills has denied the allegations.
On Aug. 6, he accused Langston’s attorney, Anthony Sabatini, himself a former congressional candidate, of trying to “score political headlines” after losing to Mills in 2022. Sabatini has been critical of Mills’ scandal-filled two-year congressional tenure.
According to the sheriff’s report, Langston started dating Mills in November 2021 and later moved into his New Smyrna Beach residence. She said she broke up with the married congressman in February and moved back in with her parents in Lake City after discovering he had a second girlfriend in Washington, the report said.
That was when the news broke that D.C. police were investigating an assault report involving Mills and the woman, Sarah Raviani. Raviani said that while police may have seen “bruising and marks” on her arms, there was “no physical altercation.” No charges were filed.
The Sheriff’s Office report states that Mills continued to contact Langston for months against her wishes, despite her efforts to block him, and threatened to have her stripped of her Miss United States title and “to release nude images and videos of her,” including videos of herself and Mills having sex.
Langston provided test messages and Instagram messages to Columbia County investigators between herself and Mills, “which consisted of Cory threatening to harm any men Lindsey intended to date in the future,” the report said.
Steven Khachigan, public information officer for the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, said the complaint Langston made was forwarded to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for further investigation. FDLE has not yet responded to an inquiry about whether it is an active investigation.
Mills denies claims, charges political attack
Mills has not been charged with any crimes and said in an Aug. 6 statement to The Daytona Beach News-Journal he has not been made aware of any law enforcement complaint.
“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.
“These claims are false and misrepresent the nature of my interactions. I have always conducted myself with integrity, both personally and in service to Florida’s 7th District,” Mills said. The Republican has represented southern Volusia and Seminole counties in Congress since 2023.
Mills is currently facing a House Ethics Committee investigation into allegations that he benefited from contracts with the federal government while a congressman. In July, the news broke that Mills’ D.C. landlord was trying to convict him from his nearly $21,000-per-month penthouse for more than $85,000 in unpaid rent. Mills said there was a problem with his online payments and made good his back rent.
Who is Lindsey Langston?
Lindsey Langston, 26, was born in Lake City, Florida, and was on the Fort White High’s all-area wrestling team where she placed 18th in the state in 2018. She attended Florida Gateway College and Sante Fe College, according to The Lake City Reporter, which has chronicled her career.
She began competing in beauty pageants in 2000 and has held the titles of Pre-Teen Miss Olustee, Junior Miss Olustee, Miss Olustee, Miss Columbia County and Miss North Central Florida Teen. She began entering the Miss Florida beauty pagaent in 2015 and became a semi-finalist in 2016 before winning in 2018.
A strong advocate against bullying and for the agriculture industry — her family owns a pine tree farm in Suwannee County, The Lake City Reporter said. Langston created the Cultivate Kindness initiative to encourage “young children to cultivate new friendships, while emphasizing the importance of our agricultural sectors.”
Langston also competed in Maxim Magazine’s 2025 Cover Girl competition to benefit Soldiers’ Angels, a Texas-based nonprofit that offers aid, comfort, and resources to active-duty military, veterans, and their families. When she asked for reader votes, she said she was “just trying to Make America Hot Again.”
According to posts on her Instagram page, she is working on publishing a children’s book called “Cultivating Kindness with Farmer Friend.”
Langston has also expressed interest in a political future.
She was the president of the Sante Fe College’s conservative Turning Point USA chapter, The Lake City Reporter said. She worked on North Florida campaigns for Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis and in 2023 Langston became the assistant to the secretary of commerce at Enterprise Florida, the state’s economic development department. In August 2024, Langston defeated incumbent Kimi Roberts and was elected to be Republican State Committeewoman for the Columbia County Florida GOP.
According to her Miss United States profile, Langston enjoys “cooking, baking, spending time with friends and family, being engaged politically, cheering on the Auburn football team, crafting the perfect cup of coffee, snuggling with her Pomeranian, and all things Outdoors.”
What is Miss United States?
Miss United States is a beauty pageant for unmarried women between the ages of 20 and 29 from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Miss United States is part of Mrs. United States Pageant, Inc., which has eight divisions based on age.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Who is Lindsey Langston? Beauty queen makes accusations against Congressman Cory Mills
Reporting by C. A. Bridges and Mark Harper, USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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