07-08-2025
What are some of the reported scandals involving Rep. Cory Mills? Here are 5
Rep. Cory Mills has been in the news for a variety of reasons since he was first elected in 2023.
Most recently, Mills was sued for owing over $85,000 in back rent for his Washington, D.C. apartment and accused of in a Florida sheriff's office complaint made by Miss United States of threatening his ex-girlfriend to release intimate images and videos after she broke up with him
Who is Cory Mills? Where is the seventh district in Florida?
Rep. Cory Mills, 45, is a Floridian politician, businessman, and Army veteran, currently serving as a member of the 119th Congress. He has represented Florida's 7th congressional district, which includes Seminole and southern Volusia counties, since 2023.
He is a Florida native, born in Winter Haven and raised in Auburndale. He went to college at Florida State College in Jacksonville, earning an Associate of Arts degree in liberal arts and sciences.
According to his website, he served in the Army with the 82nd Airborne Division and Joint Special Operations Command from 1999 through 2003. After serving, he co-founded Pacem Solution International LLC and Pacem Defense LLC, which his website says supported risk management assessments, intelligence collection, and security for media.
In November 2022, he defeated Democratic nominee Karen Green in the general election with 58.5% of the vote.
What are some of the reported scandals involving Mills?
Here are five scandals Mills has been involved with since 2023:
Questions around Mills' Bronze Star
Rep. Cory Mills was accused of lying about earning a Bronze Star medal. The Bronze Star Medal is the fourth-highest military decoration for valor in the US military.
According to a document obtained by NOTUS, Mills rushed to the aid of two soldiers who had been struck, applied emergency life-saving care at the 'great risk to his own life,' helped evacuate them and saved their lives. However, those present told the outlet that they do not remember him being present during the rescue.
'From what I understand about Mills is he might have been in the unit. I don't remember him being involved in the medevac,' fellow soldier Alan Babin said. 'To be fair, I was worried about the patients. I don't remember him, and from what I understand, other people don't remember him.'
Mills denied accusations of misrepresenting his four-year military career, sharing documents with The Daytona Beach News-Journal, he says, that prove his record of heroic Army service. However, there are errors on Mills' DD 214 indicating he had 0 days of foreign service, which he says is why he's drawn skeptics.
'I'm tired of the slander and the defamation," Mills said last year. "I ran for office to be able to serve the American people, not to defend something I did 20 years ago over and over and over.'
House committee claims Mills misrepresented his financial interests
The House Ethics Committee stated in December 2024 that it had "extended the matter regarding Mills" that had been provided by the Office of Congressional Ethics, an independent, non-partisan entity charged with receiving and reviewing allegations of misconduct concerning House members and staff.
According to the report, it says Rep. Mills/his campaign committee might have:
Omitted or misrepresented required information in his financial disclosure statements.
Accepted excessive contributions in the form of personal loans and contributions that may not have derived from Rep. Mills's personal funds.
Entered into, enjoyed, or held contracts with federal agencies.
Accepted, through his campaign committee Cory Mills for Congress in-kind contributions in the form of credit not extended in the ordinary course of business.
Accepted, through his campaign committee, a contribution that was not lawfully made pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by receiving credit not extended in the ordinary course of business.
As of August 2025, these claims are still under investigation.
Investigated in assault of former girlfriend
Washington, D.C., Metro police investigated Mills in February 2025 in a report of an assault on his girlfriend, Sarah Raviani, at the time. She called authorities about an assault in the Washington, D.C., penthouse they shared.
Raviani later denied any assault, saying bruising and marks on her arms were the result of eczema and a long weekend in Dubai. Mills was never charged in the matter and denied wrongdoing.
Faced eviction from his Washington, D.C., luxury apartment
Mills was sued by his landlord in the District of Columbia Superior Court in July who claimed in the court filing that the congressman owed more than $85,000 in back rent.
Mills settled with his landlord on Aug. 4. Before that, Mills posted what he suggested was proof of his attempt to make payments but they "failed to process." He posted screenshots of emails dated June 17 and July 3.
Accused of sextortion by former Miss United States
Most recently, Miss United States Lindsey Langston has accused Mills, in a complaint to police, of threatening to release sex videos from their time together.
Langston met with Columbia County sheriff's investigators on July 14 and alleged she and Mills had been in a relationship for more than three years, she had broken it off in February, and Mills had suggested he might release nude images and sex videos of her, as well as threaten any of her future romantic partners.
Anthony Sabatini − a Mount Dora attorney who represents Langston − shared several text messages from what appear to be Mills' phone referencing the sex videos.
Mills said in an Aug. 6 statement to The Daytona Beach News-Journal that he has not been made aware of any law enforcement complaint. The complaint was obtained by the USA TODAY Network newspaper.
"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 continued.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Rep. Cory Mills: See 5 scandals involving Florida congressman
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