The reigning Miss United States claims a Florida representative threatened to release sex tapes and nude videos of her after she ended their relationship.
Lindsey Langston, 25, says Rep. Cory Mills, a 45-year-old Republican, grew increasingly upset after she broke off their relationship in February, Politico reported Tuesday. In addition to her pageant career, Langston is a Republican state committee member.
In several messages on multiple platforms, Mills threatened to spread explicit videos of Langston and also made vague threats against any men who dated her in the future, according to a police report first obtained by D.C. outlet Drop Site News.
“Let him put his actions behind his mouth. I can send him a few videos of you as well. Oh, I still have them,” Mills allegedly wrote in one message cited in the report.
Langston said she ended her relationship with Mills after he was accused in February of assaulting another woman in Washington, D.C. No charges were filed in that case.
In a statement to The Hill on Wednesday, Mills denied Langston’s accusations, claiming they “misrepresent the nature of my interactions.”
It’s both a state crime in Florida and a federal crime to threaten to release explicit material of someone. Mills himself voted for the Take It Down Act, which prohibits “nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals.”
Miss United States, the pageant Langston won last year, is not affiliated with Miss USA or Miss America.
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