Oct. 14 (UPI) -- A Florida judge signed off on a protective order Tuesday against U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, directing him to have no contact with a former girlfriend who accused him of threatening her.

Circuit Judge Fred Koberlein Jr. issued the ruling against the two-term Republican congressman in response to a petition filed by Lindsey Langston, NBC News reported.

Langston wrote in her petition that Mills' behavior toward her became increasingly aggressive after they broke up, threatening to blackmail her with revenge porn and physical violence against anyone she dated, NBC reported.

"Cory continued to message me on Instagram accounts I run after blocking him and asking him to not contact me," wrote Langston, a Republican state committee woman and Miss United States 2024. "The messages progressively got more threatening over time."

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