Rep. Max Miller’s former wife, who two weeks ago accused the Ohio Republican of abuse, alleges in a new lawsuit that the lawmaker and his attorney “recklessly published” a nude image of Miller’s 2-year-old daughter online.
Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, filed the lawsuit Wednesday. It adds to her previous accusations that Miller threw hot water on her and put a gun to her head and that their daughter’s collarbone was fractured while Miller was watching her.
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Moreno’s new lawsuit against Miller
The new lawsuit stems from a livestream Miller did on social media earlier this month, when he defended himself against the domestic abuse allegations. During the livestream on X, he released a trove of documents through a public Dropbox account.
Here is a Dropbox with all the records I referenced today,” he said. “I invite everyone who is interested to take a look.”
Moreno’s lawsuit claims that among the documents was a picture of their daughter, in which her genitalia was visible. She said it was available for anyone to download for 23 hours.
“Miller’s recklessness is underscored by the fact that any parent knows — in this era and world filled with pedophiles, creeps, and AI-generated image alteration and video generation — not to put nude pictures of their child, or any child, on the public internet,” Moreno wrote in the suit.
Moreno is seeking $150,000 in damages for each time the photo was downloaded from the Dropbox account, saying it was viewed more than 200,000 times.
“This child is an entirely innocent victim who has become collateral damage to her father’s political ambition,” Moreno’s attorney, Subodh Chandra, said in a statement.
Miller’s attorney responds to photo
Moreno’s lawsuit also included a statement from Miller’s attorney, Aaron Minc, sent after the photo was taken down. He apologized for the photo, writing that he inadvertently published an unedited version of the photo but deleted it as soon as he found out.
He also shared a statement with Politico, taking responsibility for the photo and calling its publication “completely unintentional and a mistake.”
“I am solely responsible for what happened,” Minc said. “I was the only person responsible for assembling, creating, reviewing, adding, deleting, redacting, or making any changes to the information and files that were in this folder.”
He apologized to Miller and Moreno, but said Moreno was creating “a media spectacle regarding this unfortunate mistake … as a means to try to gain leverage in court and distract from the underlying evidence that exonerates Mr. Miller from the false allegations he is accused of.”
He disputed Chandra’s claim that the photo included the child’s genitalia.
“A 2-year-old girl had her shirt off,” he told Politico. Saying that alleging the photo amounted to child sexual abuse material “is a deliberately false, sensationalized, and disgusting characterization.”
Calls for Miller’s resignation
Since the domestic abuse allegations came to light earlier this month, Miller has faced calls for his resignation, including from other Republicans — including Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, his former father-in-law.
However, Miller has vowed to stay in the race for a third term in Ohio’s 7th Congressional District. As Straight Arrow previously reported, Miller said he will lend his campaign $1 million.
“I am invested in this election in every way,” he said, “and I will invest the resources into my campaign to win.”
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