WASHINGTON — Rep. Max Miller filed Tuesday to drop his home violence case in opposition to his estranged spouse, two days earlier than a listening to on the matter.
Miller (R-Ohio), who’s dealing with abuse accusations by his former partner, Emily Moreno, that he denies, had filed the case in February as a dispute over custody of the couple’s younger daughter turned nasty.
“In an effort to redirect the proceedings earlier than this Honorable Courtroom again to the well-being and finest pursuits of the events’ minor youngster, [Miller] provides Discover to this Honorable Courtroom and counsel that he hereby voluntarily dismisses his Petition on this matter with out prejudice,” the transient movement learn.
Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), has alleged that Miller grabbed her and shoved her in opposition to a wall throughout a Feb. 1 custody alternate. The congressman has denied that declare and has since filed a defamation case in opposition to his ex.
Later in February, Moreno took their two-year-old daughter for an X-ray that discovered the kid had a damaged collarbone and bruised shoulder.
Round that point, the Bay Village Police Division and Cuyahoga County Kids & Household Providers opened an investigation which scrutinized Miller. The congressman later alleged in courtroom paperwork that Moreno made “repeated and unsubstantiated allegations of abuse of the events’ minor youngster in opposition to” him.
On Feb. 27, Miller introduced the home violence case in opposition to Moreno, accusing her of pushing “repeated false allegations of abuse” in opposition to him to hurt his popularity and placing him in “psychological misery.”
The congressman additionally accused his former spouse of being a reckless driver and elevating issues that she may personal a firearm attributable to a pro-Second Modification signal she had. Moreno’s authorized crew insists that she doesn’t personal a gun and claimed that Miller had provided her certainly one of his firearms.
A choose shortly awarded Miller a safety order in opposition to Moreno and directed her to steer clear of him — a typical process in messy divorce circumstances — whereas additionally concluding there was no proof “to challenge an order to guard the minor youngster [from Moreno] at the moment.”
Through the proceedings, Miller claimed in each a sworn assertion and through a courtroom listening to that his girlfriend was current throughout the Feb. 1 custody alternate and will disprove Moreno’s abuse allegations.
The lawmaker additional claimed to own doorbell digicam footage proving his girlfriend was current, however his authorized crew later admitted that she wasn’t there throughout the alternate and claimed Miller had made an sincere mistake.
Earlier this month, Miller allegedly tried to goad Moreno’s legal professional, Andrew Zashin, right into a brawl after a courtroom listening to throughout which Zashin scrutinized the congressman’s faulty claims.
“Though Congressman Max Miller believed the restraining order was justified, the continuing circus created by his ex-wife Emily and her counsel was more and more redirecting consideration away from what really issues — the perfect pursuits of his daughter,” Miller spokesperson Chris Vlasto advised The Publish Wednesday.
“He stays dedicated to defending his daughter from pointless public battle and guaranteeing that these issues are dealt with privately and responsibly.”
Miller has a litigious historical past.
In 2021, he filed a defamation swimsuit in opposition to former White Home press secretary Stephanie Grisham after she had claimed in her memoir “I’ll Take Your Questions Now” to have been in an abusive relationship with an unidentified particular person. He later dropped that swimsuit voluntarily.
Earlier this month, Miller, an alum of the primary Trump administration, slapped a defamation case in opposition to Moreno and Zashin over her abuse accusations in opposition to him and tapped the president’s onetime legal professional, Alejandro Brito, to steer his crew.
Final week, Miller’s attorneys cited the defamation swimsuit in an try to disqualify Zashin from the custody case attributable to his supposed “unwaivable concurrent battle of curiosity.”
The Publish contacted Zashin and his lawyer for remark, in addition to Moreno’s spokesperson and Miller’s attorneys.
