{
  "id": 793833,
  "title": "Legal Filings Allege Rep. Max Miller Made “False Statements” to an Ohio Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/legal-filings-allege-rep-max-miller-made-false-statements-to-an-ohio",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:38:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mother Jones",
    "slug": "mother-jones",
    "url": "https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/legal-filings-allege-rep-max-miller-gave-false-statements-to-ohio-court-emily-moreno/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On February 27, Representative Max Miller (R-Ohio) appeared before the Cuyahoga County Court to seek an emergency civil protection order (CPO) requesting that his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, stay away from him. Miller claimed that Moreno was harassing him with false allegations, and he said he possessed video and text message evidence to support his claims. During the hearing, he informed the magistrate judge, Jessica Bartolozzi, that he had evidence disproving Moreno's accusations, which had alleged that he had injured her during a custody exchange involving their daughter on February 1. Miller's CPO was eventually dismissed voluntarily after five months, and his lawyer stated that Miller no longer felt in danger. However, recent filings reveal that Moreno's legal team now believes Miller fabricated his initial reason for needing the CPO. Initially, Miller granted the emergency CPO partly due to his claims that he had evidence disproving Moreno's accusation of injuring their toddler during the February 1 custody exchange. Moreno alleged that Miller had shoved her against a wall, a claim she made during an investigation into possible child abuse. However, Mother Jones reported last month that Moreno stated she could not rule out that Miller might have caused the child's injury, as he had previously been abusive towards her. According to Mother Jones, Miller had previously stated that he had evidence supporting that he was not the one who hurt the child or Moreno, including witness testimony from his girlfriend and video footage. Yet, after the CPO was granted, Miller and his lawyers reportedly recanted some of the specific evidence they had claimed to have. A mid-March email from one of Miller's lawyers, Pamela J. MacAdams, told Moreno's lawyers about the change in evidence. In the email, it was mentioned that their girlfriend was not present during the February 1 exchange, as revealed by the ring doorbell tapes. The email stated that the lawyers felt ethically obligated to disclose this change in assertions about the evidence. Moreno's lawyers argue that Miller's legal team failed to follow the Ohio Professional Rules of Conduct, which require lawyers to disclose material falsity. Moreno's legal team claims that Miller's lawyers did not inform the magistrate judge that their client made false statements.",
  "summary": "On February 27, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) stood before the Cuyahoga County Court to request an emergency civil protection order (CPO) requiring that his ex-wife Emily Moreno stay away from him. Miller’s rationale, he said, was that Moreno was harassing him with serious accusations that were untrue. Under penalty of perjury, he said he had […]",
  "key_points": [
    "Rep. Max Miller sought emergency CPO on February 27, 2023.",
    "Moreno's team claims Miller fabricated initial CPO reason.",
    "Lawyers failed to disclose Miller's recanted evidence, violating ethics rules."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}