Ohio lawmaker faces restraining order request after alleged altercation with ex-wife's attorneys
A judge has been asked to issue a restraining order against Rep. Max Miller following claims that he grabbed an attorney and a colleague's bag during a hallway encounter after a court hearing.
A lawyer representing the ex-wife of Rep. Max Miller filed a petition seeking a restraining order against the congressman, alleging that he seized attorney Andrew Zashin’s arm and grabbed another lawyer’s bag in a hallway outside an Ohio courtroom on Tuesday. The filing says the incident occurred after a hearing in the long-running custody dispute between Miller and his ex-spouse, Emily Moreno, and was the second alleged confrontation involving Miller and Moreno’s legal team.
The petition describes Miller’s actions as an attempt to get Zashin’s attention while also referencing the attorney’s fiancée, and notes that Miller’s own counsel, Larry Zukerman, later remarked that his client “just can’t control himself.”
The restraining order request follows earlier allegations in the same case, including a reported crude comment made by Miller about Zashin’s fiancée in May. Miller has previously sued Moreno and Zashin for defamation, and he has denied all abuse accusations made by Moreno, who has also alleged that Miller suffers from bipolar disorder—a claim his lawyer rejected.
The dispute has attracted political attention, with some Democratic lawmakers calling for an ethics investigation into Miller’s conduct. Miller has said no formal ethics inquiry is currently underway.