Embattled Republican Rep. Max Miller is facing another explosive legal fight — this time over allegations that an intimate image of his 2-year-old daughter was exposed to hundreds of thousands of people online.
Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno, filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit on August 12 on behalf of the former couple’s two-and-a-half-year-old daughter, identified in court documents only as R.M.
The lawsuit names Miller, his attorney Aaron Minc and Minc’s law firm as defendants and accuses them of recklessly making the child’s private image publicly available through a Dropbox folder promoted on social media.
The stunning allegations mark the latest escalation in an increasingly bitter battle between Miller and Moreno, who have already been locked in a contentious custody dispute.
Moreno recently sought a restraining order after accusing the Ohio congressman of “physically touching” her attorney during a court proceeding.
Now, the dispute has moved into federal court.
According to the 20-page lawsuit, Miller hosted a livestream on August 2 in which he defended himself against allegations involving Moreno and their daughter.
Afterward, Miller allegedly posted a link on X directing his followers to a public Dropbox folder containing documents related to the dispute.
The complaint claims Miller repeatedly urged people to review the material, which was allegedly assembled and maintained with help from Minc.
The lawsuit says Miller’s original post linking to the Dropbox received more than 204,000 views in approximately 24 hours and eventually climbed past 233,000 views.
But Moreno alleges one of the documents contained something far more sensitive than court records.
According to the complaint, the Dropbox included a PDF containing messages exchanged between Miller and Moreno through OurFamilyWizard, a parenting communication app being used under a court order.
On page 53 of that document, Moreno claims, was an unredacted intimate photograph of their young daughter.
The lawsuit further alleges the girl’s name appeared more than 70 times throughout the document, potentially making it easy for people who saw the photograph to identify her.
The image allegedly remained publicly accessible for approximately 23 hours.
Even more troubling, according to Moreno’s attorneys, anyone with the link could allegedly view or download the material without creating an account or even logging in.
Moreno claims Miller and his legal team have not revealed how many people may have actually viewed, accessed or downloaded the photograph while it was publicly available.
The lawsuit also cites an email in which Minc allegedly acknowledged that a version of the document had been uploaded before the photograph was properly redacted.
“I was under an enormous amount of pressure to get the files and link live again as quickly as possible,” Minc allegedly wrote, according to the complaint.
The Dropbox reportedly went offline for a period before being restored.
Miller then allegedly promoted the material again, posting: “Dropbox back online. Take a look.”
Moreno is now pursuing five separate claims, including alleged violations of federal law involving the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images, as well as invasion of privacy, negligence and civil conspiracy.
And the potential financial consequences could be enormous.
The lawsuit argues that R.M. may be entitled to as much as $150,000 in statutory damages for each alleged disclosure or transfer of the photograph — potentially including individual instances in which the image was accessed or downloaded.
Moreno is also seeking compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney fees and a court order aimed at preventing any similar alleged conduct in the future.
The lawsuit represents yet another serious headache for Miller, who is now being forced to defend himself not only in a highly personal custody battle but in federal court over allegations involving the privacy of his own toddler.
None of the allegations have yet been proven in court, and the lawsuit remains pending.
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