Landlord seeks to evict Florida Rep. Cory Mills from DC penthouse

Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel on Jul 15, 2025

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Central Florida U.S. Rep. Cory Mills could face eviction from a luxury Washington, D.C., penthouse after his landlord sued and accused him of failing to pay tens of thousands of dollars in rent.

The Republican congressman owes about $85,000 in missed rental payments from March until this month, Bozzuto Management Co. alleged in a lawsuit filed in D.C. Superior Court.

The posh penthouse just a few miles from the U.S. Capitol rents for $20,833 a month, according to court documents.

Independent journalist Roger Sollenberger first reported on the suit, which was filed on July 9.

Mills, who represents Seminole and parts of Volusia counties, did not respond to a request for comment from the Orlando Sentinel. In a post on X, he said he had difficulty with a faulty payment system, posting screenshots of emails from June and July asking for payment links.

“You can see I’m repeatedly asking for payment links and again as I tried with management today, it failed to process,” he wrote in the post Monday night.

A lawyer representing the management company did not immediately return a message seeking comment on Mills’ post.

A document attached to the suit shows that Mills applied for the apartment in June 2023 and was late on his rent more than a dozen times. An attached photo shows a notice of intent to file a lawsuit taped on the apartment’s door in late January.

The building’s sky suites and penthouses are billed as offering “captivating views” of the city, along with “private elevators for discrete comings and goings.”

Mills has an estimated net worth of about $24 million, according to the investment research platform Quiver Quantitative. First elected in 2022, Mills co-founded several defense contracting and security companies. He earns $174,000 a year as a member of Congress.

In February, the Metropolitan Police Department opened a probe of Mills following a report of an alleged assault at the penthouse.

Mills, 45, vehemently denied any physical altercation occurred, and the 27-year-old woman listed as the victim by police denied an assault occurred in a statement to the Orlando Sentinel and other media outlets.

Police sent an arrest warrant to the U.S. Attorney’s office for consideration, but that investigation was closed after it was returned unsigned, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. A spokesman for interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, declined to comment about the case, saying it was handled by her predecessor, Ed Martin.

Martin, who referred to himself as President Donald Trump’s lawyer, exited the post in May and was replaced by Pirro, a former Fox News host and New York prosecutor.

The House Ethics Committee is scrutinizing Mills’ business dealings and financial disclosure statements, including whether Mills benefited from federal contracts while serving in Congress.

Mills has denied wrongdoing.

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