2026-08-31T21:26:47.701Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
共和党众议员马克斯·米勒周一上午并未在竞选活动中奔波，而是通过Zoom连线俄亥俄州一家法庭，参与与前女友、前白宫新闻秘书斯蒂芬妮·格里沙姆的纠纷。这是这位身陷麻烦的国会议员不到一周内第二次被迫现身郡级法庭。
随着众议院议员返回华盛顿，为中期选举冲刺，米勒通过华盛顿特区的连线视频，就其是否违反2023年与格里沙姆达成的和解协议接受质询。该和解协议源于格里沙姆指控米勒对其实施虐待，米勒否认了这一指控，随后起诉格里沙姆诽谤。根据双方达成的协议，格里沙姆和米勒均被禁止公开诋毁对方。
这是米勒面临的最新一场法律战，目前他正在一个2024年特朗普以超过10个百分点优势获胜的选区寻求连任，但共和党人如今担忧，他的法律和个人问题会让该选区的选情变得充满竞争。一些共和党参议员已呼吁米勒辞职，但众议院议长迈克·约翰逊周一告诉CNN，他支持米勒的连任竞选，称其是“一位优秀的国会议员”。
米勒还与前妻、共和党参议员伯尼·莫雷诺的女儿艾米丽·莫雷诺陷入激烈的监护权纠纷。艾米丽指控米勒对其实施虐待，包括在他们的女儿尚在襁褓中时用枪指着她。米勒否认了这些指控。在上周的监护权案件庭审中，米勒亲自出庭。
周一，米勒通过连线进入镶木装饰的法庭，就其社交媒体使用习惯、近期媒体采访，以及在2023年和解协议达成后是否称格里沙姆为骗子等问题接受质询。
经过数小时的证词后，法官对米勒和格里沙姆均发布了初步禁令，责令双方删除大量可能被视为诋毁对方的社交媒体帖文。
检方就米勒5月7日在X平台上的一条帖文对其施压。该帖文附带一段艾米丽·莫雷诺讨论格里沙姆对米勒提出的指控的音频，配文写道：“这是2024年的一段录音。在其中，莫雷诺女士承认1. 斯蒂芬妮·格里沙姆所指控的一切均为捏造。”
格里沙姆在法庭上表示，这条帖文损害了她的声誉，并打破了她在2023年和解协议达成后所寻求的平静。
“一名现任国会议员称你为骗子，这在政治圈子里可不是小事，”格里沙姆在证词中说道。
米勒辩称，他本人从未发布过这些内容，而且他的手机上也没有社交媒体应用。他还辩称，自己的工作太忙，无暇顾及社交媒体的实时更新，并将5月7日的帖文归咎于工作人员。
“我没有指示他们这么做，绝对没有。他们就是自己发了，”米勒在谈及这些帖文时说道，“你们好像把推特当成了国会议员90%的工作。”
这名国会议员还就他接受的两场单独新闻采访接受了质询，其中一场是接受CNN记者杰克·塔珀的采访。
在那次采访中，塔珀专门询问了米勒有关格里沙姆和莫雷诺的指控，以及人们是否应该相信她们在撒谎。米勒回答“是的”，格里沙姆的律师认为这违反了和解协议。
在采访的另一个环节，米勒告诉塔珀，由于已达成和解协议，他无法透露有关格里沙姆指控的细节。
米勒周一在法庭上辩称，他只是在采访中为自己辩护，而且格里沙姆首先在公众舆论法庭上诋毁了他。他还辩称，即使指控不实，公开指责也会对声誉造成损害。
“我们生活在一个公众舆论法庭比事实更重要的社会，至少在我的世界里是这样，”他告诉法庭。
米勒的律师亚当·布朗声称，格里沙姆在4月22日发布了一条涉及米勒的帖文，尽管她没有指名道姓。布朗指出了格里沙姆4月22日在X平台上的一条帖文：“今天我为如此多有钱有势的男人一次次逃脱惩罚而感到心碎，”并配了一个心碎表情符号。“更糟糕的是，你们当中那些知道内情却对此无动于衷的人，一次次任由事情发生。”
4月22日正是TMZ发布一篇关于米勒的报道的日子，标题为“警方在激烈的监护权纠纷中调查儿童忽视指控”。
格里沙姆作证称，那条帖文并非针对米勒，而是指代围绕已定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的一系列相关事态发展，该事件一直是新闻头条的常客。
在作证过程中，格里沙姆还辩称，米勒对她的言论影响了她的个人和职业生活，她的焦虑症状日益严重，经常因害怕被问及米勒而拒绝参加电视露面的机会——她表示，鉴于和解协议，她无法就这个问题做出回应。
“这太糟糕了，”她说。
CNN的艾莉森·梅因、马努·拉朱和凯西·里德尔对本文亦有贡献
Max Miller and ex-girlfriend Stephanie Grisham ordered to remove social media posts in GOP lawmaker’s latest court fight
2026-08-31T21:26:47.701Z / CNN
GOP Rep. Max Miller spent Monday morning not on the campaign trail, but Zooming into an Ohio courtroom in a dispute with ex-girlfriend and former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, the second time the embattled congressman has been forced to appear in county court in less than a week.
As House lawmakers return to Washington for a sprint ahead of the midterms, Miller appeared from DC via Zoom to address whether he violated a 2023 settlement agreement with Grisham. That agreement came after Grisham alleged Miller abused her, he denied the allegation and then sued her for defamation. As part of their deal, Grisham and Miller were barred from disparaging each other publicly.
It’s the latest legal battle facing Miller as he runs for re-election in a district Trump won in 2024 by more than 10 points but Republicans now fear will be competitive over his legal and personal issues. The congressman has faced calls from some Senate Republicans to step down, but Speaker Mike Johnson told CNN on Monday that he supports Miller’s reelection bid, calling him “a great member of Congress.”
Miller is also locked in a bitter custody battle with his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno. She has alleged that Miller abused her, including holding a gun to her when their daughter was an infant. Miller has denied the allegations. Miller came to court in person in that custody case last week.
Zooming in to the wood-paneled courtroom Monday, Miller faced questions over his social media habits, recent media interviews and whether he called Grisham a liar after the two of them entered into the 2023 settlement agreement.
After hours of testimony, the judge issued preliminary injunctions against Miller and Grisham and ordered both parties to take down numerous social media posts that could be construed as disparaging the other.
Miller was pressed on a post from his X account on May 7 describing audio of Emily Moreno discussing allegations Grisham made against the congressman. Along with the audio, the post read, “here is a recording from 2024. In it, Ms. Emily Moreno admits 1.) everything alleged by Stephanie Grisham was fabricated.”
Grisham told the court the post had caused damage to her reputation and shattered the peace she sought in the aftermath of the 2023 settlement agreement.
“When a sitting member of Congress calls you a liar, that is a pretty big deal in political circles,” Grisham testified.
Miller argued he never posted any of the material himself and does not have social media on his cell phone. He also argued that his job makes him too busy to be concerned with constant updates to social media, and blamed the May 7 posts on staffers.
“I didn’t instruct them to do this, period. They just did it,” Miller said of the posts. “You are making it seem like Twitter is 90 percent of a congressman’s job.”
The congressman was also pressed on two separate news interviews he did, including one with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
In that interview, Tapper asked Miller specifically about Grisham and Moreno’s allegations and whether people were supposed to believe they were lying. Miller told Tapper “yes,” which Grisham’s lawyers argued was a breach of the agreement.
At another point in the interview, Miller told Tapper that he could not get into details about the Grisham allegations because of a settlement agreement that had been reached.
Miller argued in court Monday that he was merely defending himself in the interviews, and that Grisham disparaged him first in the court of public opinion. He also argued that public accusations can cause reputational harm even if they are not true.
“We live in a society where the court of public opinion matters more than facts, at least in my world,” he told the court.
The congressman’s lawyer Adam Brown alleged that Grisham posted on April 22 about Miller, although she did not do so by name. Brown pointed to a post in which Grisham wrote on X on April 22, “Today I feel broken over what so many men with money and power get away with over & over & over,” with a broken heart emoji. “Almost worse is those of you who know & do/say nothing as it happens time & again.”
April 22 was the same day that TMZ published a story about Miller with the headline “police investigate child neglect claims in nasty custody battle.”
Grisham testified the post was not about Miller, but was a reference to several developments in the ongoing controversy around convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, which has generated regular news headlines.
During her testimony, Grisham also argued that Miller’s statements about her had an impact on her personal and professional life, that she suffered from worsening anxiety and often turned down opportunities to participate in television appearances out of fear that she may be asked about Miller, an issue she said she couldn’t address given the settlement agreement.
“It has been horrible,” she said.
CNN’s Alison Main, Manu Raju and Casey Riddle contributed
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