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We Got Max Miller’s Old High School Yearbook

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Jones, M. (2026, September 3). We Got Max Miller’s Old High School Yearbook. Mother Jones. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/max-miller-yearbook-bernie-moreno-ohio-gop/

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A former classmate of Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has spoken out about an incident from his high school years, corroborating previous allegations that he pushed a female peer down the stairs after becoming enraged when she resisted his advances. This account is consistent with a 2021 Politico report and contradicts Miller's earlier denials of the incident. The woman in question told Mother Jones that the event was one of the most traumatic nights of her life, even though it occurred over 20 years ago. Mother Jones obtained old high school yearbooks as part of their investigation into Miller's past.

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Rep. Max Miller, an Ohio Republican congressman, is facing allegations of abuse and misconduct from his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno. In legal filings related to their child custody case, Emily accused Max of being an absent father, abusive husband, and having a history of violence towards women dating back to his high school days. Specifically, she mentioned that he allegedly pushed a female classmate down the stairs after becoming enraged when she resisted his advances. This incident was previously reported by Politico in 2021, with multiple sources confirming the account. Max has denied all allegations, including this one, and claimed that the question about pushing someone down the stairs was "not relevant" to their child custody case.

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Miller PERSON · 8× Ohio GPE · 3× Vesoulis PERSON · 3× Politico ORG · 2× Abby Vesoulis PERSON · 1× Bernie Moreno PERSON · 1× Max Miller PERSON · 1× Mother Jones’ ORG · 1× Republican NORP · 1× [Emily] Moreno’s PERSON · 1×

Narrative

Miller’s ex-wife, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), has accused the Republican congressman in legal filings of being an absentee father, abusive husband, and having a history of violence and misconduct towards women dating back to his high school days.

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Claims (14 extracted, 3 hedged)

For the past few months, Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) has been embroiled in a growing list of scandals and allegations of harm. asserted

Miller → embroil → harm

wife → accuse → days

Miller has repeatedly denied these allegations. asserted

Miller → deny → allegations

As Mother Jones’ Abby Vesoulis reported in July: For instance, one of [Emily] Moreno’s legal filings in their ongoing child custody case asked Miller to comment on the accusation that he pushed a female peer down a set of stairs during his high school years. asserted

he → report → years

“Why did you not pursue a defamation lawsuit against [redacted] for alleging you pushed her down a flight of stairs?” asserted

you → pursue → stairs

, “Miller pushed a girl out the door of his room and she fell down some stairs after he became enraged when she resisted his attempts to touch her, according to three people who were there and many more who heard about the incident in the aftermath.” uncertain

who → push → aftermath

Miller categorically denied to Politico that the altercation took place. asserted

altercation → deny → place

But reached for comment this month, the woman in question told Mother Jones that while the event “happened 20 years ago,” it remains “one of the more traumatic nights of my life.” asserted

it → reach → life

Vesoulis recently traveled to Ohio where she and our producer got a chance to speak with Miller directly following a family court hearing between him and his ex-wife. asserted

she → travel → him

While visiting, Vesoulis made a stop at the public library in the town that Miller grew up and attended high school in. asserted

Miller → visit → school

She wanted to see if there was anything more to be learned from his old high school yearbooks. asserted

She → want → yearbooks

“We’re going to flip through all these yearbooks and we could find nothing,” says Vesoulis, sitting in one of the library’s study rooms. uncertain

Vesoulis → go → rooms

“We could find something interesting.” uncertain

We → find → something

Here’s what she saw: asserted

she → ’ → what