Rep. Max Miller, who has been accused of abusing his ex-wife, is now suing her for defamation — a major escalation in an ongoing public dispute between the two-term Ohio Republican and the daughter of Ohio GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno.

In a copy of the complaint filed Wednesday evening in Cuyahoga County, Ohio and reviewed by POLITICO, Miller claims that his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her legal team made “false, malicious, and defamatory statements wrongly accusing [him] of being a violent and abusive husband and father.”

Miller, who shares a child with Emily Moreno, is also suing her legal team and maintained that conflicts with his former partner…

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