A federal lawsuit was filed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio against U.S. Rep. Max Miller, his attorney Aaron Minc, and the law firm Minc LLC over the public release of a link containing a nude photograph of Miller’s 2-year-old daughter, R.M.
The lawsuit was brought on behalf of the child by her mother and Miller’s ex-wife, Emily Moreno.
According to the complaint filed Aug. 12, 2026, the incident occurred on Aug. 2, 2026, when Miller conducted a live broadcast on the social media platform X to address allegations surrounding his personal conduct and an ongoing defamation lawsuit against Moreno.
During and after the broadcast, Miller shared a public link to a Dropbox folder titled “Miller media folder,” which contained legal filings, communications, and police reports.
The complaint states that a PDF document within the shared folder included an unredacted photo depicting the child nude with visible genitalia. The lawsuit includes an expert letter from pediatrician Dr. B. Gascoigne dated Aug. 11, 2026, confirming the nature of the image. The filing notes that the child’s full name appeared unredacted in the document more than 70 times.
Court documents indicate the original X post linking to the Dropbox folder received over 204,000 views within 24 hours and surpassed 233,000 views by Aug. 10. The suit states the link remained active and accessible for approximately 23 hours before the file was removed or altered.
In an Aug. 3 email included as an exhibit in the filing, attorney Aaron Minc acknowledged that an unedited version of the document had been uploaded to the public link.
“I was under an enormous amount of pressure to get the files and link live again as quickly as possible,” Minc wrote in the email, explaining that he realized the error at approximately 9:40 a.m. on Aug. 3.
The complaint alleges that the defendants failed to provide an accounting of how many times the file was accessed or downloaded despite requests from Moreno’s legal counsel.
The lawsuit asserts five legal counts:
- Federal civil action for disclosure of intimate images under 15 U.S.C. § 6851.
- Civil liability for criminal acts under Ohio Revised Code § 2307.60, citing state laws prohibiting the illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material.
- Wrongful intrusion or invasion of privacy under Ohio state law.
- Negligence.
- Civil conspiracy.
The plaintiff is seeking declaratory relief, compensatory and punitive damages, statutory liquidated damages of $150,000 per disclosure under federal law, attorney fees, and an injunction preventing further distribution.
The case is assigned to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
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