After the Daily Mail, a British tabloid, published a story on May 7, 2026, claiming Miller threw boiling water on Moreno, the daughter of Republican Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno, Miller filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife. The claim that the water was boiling, specifically, originated from an earlier report from the Daily Mail, which first reported on the hot water allegations. The story relied on anonymous sources to repeatedly claim that Miller threw a "pot of boiling water" on Moreno. In Moreno's affidavit, however, she indeed confirmed that she "told the officer about the 2024 incident where Congressman Miller threw hot water on me." It is worth noting, however, that the core of Moreno's story — that Miller threw hot water on her — has not changed.