Early Beginnings: High School Drop-Out 

 

• July 13, 1980 - Cory Lee Mills born near Tampa, Florida to Christopher Lee Mills and Teresa Gail Pearson

• January 9, 1981 - Christopher Lee Mills and Teresa Gail Pearson divorced 

• June 9, 1990 - Teresa Gail Pearson got remarried to Sean Austin Bennett when Cory Mills was 10 years old

• 1994-1996 - In some interviews and campaign materials, Mills claimed his grandparents adopted him; court records show they were granted temporary guardianship on 11/08/1994 and that the guardianship was discharged on 12/19/1996. See court documents here.

• June 1997 - Cory Mills drops out of Auburndale High School; address of record 3321 Avenue R NW, Winter Haven, FL

• ​​Mills claims he graduated from Auburndale High School - but the school and school district say he did not