ORANGE, Calif. — Rep. Katie Porter, D-Irvine, was granted a five-year restraining order Tuesday against an ex-boyfriend who lived with her, claiming a barrage of harassment since their break-up, including false herpes allegations.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Elia Naqvi granted the restraining order against Julian Carl Willis, 55, of Surf City, New Jersey, on Tuesday when Willis failed to respond or attend the hearing. The restraining order is set to expire Dec. 17, 2029.

Last month, Orange County Superior Court Judge Stephen Hicklin extended the restraining order to Porter, her family, and current and former staff, but Willis could still contact the staffers on issues that are not personal and government-related.

Willis told Politico last month that Porter filed for the restraining order in an effort to prevent him from suing her and seeking court protection from her, accusing her of aggressive and "violent" behavior toward him and her own children at UC Irvine in August.

"This is her way of combating all that," Willis told Politico, later referring to Porter as "a monster."

Porter said in a declaration that she dated Willis for several years and they lived together for "brief periods of time." She said she "witnessed Julian's mental health issues and substance abuse, which have now escalated to a concerning and dangerous level."

The congresswoman said Willis has been hospitalized for mental health issues twice in the past couple of years.

"The first hospitalization occurred in December 2022 when I personally took Julian to Mission Hospital in Laguna Beach due to concerning behavior," Porter wrote in the request for a restraining order.

"The second hospitalization occurred in February 2023 when Julian's brother, Ethan Willis, took him to a hospital in San Diego, where the treating psychiatrist also placed him on a 5150 hold," Porter said.

His psychiatrist "strongly recommended substance abuse treatment for Julian," Porter said.

Willis "has taken some steps to address his issues, such as attending a few Narcotics Anonymous meetings and living in a halfway house/sober living home during the spring of 2023," Porter said. "However, I have personally witnessed him continuing to abuse substances. I have observed him misusing prescription painkillers, sorting Ritalin, and abusing cannabis and nicotine patches. He has also previously disclosed to me his use of cocaine and nitrous oxide."

Porter said things got worse in August when she kicked him out of her home and asked him to stop contacting her.

"However, since moving out, Julian has subjected me, my family, friends and colleagues to persistent abuse and harassment," she said.

Porter said since Aug. 27, Willis has sent her more than a thousand text messages and emails "with the clear intent to threaten and harass me," including one in which he told her to consider killing herself.

Porter accused Willis of threatening her mother and her attorney.

She said he has threatened to publicly humiliate her and attempt to get her fired from her teaching job at UC Irvine and try to get her to lose custody of her children and that he wants to force her into "psychiatric treatment."

Porter further accused Willis on Nov. 19 of demanding that he be sent $4,000 or that he would "punish" her and the others included in the restraining order request.

On Sept. 18-19, Willis allegedly sent her 82 text messages, prompting the congresswoman to block him on her phone on Nov. 12 after he barraged her with 55 text messages in a day, she said.

When she directed her attorney, Gerald Singleton, to tell him to stop contacting her he is accused of responding with "harassing messages, threatening to contact the state bar and vowing to `punish the (expletive)' out of me and my attorney," Porter said. 

Willis was accused of repeatedly emailing Singleton on Monday that included one message saying, "The noose is tightening around Katie's neck," Porter said.

"Julian falsely alleged that I had genital herpes," Porter said. "I do not have that illness. In an effort to stop this abuse and harassment, I obtained the attached test results that show that I, in fact, do not have genital herpes."

Willis was accused of threatening to report Porter's sister to the state medical board and spreading "false claims to my mother and my son, thereby damaging my relationships with them," Porter said.

Willis was also accused of "harassing both my former and current co- workers and employees, causing them to fear for their own safety," Porter said.

"Additionally, Julian has made it clear that he intends to cause significant harm to my professional reputation," Porter said. "He has already contacted at least three reporters to disseminate false and damaging information about me and my children."

Porter ran unsuccessfully this year for the U.S. Senate seat previously occupied by the late Dianne Feinstein. She will leave Congress at the end of her current term and is expected to return to UC Irvine as a law professor in January.