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Nancy Mace's former fiance, two associates charged with sex crimes, voyeurism

Sworn statements from state investigators describe an assault that Mace detailed in a February 2025 House speech.

Updated Oct 14, 2026 · 22:12 UTC4 reports

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South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division charged Nancy Mace's former fiance and two business associates on Wednesday.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Sworn agent statements say Osborne committed sex acts on an incapacitated woman while Bryant and Bowman watched; the charges are allegations.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Osborne faces assault and sexual conduct counts, Bryant and Bowman face voyeurism, and Bowman faces obstruction and victim-naming charges.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Mace detailed the episode in a February 2025 House speech, when Bryant denied the allegations.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]

Mace's former fiance Patrick Bryant and two business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Sworn statements from State Law Enforcement Division agents say Osborne committed sex acts on an incapacitated, intoxicated 23-year-old woman while Bryant and Bowman watched.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
John Douglas Osborne, 46, is charged with first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Patrick Bryant, 53, and Eric Bernard Bowman, 46, are each charged with voyeurism.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Bowman is also charged with obstruction of justice and with publishing the name and a video of a victim of criminal sexual conduct on X.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
Mace described the assault at length in a nearly hourlong February 2025 House speech that named the men.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]
When the speech was given, Bryant denied the allegations and said he would cooperate fully to clear his name.[ABC News · Associated Press]

Whether the men will be convicted is unresolved, since the reporting describes charges and sworn statements rather than any court ruling.[ABC News · The Washington Sun · Associated Press]

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