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Rep. Nancy Mace’s ex-fiancé and two others charged with sexual misconduct-related offenses
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Key Points:
- Three men accused by US Rep. Nancy Mace of sexual misconduct, including her ex-fiancé Brendan Patrick Bryant, were charged Wednesday with offenses including voyeurism, assault, and obstruction of justice in Charleston County, South Carolina.
- The charges stem from an alleged 2018 incident where John Douglas Osborne sexually assaulted a 23-year-old woman who had passed out from alcohol, while Bryant and Eric Bernard Bowman reportedly recorded the event.
- Bowman also faces additional charges for allegedly deleting his cellphone data after a search warrant and for publishing the name of a sexual assault victim on social media in 2025.
- Bryant and Osborne deny the allegations, with their attorneys stating they intend to contest the charges vigorously; Bryant’s attorney also criticized Mace’s 2025 House speech as containing falsehoods.
- The victim shared a statement expressing the lasting trauma and fear caused by the assault, emphasizing the significance of the charges as a first step toward accountability, while one of the four men named by Mace, Brian Musgrave, has not been charged and denies wrongdoing.
