Mace's ex-fiancé and two others charged with sex crimes

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 15 Oct, 06:03 · Archive

U.S. Representative Nancy Mace's former fiancé and two associates have been charged with sex crimes and voyeurism related to a 2018 assault she described in a House speech.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace's former fiancé Patrick Bryant and two of his business associates were charged on Wednesday with sex crimes and voyeurism. The charges stem from an October 2018 incident at a home in Sullivan's Island, an affluent suburb of Charleston, South Carolina, which Mace described in a House floor speech last year about inadequate investigation of crimes against women.

According to sworn statements by agents from the State Law Enforcement Division, John Douglas Osborne committed sex acts on a 23-year-old woman who was incapacitated and intoxicated, whilst Bryant and Eric Bernard Bowman watched. The men discussed the assault beforehand, took photographs and recorded it. The assault was also visible on a security system feed at the home. The woman had fallen into a pool and was unconscious on a couch.

Osborne, 46, is charged with first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bryant, 53, and Bowman, 46, are each charged with voyeurism. Bowman faces additional charges of obstruction of justice after allegedly performing a factory reset on a mobile phone that investigators had sought through a search warrant, and of publishing the victim's name and a video on X.

How it is being reported

• Ex-fiance of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in House speechCOLUMBIA, S.C. — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace’s former fiance and two of his business associates were charged with sex crimes and voyeurism on Wednesday over an episode the South Carolina congresswoman described in detail during a speech last year on the House floor about how crimes against women are not investigated thoroughly.TribLIVE · 15 Oct, 00:51
• Ex-fiance of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in a House speechPittsburgh Post-Gazette · 14 Oct, 18:24

In this story: Nancy Mace · Patrick Bryant · John Douglas Osborne · Eric Bernard Bowman · Sullivan's Island · Charleston · State Law Enforcement Division

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