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

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 14 Oct, 17:34 · Archive

Three men have been charged with sex crimes and voyeurism over a 2018 assault that US Representative Nancy Mace described in a House speech.

Three men have been charged with sex crimes and voyeurism over an assault in October 2018 that South Carolina congresswoman Nancy Mace described in detail during a House floor speech about inadequate investigation of crimes against women.

Mace's former fiancé Patrick Bryant, 53, and two business associates, John Douglas Osborne, 46, and Eric Bernard Bowman, 46, were charged on Wednesday by the State Law Enforcement Division. At the time of the assault at a home in Sullivan's Island, an affluent suburb of Charleston, Mace and Bryant were not yet engaged.

According to sworn statements by state agents, Osborne committed sex acts on a 23-year-old woman who was incapacitated and intoxicated after falling into a pool. Bryant and Bowman allegedly watched, discussed who would assault her beforehand, and took photographs and recordings of the assault, which was also captured on a security system feed. Another woman watching the feed saw the assault, took pictures and documented it in a journal.

Osborne is charged with first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bryant and Bowman are each charged with voyeurism. Bowman also faces charges of obstruction of justice after performing a factory reset on a mobile phone sought by investigators, and of publishing a victim's name and a video of her on X.

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• Ex-fiance of US Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in a House speechThe ex-fiance of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace and two of his business associates have been charged with sex crimes and voyeurism.Clickorlando · 14 Oct, 16:58
• Ex-fiance of US Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in a House speechThe ex-fiance of U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace and two of his business associates have been charged with sex crimes and voyeurism.News4Jax · 14 Oct, 16:58

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

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