Three South Carolina men accused of sexual misconduct by Republican Representative Nancy Mace have been charged with sexually related offenses, according to state authorities. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) announced Wednesday that Charleston County charged John Douglas Osborne, 46, Brendan Patrick Bryant, 53, and Eric Bernard Bowman, 46. Osborne faces one count of first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Bryant, Mace's former fiancé, was charged with voyeurism, while Bowman faces charges of voyeurism, obstruction of justice and publishing the name of a victim of criminal sexual conduct, according to SLED. All three men were booked into the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center in Charleston County. The 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office will prosecute the case.
Newsweek reached out to SLED, the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, and the attorneys of the accused via email for comment. The three men were previously among four people Mace publicly accused of sexual misconduct during a February 2025 speech on the House floor. The fourth man she named, Brian Musgrave, was not among those charged Wednesday.
Wednesday's announcement, however, does not establish the broader allegations Mace made. The criminal charges announced by SLED concern alleged conduct detailed in arrest warrants connected with an October 26, 2018, incident involving a 23-year-old woman on Sullivan's Island. According to reporting based on the warrants obtained by Newsweek, authorities allege the woman had consumed alcohol and became so intoxicated she was unable to walk normally or speak coherently before eventually losing consciousness on a sofa.
The warrants allege the men subsequently discussed sexually exploiting her. The charges are allegations, and the defendants have not been convicted. Mace named Bryant, Bowman, Osborne and Musgrave during her February 2025 speech, accusing the men of serious sexual misconduct.
Bryant denied her allegations then. "I categorically deny these allegations. I take this matter seriously and will cooperate fully with any necessary legal processes to clear my name," he told the following the congresswoman's speech.
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