Nancy Mace’s ex-fiancé charged after disturbing abuse allegations

Back in 2025, Nancy Mace took to the House floor to drop a bombshell. She accused a group of men, including her own ex-fiancé, Brendan Patrick Bryant, of serious sexual abuse. She claimed she had found thousands of videos on his phone documenting nonconsensual acts against incapacitated women.

Well, the law finally caught up. Three of the men she named, including Bryant, John Douglas Osborne, and Eric Bernard Bowman, were arrested this week. The charges stem from a 2018 incident where authorities say they filmed themselves assaulting a woman who had passed out at a party. The details are stomach-turning: they allegedly watched, filmed, and shared the footage while the victim was completely unconscious.

It’s hard to ignore how long it took for this to go from a heated House speech to actual booking photos. It turns out that when someone is screaming about predators in the halls of Congress, maybe it’s worth double-checking their ex's hard drive sooner.

Source: SLED