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Nancy Mace's ex-fiance, two other men charged with sex crimes

South Carolina law enforcement charged three men over a 2018 incident that Rep. Nancy Mace described in a House floor speech.

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  • The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced Wednesday that three men were arrested and charged with sexually related offenses.
  • John Douglas Osborne, 46, was charged with first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
  • Patrick Bryant, 53, Mace's ex-fiance, and Eric Bernard Bowman, 46, were each charged with voyeurism.
  • Affidavits state a 23-year-old woman was intoxicated, fell into a pool and passed out on a sofa before the men discussed who would have sex with her while the others watched.
  • Mace accused the men in a February 2025 House floor speech.
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Far left

Calls the case heinous and long ignored

Raw Story: Nancy Mace’s ex-fiancé charged in ‘heinous’ case she blew open on House floor: report

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Raw Story frames the charges as vindication for Mace's floor speech about an assault she said authorities had not pursued.

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Progressive and socialist outlets such as Common Dreams, Democracy Now and Truthout. Usually focuses on corporate power, workers, inequality and anti-war positions.

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Notes charges follow Mace's House speech

The Guardian US (Politics): Ex-fiance of Nancy Mace and two others charged with sex crimes she detailed in House speech

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The Guardian US says the charges came after Mace described the assault in a nearly hourlong speech about how crimes against women are not investigated thoroughly.

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Mainstream liberal outlets such as CNN, MSNBC, NPR and The Washington Post. Usually focuses on who is affected, climate, public institutions and criticism of the Trump administration.

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Right: Hails charges after Mace exposed depraved acts

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Hails charges after Mace exposed depraved acts

New York Post (Politics): Nancy Mace’s ex-fiancé, 3 biz partners charged with sex crimes after rep exposed ‘depraved’ acts in bombshell House speech

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The New York Post stresses that the charges came more than a year and a half after Mace's bombshell House speech unveiling rape accusations.

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Mainstream conservative outlets such as Fox News, the Washington Examiner and the New York Post. Usually focuses on costs, security, government overreach and Democratic policy.

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Left: Notes charges follow Mace's House speech

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Should South Carolina law enforcement release more details about the 2018 Sullivan's Island investigation?

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