ClickOnDetroit · October 14, 2026 · By Meg Kinnard and Jeffrey Collins

Patrick Bryant, John Douglas Osborne and Eric Bernard Bowman Are Charged in South Carolina in Connection With an October 2018 Episode, State Agents Say

• John Douglas Osborne, 46, is charged with first-degree assault and battery and two counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct; Patrick Bryant, 53, and Eric Bernard Bowman, 46, are each charged with voyeurism, according to sworn statements by State Law Enforcement Division agents cited in the Associated Press report.
• Bowman was also charged with obstruction of justice and with publishing the name of a victim of criminal sexual conduct, according to the report; the charges concern an episode in October 2018 at a home in Sullivan's Island that Rep. Nancy Mace described in a House floor speech last year, according to the report.
• Bryant did not return a message seeking comment on Wednesday, and attorneys listed as representing Bowman and Osborne in other cases did not immediately return messages, according to the report.

Charges and agents' statements as reported by the Associated Press; the absence of a response from Bryant and from the other men's attorneys is documented in the source. Original headline: "Ex-fiance of US Rep. Nancy Mace and 2 others charged with sex crimes she detailed in a House speech".