{"id":2413282,"date":"2025-03-14T18:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-sued-by-man-she-accused-of-sexual-abuse-on-house-floor-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:29:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:29:02","slug":"nancy-mace-sued-by-man-she-accused-of-sexual-abuse-on-house-floor-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-mace-sued-by-man-she-accused-of-sexual-abuse-on-house-floor-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Mace sued by man she accused of sexual abuse on House floor &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnancy-mace-sued-by-man-she-accused-of-sexual-abuse-on-house-floor-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2413282&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Nancy Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of sexual abuse on House floor<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2039514\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>One of the men Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) accused of sexual abuse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3316237\/nancy-mace-alleges-sexual-abuse-south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a fiery speech on the House floor<\/a> last month is suing the congresswoman for defamation, a test of legal rules that members of Congress say protect remarks in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Mace accused a group of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Carolina<\/a>&nbsp;businessmen of being &ldquo;rapists, peeping toms or voyeurs, and sex traffickers,&rdquo; claiming she herself was a victim of abuse. One of the men, Brian Musgrave, is suing the congresswoman for defamation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3348233\/what-comes-next-raul-grijalva-arizona-seat\/\">What comes next for Grijalva&rsquo;s solidly blue Arizona seat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3347696\/hakeem-jeffries-doesnt-budge-funding-bill\/\">Jeffries doesn&#8217;t budge on GOP funding bill after Schumer caves<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3347153\/democrats-search-for-message-discipline-in-face-of-gop-ridicule\/\">Democrats search for message discipline in face of GOP &lsquo;ridicule&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/blandrichter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/2025-03-14-Complaint.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">lawsuit<\/a> filed in South Carolina, he denied Mace&rsquo;s allegations. He said he was not present during any alleged events in which Mace claimed the group of men engaged in sexual acts involving children, sexual assault, and rape.&nbsp;She alleged she was among the victims who were photographed and filmed while incapacitated. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;These predators are not untouchable,&rdquo; Mace said on Feb. 10. &ldquo;These predators are not invisible, and these predators are not invincible, and today, their names will be tied to their crimes and their cowardice forever.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musgrave denies the accusations, with the suit noting he was out running errands when a reporter reached out about the floor speech later that evening. The lawsuit states he spent hours telling family and friends &ldquo;to let them know that his name and likeness would appear on the floor of Congress and that he would be falsely accused of being a rapist, a predator and a sex trafficker.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Brian Musgrave was not present,&rdquo; the lawsuit reads. &ldquo;Brian Musgrave did not incapacitate anyone. Brian Musgrave did not assist anyone in Mace&rsquo;s alleged rape. Brian Musgrave did not film anyone. Brian Musgrave has never seen any film or other image depicting the alleged rape of Congresswoman Mace or any other woman.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is challenging the parameters of the speech and debate clause of the Constitution, under which Mace&rsquo;s office said her statements were protected because they were &ldquo;quintessential &lsquo;legislative acts.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The suit acknowledged the clause offers &ldquo;broad protection&rdquo; to members of Congress, but argues it does not turn the floor of Congress into &ldquo;a sanctuary for defamation, nor does it protect Congresswoman Mace&rsquo;s extra-Congressional defamatory statements surrounding her speech.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musgrave&rsquo;s lawyers note that he and Patrick Bryant, Mace&rsquo;s ex-fianc&eacute; and one of the men she named on the floor, owned a beach condo on the Isle of Palms, one of the areas mentioned by Mace in her speech. The lawyers said he knew Bryant placed a Google camera in &ldquo;plain view on top of the refrigerator&rdquo; and &ldquo;assumed that he used it for security or other such similar purposes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The counsel also noted that Musgrave has never had access to the camera and did not view, if any, recordings captured on the device.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;South Carolina Law Enforcement Division <a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2025\/02\/11\/sled-confirms-assault-voyeurism-investigation-after-mace-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">confirmed<\/a>&nbsp;that it was investigating Bryant shortly after Mace&rsquo;s public speech. Bryant has denied the allegations, and Musgrave is denying he knew of any of Bryant&rsquo;s alleged wrongdoings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Upon information and belief, matters between Bryant and Mace became quite contentious<br \/>as the couple disagreed on how to divide the assets that they had acquired together,&rdquo; the suit stated. &ldquo;While contentious, Musgrave never heard of any allegations by Mace that Bryant had acted inappropriately toward her in a sexual manner &ndash; that is, until February 10, 2025.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Other than to inflict pain on Bryant&rsquo;s friend, it is unclear as to the reasons why Mace and<br \/>team chose to include Brian Musgrave in her speech on the floor on the evening of February<br \/>10, 2025,&rdquo; the lawsuit continues.<\/p>\n<p>The suit seeks an unspecified award for compensatory and punitive damages to be determined by a jury &ldquo;sufficient to impress upon the Defendant the seriousness of her conduct and to deter such similar conduct in the future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mace noted she had been collecting evidence for over a year, claiming she was doing the floor speech because South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson had declined to act upon evidence of abuse she said she provided to him. But Wilson&rsquo;s team said in a statement that the allegations against him were &ldquo;categorically false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congresswoman Mace and the Attorney General have been at multiple events together over the last six months. She also has the Attorney General&rsquo;s personal cellphone number. Not once has she approached or reached out to him regarding any of her concerns,&rdquo; the attorney general&rsquo;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>Mace and Wilson are both considering runs for South Carolina governor in the 2026 election.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3347153\/democrats-search-for-message-discipline-in-face-of-gop-ridicule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">DEMOCRATS SEARCH FOR MESSAGE DISCIPLINE IN FACE OF GOP &lsquo;RIDICULE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When asked for comment about Musgrave&rsquo;s lawsuit, the congresswoman&rsquo;s office pointed the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;to a letter from congressional attorneys. Matthew Berry, general counsel for the House, hit back at Musgrave&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.live5news.com\/2025\/02\/28\/man-accused-being-sexual-predator-by-rep-mace-demands-evidence-or-retraction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">theory<\/a>&nbsp;that her remarks &ldquo;did not advance any legislative initiatives&rdquo; but instead pushed a &ldquo;personal narrative.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only is this assertion factually inaccurate, but it is also inconsistent with Supreme Court precedent applying the Speech or Debate Clause,&rdquo; Berry said. &ldquo;As a factual matter, Congresswoman Mace specifically mentioned twelve pieces of legislation related to the issues raised in her speech, all of which she personally introduced in the last 14 months.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2039514\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2039514\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Mace sued for defamation by man she accused of sexual abuse on House floor One of the men Rep. 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