Man accused of being sexual predator by Rep. Mace demands evidence or retraction
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Attorneys sent an open letter to U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace refuting the remarks she made on the floor of Congress accusing multiple men, including her ex-fiancé, of being sexual predators.
Mace talked on Feb. 25 about multiple scenarios involving four men. One of those men is her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant, whom the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division confirmed is under investigation.
SLED did not confirm any investigation with either of the other three men Mace named.
The Bland Richter Law Firm sent Mace an open letter on behalf of Brian Musgrave, one of the other three men Mace named during her speech.
“When you and your business partners pay each other, and you’re sexually abusing women, you are by definition a sex trafficker,” Mace said.
The letter states the allegations against Musgrave are baseless.
“Brian does not have the luxury of a bully pulpit in the form of floor of Congress to address the many accusations you leveled against him on February 10, 2025,” the letter states. “This open letter is going to have to suffice for now, although we are prepared to take additional action as set forth below should it be made necessary.”
The letter states Mace upended Musgrave’s life when she accused him “falsely” of being a rapist, a predator and a sex trafficker.
“These men aren’t just criminals—they’re predators,” Mace said in her address.
The letter acknowledges Mace’s conviction that something inappropriate happened to her, and perhaps others. But as it relates to Musgrave, the letter says he did not rape her, drug her, film her, take compromising images of her, has not viewed compromising images of her or assist anyone in perpetrating any crimes against her.
Mace alleges she found thousands of photos and videos on Bryant’s phones and hidden cameras.
The letter says Musgrave had nothing to do with that saying Musgrave did not own a camera, did not have the for the camera, did not have the ability to access the camera digitally, never viewed anything on the camera and never recorded anything using the camera.
The letter states Musgrave and Bryant’s friendship goes back to the tenth grade. It goes on to say Musgrave and Mace met on a handful of occasions but there was never a lot of interaction between the two.
The letter alleges Musgrave found out Mace would be accusing him of being a rapist and sexual predator just hours before the speech.
“We suppose that in some sick irony, Brian experienced the same victimization that you described as he sat helplessly that evening while you displayed a poster that included his image and labeled him a ‘predator’ who was not safe to be in the presence of minor children,” the letter says. “You also intentionally blurred ‘facts’ throughout your address as you made repeated references to ‘they’ and ‘them’ attributing all of the conduct you described to each and every face on the poster, including Brian’s.”
“You will not get away with it,” Mace said in her address. “None of you will. Because tonight is about justice for me. And tonight is about justice for all of the women that you all raped, that you all filmed, that you photographed, that you all abused for years.”
The letter states there are three paths forward:
- Show us the evidence in the form of metadata that links Brian Musgrave to these alleged acts, and we will cease our pursuit of this matter.
- Retract the allegations against Brian Musgrave and issue an apology.
- Refuse either of the options and we will bring an action to test the limits of your protection under the speech and debate clause and/or the Westfall Act.
“The damage you have inflicted upon Brian and his family is immense,” the letter states.
This letter was a demand for action and it states that if Mace refuses to take the steps outlined, the letter will be offered to a court in the future. The letter states Mace has ten days from the date of the letter, February 27, to make the evidence public that implicates Musgrave or issue the retraction and apology. It states if she doesn’t, they will be moving forward to seek “judicial relief.”
You can read the full letter here.
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