Rep. Nancy Mace Sued For Defamation & Libel By 1 Of 4 Men She Accused Of Sexual Abuse

Alessio AtriaMarch 20, 2025, 4:06 pmNews >

Controversial Rep. Nancy Mace (R-South Carolina) was sued for defamation and libel by Brian Musgrave, one of the four men she accused of sexual abuse during a House floor speech.

On Feb. 10, Mace accused her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant, as well as Musgrave, Eric Bowman and John Osborne, of committing acts of sexual assault against her and other women, including rape, sex trafficking and nonconsensual filming.

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Musgrave filed his lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Charleston, South Carolina, on March 14. Two attorneys in the state, Eric Bland and Ronnie Richter, are representing him.

In this lawsuit, Musgrave denied the allegations, saying that he “was not present” at any of the alleged events Mace mentioned in her speech.

He also stated that he “did not incapacitate anyone or “assist anyone in Mace’s alleged rape.”

He also denied having filmed anybody and “has never seen any film or other image depicting the alleged rape of Congresswoman Mace or any other woman.”

“On February 10, 2025, Congresswoman [Nancy] Mace and her team destroyed the lives of Brian Musgrave and his family,” the lawsuit declared. “Perhaps the Defendants felt that the message was so powerful that a little collateral damage in the form of Brian Musgrave’s name and reputation was acceptable. It is not acceptable to Brian Musgrave. It is not acceptable to his family.”

“While the speech and debate clause of the United States Constitution affords broad protection to members of Congress acting as part of its deliberative process, it does not transform the floor of Congress into a sanctuary for defamation, nor does it protect Congresswoman Mace’s extra-Congressional defamatory statements surrounding her speech,” it added.

The suit referred to the speech or debate clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives legal protection to members of Congress for acts taken in their official capacity.

“Now, it is with unbridled disgust that Brian Musgrave, through this lawsuit, is forced to utter the words: ‘I am not a rapist.’ ‘I am not a predator.’ ‘I am not a sex trafficker,'” the lawsuit stated. “Through this action, Brian Musgrave seeks to recover that which has been wrongfully taken from him – his good name and reputation.”

“The Plaintiff is entitled to and prays for an award of damages both actual, in an amount sufficient to compensate him fully for all losses herein, and punitive, in an amount determined by a jury to be sufficient to impress upon the Defendant the seriousness of her conduct and to deter such similar conduct in the future,” the suit demanded.