{"id":9459,"date":"2025-05-20T23:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/mace-alleging-assault-shares-nude-photo-of-herself-she-says-was-taken-without-her-consent-during-house-hearing\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T23:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:04:17","slug":"mace-alleging-assault-shares-nude-photo-of-herself-she-says-was-taken-without-her-consent-during-house-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/mace-alleging-assault-shares-nude-photo-of-herself-she-says-was-taken-without-her-consent-during-house-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mace, alleging assault, shares nude photo of herself she says was taken without her consent during House hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) shared a photo of what she described as a “naked silhouette” of herself that she said was taken without her consent while renewing allegations of sexual abuse against multiple men, including her ex-fianc\u00e9, during a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The four men Mace has accused of crimes have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. The South Carolina Republican framed her testimony as part of a broader effort to advocate for stronger legal protections for victims of non-consensual recording and sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n

The remarkable moment from a sitting member of Congress came during a hearing<\/a> for the House Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation Subcommittee, which Mace chairs, titled “Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n

“I would run through a brick wall to protect women and girls in South Carolina and to other potential victims,\u201d Mace said during her remarks. \u201cI want you to know I have your back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with the photo of herself, Mace presented a series of censored images of women, which she claimed were pulled from recordings belonging to her ex-fianc\u00e9 and Charleston tech entrepreneur Patrick Bryant \u2014 who has denied Mace\u2019s allegations. Mace also said the photos of the unidentified women were taken without their consent.<\/p>\n

In a statement to Blue Light News on Tuesday, Bryant called the accusations Mace made during the hearing \u201cfalse\u201d and \u201coutrageous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have never raped anyone,\u201d Bryant said. \u201cI have never hidden cameras. I have never harmed any woman. These accusations are not just false \u2014 they are malicious and deeply personal.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNancy Mace made these claims only while standing in Congress, purportedly shielded by legal immunity,\u201d Bryant continued. \u201cIf she believed them to be true and there was evidence to support her accusations, she would say them outside the chamber \u2014 away from her public role and protections and pursue them through proper legal channels. She has not done so, because she cannot.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mace\u2019s testimony follows a House floor speech she delivered in early February<\/a>, accusing Bryant and three other men of rape, sex trafficking and recording sex acts with her and others without consent.<\/p>\n

Legal battles have emerged from her allegations. Mace faces a pending defamation lawsuit brought by one of the men she\u2019s accused<\/a>, which was filed in March in federal court.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, an attorney with the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office in South Carolina told the court he would be representing Mace<\/a>, a sign that Mace will likely claim her speech is protected under a clause in the Constitution that provides a legal shield for members of Congress for actions taken as part of their roles as lawmakers.<\/p>\n

Mace also sued one of the other accused men<\/a> in state court earlier this month, claiming he \u201crepeatedly and maliciously defamed\u201d her on social media.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) shared a photo of what she described as a “naked silhouette” of herself that she said was taken without her consent while renewing allegations of sexual abuse against multiple men, including her ex-fianc\u00e9, during a House subcommittee hearing Tuesday. The four men Mace has accused of crimes have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}