patrick bryant
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Dispatches
- June 16, 2026 · Dispatch
Court appoints former Judge Kristi Harrington as third-party neutral to sort the 11,000+ disputed files in Mace's Google Drive
On June 16, 2026, Judge Donald B. Hocker appointed Kristi Harrington, a Charleston attorney and former South Carolina Circuit Court judge, to serve as a 'third-party neutral' in Assignment Desk Works, LLC v. Alexis Berg (Charleston County Court of Common Pleas, No. 2025-CP-10-2671), one of the cluster of cases tied to Rep. Nancy Mace and her former fiance, Patrick Bryant. Harrington's task is to review the more than 11,000 electronic files in what the court calls 'Mace's Google Drive,' files that both Mace and Bryant claim to own, and decide which, if any, must be turned over in discovery. The court split her fees between the two camps, warned the volume could make the process 'very cost-prohibitive,' and entered the order over Mace's objection. The order makes no finding on privilege, admissibility, ownership, or wrongdoing; the underlying allegations remain contested and unproven.
- June 8, 2026 · Dispatch
Gretchen Carlson, who helped write the Speak Out Act, files a sworn declaration backing Alexis Berg
On June 8, 2026, Alexis Berg's counsel filed a reply brief in Assignment Desk Works, LLC v. Alexis Berg (No. 2025-CP-10-2671) arguing that the federal Speak Out Act makes the non-disparagement clause ADW is suing on judicially unenforceable, because the dispute before the court involves sexual-assault allegations. Attached was a sworn declaration from Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News anchor whose 2016 case helped inspire the Act, who states she has met with Berg and that 'this is exactly the situation we fought to address,' and offers to testify. ADW argues the Act does not apply. The motion is undecided; the underlying allegations are contested and denied.
- June 7, 2026 · Dispatch
On her first recorded call with Ali Berg, Mace lays out a civil suit against Patrick Bryant: 'He can sell a building or two, settle, be done' and accusers 'can get 150 K each'
FITSNews published the full audio of Nancy Mace's first recorded phone call with Ali Berg. Across 44 minutes Mace asks the call stay 'private,' spends little time on the alleged assault or the man she names as the assailant, never offers a victim advocate or a referral to law enforcement, and instead pitches a civil lawsuit against her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant, predicting he will 'sell a building or two, settle,' and that accusers could 'get 150 K each.'
- June 7, 2026 · Dispatch
"You have to hit him in his pocketbook with a civil suit": the first recorded call with Ali Berg, in her own words
A produced supercut of Rep. Nancy Mace's first recorded phone call with Ali Berg (April 6, 2024), published by FITSNews on June 7, 2026, after the recording was produced in ADW v. Berg. Across 44 minutes Mace pitched a civil lawsuit and a payout, never mentioned the police, and never offered Berg a victim advocate or counselor.
- March 5, 2026 · Dispatch
'To Simply Make Up a Legal Standard Is Inexcusable': Opposing Counsel Asks Court to Sanction Mace's Pro Se TRO Filing
In a March 5, 2026 response filed in ADW v. Berg, Assignment Desk Works' counsel Rene Dukes told a Charleston court that Rep. Nancy Mace's pro se emergency TRO motion cited a four-part legal standard that does not exist under South Carolina law, misrepresented a second case as supporting a doctrine it does not mention, and contradicted itself on whether an attorney-client relationship ever existed. Dukes asked the court to deny the motion and sanction Mace under Rule 11, the rule that requires any litigant, represented or not, to certify that a filing has good-faith legal and factual support.
- March 4, 2026 · Dispatch
For All the Accusations, 'Not One Woman Other Than Defendant Has Brought an Action Against Bryant, Including Mace'
In a two-page response filed March 4, 2026, ADW's counsel Rene Stuhr Dukes told a Charleston court that despite a coordinated effort by Ali Berg and Nancy Mace to level sexual-crime accusations against Patrick Bryant, no woman — including Mace herself — has filed a legal action against him. The filing is opposing counsel's argument, not a judicial finding; Bryant's denials and an open SLED investigation remain part of the record.
- February 10, 2026 · Dispatch
Bryant's Own Lawyer Alleges Mace 'Stole' His Phone and Hired a PI to Extract Its Data
In a public court filing, Patrick Bryant's attorney asserted in an email exhibit that Nancy Mace took Bryant's Samsung Galaxy S22 from his home and hired a private investigator to copy files off it. The allegations are unproven and contested; Berg's motion argues that Bryant's own pleadings directly contradict the account.
- February 2, 2026 · Dispatch
Opposing Counsel Tells Court Mace's Motion Is 'Intended to Delay This Litigation, Harass Plaintiff, Its Members, and Agents'
In a February 2026 court filing, ADW's counsel Rene Dukes argued that Rep. Nancy Mace had no legal standing to intervene in the ADW v. Berg breach-of-contract case and that her motion was frivolous, filed solely to harass and delay. Dukes also noted that Mace's filing invoked her own congressional floor speech, in which she had named private citizens who are members of the plaintiff.
- January 27, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace Calls ADW's Breach-of-Contract Suit a 'Fishing Expedition,' Moves to Dismiss It, Despite Not Being a Party
On January 27, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace, not a party to ADW v. Berg, a breach-of-contract case between her company and a former employee, filed an Emergency Motion to Intervene, seeking to dismiss the suit, impose sanctions on both sides' attorneys, and block all discovery. Mace signed the motion herself, as a pro se litigant, and certified that she had skipped the required meet-and-confer with opposing counsel because, in her judgment, it 'would not be productive.' ADW v. Berg is a civil case in Charleston County; no findings of fact have been made.
- January 27, 2026 · Dispatch
'This Court Now Stands as the Only Barrier': Mace Files Sworn Emergency Motion to Gag Opposing Lawyers
On January 27, 2026, Nancy Mace filed a sworn, verified Emergency Motion for Temporary Restraining Order in the ADW v. Berg civil case, asking a Charleston County judge to bar opposing counsel, Patrick Bryant, and Berg's attorneys from accessing or using materials she called privileged. The motion — signed under oath by Mace personally — also places her gubernatorial candidacy on the official court record.
- January 26, 2026 · Dispatch
Mace voluntarily shared her Google Drive as 'helpful' evidence, then sent 'threatening' letters demanding it back
In a January 2026 emergency motion, Ali Berg's attorney Marybeth Mullaney told a Charleston court that Congresswoman Nancy Mace had voluntarily handed over her Google Drive in June 2025, saying she believed it would be 'helpful' to Berg's defense, and then reversed course, sending what the motion calls 'threatening emails and letters' demanding Berg's counsel stop using the materials, return or destroy them, and 'claw back' items already produced in discovery. The motion asks the court to step in and decide whether Berg may keep using what Mace herself provided.
- January 21, 2026 · Dispatch
In a letter to the judge overseeing her gag order, Mace calls the court a 'Kangaroo Court' and moves the contempt matter to federal court: 'I will not be SILENCED.'
On January 21, 2026, Rep. Nancy Mace wrote directly to Judge Donald B. Hocker, the Charleston County circuit judge presiding over Berg v. Bryant, the case in which she is a third-party defendant under a gag order, calling the court a 'Kangaroo Court,' declaring the gag order unconstitutional, and announcing she was removing the contempt proceeding against her to federal court. Mace wrote the letter pro se, after she says she had discharged her counsel; it was stamped FILED on the state docket January 22, 2026. The full five-page filing is reproduced below. The allegations underlying the litigation are disputed and contested; Mace denies Bryant's claims, and Bryant denies Mace's.
- January 15, 2026 · Dispatch
Bryant moves for sanctions over 'fake, AI generated citations' in Mace legal brief, and a cover-up that compounded them
Patrick Bryant filed a Rule 11 sanctions motion in the Berg v. Bryant litigation alleging that Rep. Nancy Mace's attorney submitted AI-fabricated case citations in a court brief, then, the motion alleges, attempted to conceal the error by filing an amended brief that itself allegedly continued to use fabricated citations. Bryant's motion documents the alleged cover-up paragraph by paragraph. Mace and her attorney D. Craig Brown dispute the allegations; no court has ruled on the motion.
- December 19, 2025 · Dispatch
In her own sworn Answer, Mace admits she 'placed an air tag on Bryant's car for one day in August 2023'
In her December 19, 2025 Answer to Patrick Bryant's Third-Party Complaint, Rep. Nancy Mace admits under oath that she placed a tracking device on Bryant's car and attempted to access his laptop, while denying Bryant's allegation that she intended to weaponize what she found. The filing is Mace's own account, in her own words, on the public court record.
- December 17, 2025 · Dispatch
'There are at least two people in Mace's car': Bryant's counsel refuses to delete the recording, and announces an amended complaint
The recording of Nancy Mace's first phone call with Ali Berg, produced by Berg's counsel in the ADW v. Berg civil case, quickly became a courtroom fight. When Berg's counsel designated it confidential, Bryant's counsel refused to delete it, argued witnesses in the car undermined any privacy claim, and announced he would amend the complaint against Mace based on its contents.
- December 1, 2025 · Dispatch
While under the gag order, Mace's congressional office sends a mass newsletter about the case: 'I WILL NOT be silenced.'
On December 1, 2025, while the Berg v. Bryant gag order was in effect, a mass email newsletter from Rep. Nancy Mace's congressional office, headlined 'Rep. Nancy Mace says 2 more women accuse her ex-fiancé of abuse,' named Patrick Bryant, recited unproven allegations, and declared 'I WILL NOT be silenced.' Bryant and Bowman's January 12, 2026 contempt motion attaches the newsletter as Exhibit 8, contending it violated the gag order.
- November 26, 2025 · Dispatch
Under four hours after the gag order reached her lawyer, Mace posts about a co-defendant's bond: 'Not nearly enough.'
On November 26, 2025, the same day Judge Donald B. Hocker entered a sua sponte gag order in Berg v. Bryant and circulated it to all counsel at 2:23 p.m. Rep. Nancy Mace replied at 6:43 p.m. from her verified @RepNancyMace account to a post reporting that co-defendant Eric Bowman had been granted bond on domestic-violence and harassment charges, writing: 'Not nearly enough. Very concerned for the safety of his victims. Keeping them in my prayers tonight.' A contempt motion filed January 12, 2026 attaches the post as Exhibit 3 and contends it violated the order within hours of its issuance; Mace disputes both the motion and the validity of the order, calling it unconstitutional and unenforceable.
- November 17, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant: 'Today I authorized my attorneys to file a temporary restraining order against Nancy Ruth Mace'
On November 17, 2025, Judge Donald B. Hocker entered an order in Berg v. Bryant ending pseudonym use in the case, ruling that the identities of the plaintiff and a witness were already known to the public. Bryant announced a temporary restraining order motion the same day.
- November 14, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant publishes Mace's emails to his lawyers: 'You poked the wrong bear. And you will pay dearly.'
On November 14, 2025, Patrick Bryant published screenshots of emails he said a sitting Member of Congress sent to his attorneys and process server, including a profanity-laced reply to a cease-and-desist letter, an email authorizing service on two attorneys, and a reply from one of those attorneys stating she does not represent Mace. The screenshots are reproduced below; the allegations on every side are disputed and unproven.
- November 6, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant: 'Today I filed a counterclaim and third-party complaint… Where is the evidence?'
On November 6, 2025, Patrick Bryant announced he had filed a counterclaim and third-party complaint in Charleston County Court against Nancy Mace and alleged co-conspirators, denying he had ever assaulted anyone and demanding evidence.
- June 27, 2025 · Dispatch
Mace's own motion shows she signed a quitclaim deed to her ex-fiancé on Feb. 13, 2025, three days after accusing him of crimes on the House floor
Mace's June 27, 2025 motion to enforce her settlement with Brendan (Patrick) Bryant documents that she executed a quitclaim deed transferring the beach house to him on Feb. 13, 2025, days after her Feb. 10 floor speech, while their property settlement was still being carried out.
- June 3, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant: 'People often ask, how did I ever love Nancy Mace?'
On June 3, 2025, Patrick Bryant reflected publicly on his former relationship with Nancy Mace while sharing coverage of her abrupt reversal on LGBTQ issues.
- May 23, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant shares Donehue deposition: Mace strategist testified she 'asked me to blackmail Patrick Bryant'
On May 23, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared the Post & Courier's report on sworn deposition testimony by Mace's former campaign strategist Wesley Donehue, who said the congresswoman asked him to blackmail her ex-fiancé over jointly held property.
- May 20, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant: 'I categorically deny the false and outrageous claims made by Nancy Mace'
On May 20, 2025, the day Rep. Nancy Mace testified before a House Oversight subcommittee, her former fiancé Patrick Bryant issued a public statement denying her allegations and demanding she repeat them outside the protections of Congress.
- May 20, 2025 · Dispatch
At her own surveillance hearing, Mace displays a 'naked silhouette' of herself: 'That's my body. You can see the silhouette.'
Chairing a House Oversight subcommittee hearing she titled 'Breach of Trust: Surveillance in Private Spaces,' Rep. Nancy Mace held up a poster-sized image she said depicted her own body, told the room it had been captured by hidden surveillance without her consent, and said no one had been arrested. She tied the image to her ex-fiancé, Patrick Bryant, who categorically denies her allegations; the matter is contested and in ongoing litigation.
- April 25, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant on Mace's reversal: 'Just two years ago, she sounded like an entirely different person'
On April 25, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared a column on Nancy Mace's political shift, contrasting her 2023 support for LGBTQ rights with her later rhetoric and noting the timeline of their breakup.
- March 19, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant shares Live5 report: Mace declines Mount Pleasant town hall, citing 'left-wing extremists'
On March 19, 2025, Patrick Bryant amplified a Live5News report that Rep. Nancy Mace declined an invitation to a Mount Pleasant town hall, citing concerns about 'left-wing extremists.'
- March 10, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant on Brian Musgrave: 'Absolutely everything said about him is a lie'
On March 10, 2025, Patrick Bryant publicly defended his longtime friend Brian Musgrave, one of the men Mace named on the House floor, pointing to a CNN interview in which Musgrave denied Mace's allegations.
- March 9, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant shares P&C report: Mace 'declined to answer' on private vs. taxpayer-funded defense
On March 9, 2025, Patrick Bryant shared a Post & Courier report on the legal exposure facing Rep. Nancy Mace after her House floor speech, spotlighting that her office declined to say whether she would use a private or taxpayer-funded attorney.
- February 11, 2025 · Dispatch
Patrick Bryant: 'I hope others will stand up for John Osborne'
On February 11, 2025, a day after Mace's House floor speech, Patrick Bryant publicly defended his friend John Osborne, calling the consequences Osborne faced 'without being investigated, without being charged, and without a shred of real evidence.'
- August 28, 2024 · Dispatch
A sworn affidavit attributes a statement to Mace: 'I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone'
A sworn affidavit by South Carolina journalist Ashleigh Messervy attests that at a private August 28, 2024 meeting, Rep. Nancy Mace, after explaining she 'used to be a programmer', told her: 'I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone.'
- April 2, 2024 · Dispatch
Ten months before accusing him from the House floor, Mace sued her ex-fiancé to split the beach house they owned together
On April 2, 2024, Mace filed a partition action against Brendan (Patrick) Bryant to divide or sell a jointly owned Isle of Palms beach house. Her own complaint records that she and the man she would later accuse of crimes each held 'an undivided one half' interest in the property.
Incidents
The hacking allegation: 'I hacked into his computer and phone'
A sworn affidavit by South Carolina journalist Ashleigh Messervy attests that at a private August 28, 2024 meeting, Rep. Nancy Mace, after explaining she 'used to be a programmer,' told her: 'I hacked into his [Patrick's] computer and phone.' In her own court filings Mace denies that she 'hacked' the phone, saying her former fiance gave her express permission, added her thumbprint, and told her she could access it whenever she wanted, though she admits she accessed the hidden folders on his phone using a four-digit code. The word, and whether it fits the conduct, is contested; the matters remain unproven and in ongoing litigation.
August 28, 2024 · Incident
Court filings
Assignment Desk Works, LLC v. Alexis Berg
Civil suit filed by Assignment Desk Works, LLC, a company tied to Patrick Bryant, against his former employee Alexis Berg to enforce a non-disparagement clause from a 2019 wage settlement. Rep. Nancy Mace is not a party, but she inserted herself as a 'Proposed Intervenor' to recover materials, including a recorded 2024 phone call, that she had voluntarily given Berg's lawyer, then tried to claw back. The court has repeatedly declined the relief she sought: already-produced materials stay in the record, Berg may keep using them, and the disputed files go to a neutral, all entered over Mace's objection.
May 7, 2025 · Case
Wiki & people
Nancy Mace's Gag Order Violations
A November 26, 2025 gag order bars Nancy Mace and the other parties in Berg v. Bryant from commenting on any aspect of the case, any party, or any attorney through any form of communication. This is that order. And a running record of the public statements she made after it, including the five that a January 2026 contempt motion asks the court to punish as repeated violations.
June 12, 2026 · Wiki
Matthew P. Gallo
South Carolina trial attorney and partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP who serves as co-counsel for Patrick Bryant alongside Nosizi Ralephata in Berg v. Bryant and ADW v. Berg.
June 12, 2026 · Wiki
Nosizi Ralephata
South Carolina trial attorney and partner at Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani LLP who serves as lead civil defense counsel for Patrick Bryant in Berg v. Bryant.
June 12, 2026 · Wiki
John Mason Long
Campaign manager for Nancy Mace's 2024 congressional re-election campaign (February, May 2024). In a sworn affidavit executed July 11, 2025 and later filed as a court exhibit, Long recounted statements and conduct Mace described to him during his employment. The allegations are unproven and contested; Mace denies wrongdoing.
June 10, 2026 · Wiki
Litigation Overview & Court-Filing Index
A neutral, primary-source index of the South Carolina suits Nancy Mace has filed as plaintiff, a defamation case and a property case, with the public docket of each and links to the dispatches that quote the filings.
June 9, 2026 · Wiki
Wesley Donehue
Wesley Donehue is a South Carolina Republican digital strategist who, in sworn deposition testimony made public in May 2025, stated that Rep. Nancy Mace asked him to help pressure her former fiancé using private images to obtain property; Mace's office publicly disputed the characterization.
May 21, 2025 · Wiki
Patrick Bryant
Charleston-area entrepreneur and former fiancé of Nancy Mace who was publicly named in her February 10, 2025 House floor speech; Bryant categorically denies all allegations, no charges have been filed.
February 10, 2025 · Wiki