South Carolina congresswoman and full-time chaos engine Nancy Mace has officially taken her personal drama, her political reputation, and now the American court system and blended them into one enormous, spiraling, reality-TV-level disaster. And just when it seemed the saga couldn’t get any wilder, her ex-fiancé Patrick Bryant walked into court and detonated a legal bomb so massive it could melt her entire career.
If this were a Bravo spinoff, critics would call the writing “too unrealistic.” But this isn’t TV. This is a sitting member of Congress engulfed in allegations of hacking, blackmail, fake accusers, defamation campaigns, secret plots to seize real estate, and restraining orders — all laid out in sworn filings.
And every page is messier than the one before it.
The Lawsuit That Reads Like a Crime Thriller
Bryant’s new filings accuse Mace of hacking his phone, installing extraction software, rummaging through deleted files, and admitting to a political consultant that she planned to use the stolen material “to get my houses.”
That’s not an exaggeration — it’s a direct quote from the lawsuit.
According to the documents, Mace allegedly told the consultant she was “afraid” of Bryant — right before demanding a “free Caribbean vacation.” The lawsuit notes, pointedly, that her fear didn’t stop her from packing a swimsuit.
Worse, the suit alleges Mace helped recruit a so-called “Jane Doe” — who a judge just ruled must now be publicly identified as Alexis “Ali” Berg — and coordinated with another woman, Melissa Britton, to resurrect a murky, years-old accusation from 2018 that no one reported at the time.
One alleged accuser had “no independent memory” of the event until Mace allegedly got involved. Britton’s “evidence” came in the form of what the lawsuit calls a “diary email” — not a police report, not a sworn statement, but an email she apparently wrote to herself and hid for five years.
It reads like a conspiracy written after bottom-shelf wine and a group chat meltdown.
Except this time, it’s all under oath.
Mace Responds — By Unleashing Peak Mace Energy
Asked for comment, Mace snapped back:
“It’s almost as if Patrick Bryant is trying to write me another check.”
Ironically, her own legal team was just hit with tens of thousands of dollars in sanctions for improper targeting, and she keeps invoking “Jane Doe” — even though the judge has now declared Jane Doe’s identity a matter of public record.
It’s the classic Mace order of operations:
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Start drama
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Escalate drama
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Claim victimhood
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Hope the public forgets the receipts
They didn’t.
Bryant’s Retaliation: A Legal Hammer and a Digital Flame Thrower
On Monday, Mace filed yet another affidavit accusing Bryant of avoiding service. His response? A perfectly placed legal uppercut: a temporary restraining order against the congresswoman herself.
Then he took to X to make sure the world didn’t miss the moment:
“I filed a temporary restraining order against Nancy Ruth Mace in hopes of shutting her up, which I know the whole world appreciates.”
He followed it with:
“For two years she has used her platforms to defame me while producing nothing to support her allegations.”
And the knockout punch:
“None of that should be tolerated from a sitting Congresswoman.”
Tell that to the woman who once dragged a personal property dispute onto the House floor for national TV.
The Fallout — And the Pattern Emerging
This saga has already pulled in:
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A political consultant
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An ex-fiancé
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A newly unmasked “Jane Doe”
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A “witness” now publicly named
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A separate domestic abuse case involving another man
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Multiple attorneys
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Entire courts
At the center of every crater: Nancy Mace, a woman who ran as a “new kind of Republican” and may have meant a new level of chaos.
Bryant’s filings paint a clear, disturbing pattern — manipulation, fabrication, legal intimidation, and the weaponization of public office.
And now, with a judge stripping away anonymity and the documents still pouring in, one thing is guaranteed:
This story isn’t over. Not even close.
Charleston County isn’t watching a scandal — it’s watching the pilot episode of Real Housewives of Congress: Lowcountry Edition.
And Nancy Mace is both the star and the supervillain.
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