The Republican representative of Nancy Mace of South Carolina made a significant revelation during the Congress hearing on Tuesday, on Tuesday, May 20 and claimed that it was secretly filmed by her former fiancé and shared photographs of her “naked silhouette”.
MACE described on the hearing of the subcommittee called “Breach of Forendew: Supervision in Private Premises” and described finding the shots captured without its consent.
“Freedom is not a theory. It’s the right to breathe. It’s the right to dress and undress, sleep without someone’s camera filming your naked body,” she said during her notes during hearing the privacy committee. “The founders wrote Liberty in Pergamen, but hidden cameras erased it in pixels.”
“The naked silhouette is my body”
The congressman stood beside the black and white image showing a circled silhouette and identified a figure as herself, captured at a private moment.
“Behind me is a picture of one of the videos I have found apart. The yellow circle, this naked silhouette, is my naked body,” the Mace of the Committee said.
“I didn’t know I was filmed. I didn’t give my consent. I didn’t give my permission,” she added, claiming that her former fiance Patrick Bryant had secretly recorded her and saved the shots for more than three years.
She also claimed that he also filmed other women “without their knowledge, without their permission and without their consent”.
MACE requires stronger laws
The congressman used her platform to call for legislative proceedings: “Today I revealed a monster whose victims deserve justice. The victims also deserve stronger federal and state laws to protect them,” she wrote on X (formerly Twitter) and shared clips of hearing.
“I want other potential victims to know,” I have my back. “I went through a brick wall to protect women and girls in South Carolina,” she added.
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Bryant denies charges
After Mace’s testimony, Patrick Bryant issued a statement on Facebook strongly denied the accusation.
“I categorically deny the false and outrageous claims of Nancy Mace. I have never raped anyone. I never hid the cameras. I never hurt any woman,” he said. “These accusations are not just false – they are harmful and deeply personal.”
Bryant accused MACE of using a congress platform to bring a legally protected claim. “Nancy MACE made these statements only when standing in a congress, allegedly protected by legal immunity,” he said. “If she believed they were true … she would tell them outside the chamber … and chased them through the right legal channels. She didn’t do it because she couldn’t.”
The legal and political fall of unclear
It remains unclear whether MACE plans to take legal action against Bryant. However, her statement is likely to intensify discussions about digital privacy, the laws of supervision and the protection of non -consumption victims.
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