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Congresswoman Nancy Mace is touting the arrest of one of four men she accused of being a sexual predator in an explosive speech delivered two months ago on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Eric Bowman, 45, of Sullivans Island, S.C. was arrested early Tuesday morning (April 8, 2025) by officers of the Sullivans Island Police Department (SIPD). He was charged with one count of first degree harassment and one count of stalking and was awaiting arraignment at the Charleston County detention center.
The charges against Bowman do not appear to involve Mace, but she moved quickly to conflate them with the allegations she leveled against him and several other men two months ago.
“If you harm women and kids, you should face the full force of the law,” Mace wrote on X. “Eric Bowman, one of the men featured prominently in my floor speech, (was) arrested this morning. I hope you get everything you deserve, and more.”
“Justice is coming,” Mace added in a statement released by her congressional office.
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If you harm women and kids, you should face the full force of the law.
— Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) April 8, 2025
Eric Bowman, one of the men featured prominently in my floor speech, arrested this morning.
I hope you get everything you deserve, and more. pic.twitter.com/knngONXewJ
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To be clear: Bowman’s arrest is not tied to an ongoing investigation led by the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) into the allegations leveled by Mace in her “scorched earth” speech before the U.S. House on February 10, 2025.
That investigation is “active and ongoing,” SLED public information director Renée Wunderlich confirmed to FITSNews on Tuesday morning.
According to a statement from SIPD, its investigation is also “active” and further comment regarding Bowman’s arrest or the charges against him would be withheld “pending adjudication.” SIPD also declined to disclose the name of the alleged victim.
In Mace’s famed floor speech, the third-term congresswoman and presumed candidate for governor of South Carolina accused her former fiancée – Charleston, S.C. entrepreneur Patrick Bryant – and three other men of perpetrating horrific abuses against her and other women.
“We’re talking about rape, nonconsensual photos and nonconsensual videos of women and underage girls, and the premeditated, calculated, exploitation of innocent women and girls,” Mace said.
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Bowman was one of the four men Mace accused of such activity. One of them has since sued her for defamation. As for Bowman, he has launched a full-scale jihad against the congresswoman on his social media feeds – accusing her of all manner of depravity and corruption.
Just this week, Bowman noted on X that one of Mace’s confidants – Charleston businesswoman Melissa Britton – had “filed harassment and stalking charges” against him. He accused her of “weaponizing the judicial system.”
“This is a playbook she’s run OVER and OVER,” Bowman wrote.
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? Weaponizing the judicial system UPDATE – The LIES continue… @MelissaBritton (CEO Bracari, LLC) has filed harassment and stalking charges against ME (her CURRENT husband—but she HASN'T filed for divorce yet after being separated for 2 years this month). ?? Uh, why not… https://t.co/vh2PEwJxW3
— ericb (@_ericbowman) April 7, 2025
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According to SIPD incident reports obtained by FITSNews, Bowman’s alleged victim reported “a tracking device” having been discovered on her vehicle last July while it was being driven by a family member in New York.
Two months later, another report was filed in which the alleged victim reported that police in New York had uncovered “a serious violation” involving the placement of a tracking device allegedly placed by Bowman.
“Eric’s actions were a blatant violation of (the victim’s) privacy,” the police report noted.
Subsequent reports referenced an investigation into an “air tag” allegedly placed on the victim’s vehicle and efforts by SIPD officers to obtain information from its manufacturer which proved “instrumental in our investigation.”
Based on the information obtained, SIPD officers noted they were “confident” warrants could be sought against Bowman for first degree harassment.
Three months later – on February 13, 2025 – an unnamed victim appeared at SIPD headquarters requesting “someone to speak with regarding the incidents mentioned in Rep. Mace’s speech on the House floor.”
During an interview with police, the unnamed victim “expressed her fears over… Eric Bowman.”
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A little over a month later – on March 20, 2025 – SIPD officers conferred with SLED regarding their investigation into Bowman.
“I emphasized the strength of the evidence we have to pursue an arrest warrant,” the lead officer on the case noted. “However, I also stressed the importance of seeking SLED’s opinion for a comprehensive approach.”
Details of that comprehensive approach were not discussed, but arrest warrants on the harassment and stalking charges were issued last Thursday (April 3, 2025), with police giving Bowman until today to turn himself in.
As with anyone accused of committing any crime, Bowman is considered innocent until proven guilty by our criminal justice system – or until such time as he may wish to enter some form of allocution in connection with a plea agreement with prosecutors related to any of the charges filed against him.
Keep it tuned to FITSNews for the very latest in connection with this still-unfolding saga…
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UPDATE |
Eric Bowman responds…
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So let me get this straight… ?@MelissaBritton hasn’t filed for divorce in two years—but now I’m suddenly “stalking” her? Over a year after the alleged incident? ? No arrests. No charges. No contact.
— ericb (@_ericbowman) April 8, 2025
Then she walks into court with a scripted victim monologue—conveniently… https://t.co/vh2PEwJxW3
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR…
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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3 comments
I missed your story about DC prosecutors dropping the charge against the guy who got arrested for shaking Mace’s hand. Why didn’t you cover that? Was it because it was evidence of her BS?
She refers to it as her “floor speech” as a means of cover against the defamation lawsuit she faces. That should not work out for her. No matter the ruling on protection afforded by the speech and debate clause, Eric Bland is correct that Mace should be held liable for prepared remarks she gave to the press and for her defamation occurring outside of the floor and on social media. Don’t get me wrong – I like to look at her, I just don’t like to listen to her.
Mace has totally gone off the deep end. More proof that women should not be placed in positions of power and authority over men. Isn’t there something in The Bible about that? Like most things in The Bible, there are solid reasons for it.