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'

On April 6, 2024, Rep. Nancy Mace placed a roughly 44-minute phone call to Alexis "Ali" Berg, a former employee of Mace's ex-fiancé, Charleston businessman Patrick Bryant. FITSNews published the full audio on June 7, 2026; according to FITSNews, the recording had been produced in the ADW v. Berg civil litigation, and the outlet described it as the origin of Mace's "scorched earth" campaign.

A clip of Mace's own words from the call, the money line she gives Berg on a civil payout. See it on the clip page.

Near the start of the call, Mace identifies herself and asks Berg to keep the conversation confidential:

"I am Patrick's former fiance and also a member of Congress, so I hope that this conversation could be private and not shared."

For roughly the first quarter-hour, the two discuss Berg's 2018 employment at Bryant's company and an old overtime lawsuit. When Mace turns to an alleged assault, Berg repeatedly tells her she has little or no memory of the night in question, a point Mace herself acknowledges:

"Which is why you told me what your lawsuit was over the overtime. I was like, she doesn't know."

Mace presses on, describing what she says she believes happened, and naming a third party, "Osborne," as the person she suspects:

"I believe you were assaulted and … I believe that he filmed it and … you were passed out from what I could tell."

"There's no way that you consented to what maybe I believe Osborne did to you … You were passed out. You were completely out."

"And he did it in front of Patrick and Eric and Patrick filmed it."

These are Mace's own allegations on the recording; they are unproven and contested. John Osborne, the person Mace names here, denies wrongdoing, as do Patrick Bryant and Eric Bowman. Nothing in this passage is a finding of fact.

She does not suggest Berg contact the police, a victim advocate, or any counselor. The "help" Mace offers is a lawsuit, and money:

"I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but I want to help you. I'm going to sue him … Civilly."

"there is a civil right that you have that I have … it's about $150,000 … I have a team of attorneys that I'm working with."

"my attorney tells me that we can all be Jane Doe at least initially."

"If you want justice, I'm going to help you. If you don't, then … I'll never say another word."

She then predicts how it ends, Bryant liquidating real estate to make the case go away:

"I think he would settle right off the bat. Sell one of his buildings settle, be done."

"he's got it in his real estate. I don't think he's got the liquid cash per se, but he can sell a building or two, settle, be done, move on."

"easily all of us can get 150 K each."

Across the 44-minute call, Mace frames the matter as a civil suit for financial damages against Bryant rather than a criminal complaint, and at no point offers Berg counseling, a victim advocate, or a referral to law enforcement.

A produced supercut of the full 44-minute call, key moments in sequence, each line verbatim. Watch it on the clip page or read the companion moment-by-moment dispatch.

The allegations Mace describes on the FITSNews recording are unproven, contested, and the subject of ongoing civil litigation and a South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) investigation; the people she names, including Patrick Bryant, who has categorically denied her claims, as well as John Osborne and Eric Bowman, deny wrongdoing, and none of the underlying matters has been adjudicated. Nothing here is a finding of fact.

Source: FITSNews, "Leaked Call Details Origins of Nancy Mace's 'Scorched Earth' Campaign" (June 7, 2026) · Full audio on YouTube