A California state senator is being sued by her former chief of staff for allegedly abusing her power to coerce him into engaging in sexual acts and then firing him after he once refused her advances.
The lawsuit accuses state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, elected in 2022 to represent the district encompassing the rural region northeast of the Central Valley, of “grooming plaintiff and sharing personal and intimate details” of her life, including talks about her dating life, marital infidelity, and sex life.
Chad Condit, the plaintiff, first worked as Alvarado-Gil’s campaign manager in 2022 and later became her chief of staff. Alvarado-Gil’s inappropriate behavior allegedly persisted for much of 2023 until he quit.
The lawsuit alleges that Alvarado-Gil asked Condit if he was into “throuples” and fixated on his family, namely his father, former Rep. Gary Condit.
Gary Condit made national headlines after being accused of having an affair with Washington, D.C., intern Chandra Levy, who was found dead in 2001. Alvarado-Gil allegedly referenced Chad Condit’s father, saying she assumed he would “be like his father” and “be open to a sexual relationship with her.” Gary Condit was never named a suspect in Levy’s death.
The lawsuit against Alvarado-Gil stated, “After months of creating a dominant-submissive relationship, plaintiff was numbed and acted without thinking and it went from there with Alvarado-Gil establishing her ability to dominate him.”
