A new lawsuit alleges that while he was her boss, the California senator forced a former staffer to engage in sexual acts as part of a “quid pro quo relationship,” causing severe injuries to her back and hips.
Chad Condit, a former chief of staff to Sen. Marie Alvarado Gil, filed a lawsuit last week alleging that the longtime Democrat who recently switched to Republican status forced him to have sex with her during a business trip. KCRA reported.
The lawsuit, filed in Sacramento Superior Court, alleges that the married aide continued to cheat on her boss for years as part of a “sexually-based quid pro quo relationship” to keep her job.
During their final encounter, Condit claims he suffered severe back injuries, three herniated disks and a fractured hip while performing oral sex on the senator in a car, court documents state.
The employee claims that after she began declining Alvarado-Gil's advances in August of last year due to a back injury, she retaliated by serving him a disciplinary letter for alleged inappropriate behavior.
The lawsuit alleges that Condit was fired in December after repeatedly making it clear that sexual advances were no longer welcome and that he was undergoing back surgery.
“This was a sexually-based quid pro quo relationship that involved unwanted advances, sexual favors, punishment and displays of power,” the lawsuit alleges.
The lawsuit describes Alvarado Gil as a “mercurial” and “controlling” boss who allegedly engaged in “sexually domineering abuses of authority and power” over his aides.
Condit, the son of former Rep. Gary Condit (D-Calif.), first began working for Alvarado Gil when he was running for the U.S. Senate as a Democrat in 2022.
Once she was elected, he became her chief of staff.
Alvardo Gil's lawyer, Ognian Gavrilov, later refuted the former aide's claims.
“A disgruntled ex-employee made up a wild story without evidence to extort money,” Gavrilov said.
“We expect the senator to be found completely innocent of any wrongdoing regarding false financial allegations.”
Rep. Alvarado Gil, who represents a mostly rural district in the northeastern Central Valley, made headlines last month when he switched to the Republican Party, saying the party had become unrecognizable under current leadership and policies.
“During the past two years that I have served as a senator, I have not recognized my party affiliation,” the congressman said at the time.
“The Democratic Party is not the party I joined decades ago.”
