SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil has filed a countersuit against a former chief of staff who accused her in a September lawsuit of coercing him into sexual acts and creating a hostile work environment.
Alvarado-Gil, a Central Valley Republican, accuses her former chief of staff, Chad Condit, of threatening her and says in court filings that he knows “how to make people disappear.” She also claims that Condit, who was later fired, stole $50,000 from her campaign.
Condit’s attorneys did not immediately respond to multiple requests for comment Thursday.
Alvarado-Gil’s allegations are the latest twist in a salacious legal saga that has captivated Capitol insiders and could derail Alvarado-Gil’s 2026 re-election campaign. The senator made headlines this summer when she left the Democratic Party.
In his previous complaint, Condit accused Alvarado-Gil of making overt sexual expressions toward him and ultimately pressuring him to perform oral sex on her. Condit said he suffered serious injuries, including a collapsed hip and three herniated discs in his spine, after one such incident that took place in the privacy of a car.
“This growing control and exercise of power by ALVARADO-GIL has further conditioned the situation [Condit] placed in an unequal and submissive position,” reads his September complaint.
In the Nov. 12 filing, Alvarado-Gil’s attorney called the allegations bizarre and baseless. The countersuit alleges that Condit injured his back during a vacation to Disneyland and regularly abused alcohol and prescription drugs.
The Condits are a well-known political dynasty in the Central Valley. Chad Condit’s father, Gary, came under scrutiny for the death of his intern, Chandra Levy, while he was in Congress. The elder Condit was never a suspect, and another person was later convicted in Levy’s death.
Alvarado-Gil’s cross-complaint portrays the younger Condit as an underperforming employee who was regularly drunk. She claims that during a 2023 holiday party in her district, he was found in the “bathroom with his pants around his ankles, screaming for help.”
