In the latest development in a sordid legal case in Sacramento, a California senator this week accused his former chief of staff of sexual harassment while on the job, accusing him of being involved in a 2001 murder and disappearance. filed a counterclaim. of Washington intern Chandra Levy.
According to court papers filed Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, state Sen. Marie Alvarado Gil (R-Jackson) said former staffer Chad Condit once said, “I know how to make people disappear. ”, he claimed to have warned.
According to the complaint, Condit worked for Condit’s father, former U.S. Rep. Gary Condit (D-Celeste), and had personal involvement in the unsolved murder of Levy, with whom she also allegedly had an affair. He was referring to his involvement.
According to the complaint, senators only began investigating Levy after Condit’s alleged comments.
In an email to the Times, an attorney representing Condit called her allegations “without merit” and “baseless.”
“This appears to be another attempt by the senator to retaliate against Mr. Condit and further harm him and his family for daring him to confront her and blow the whistle on the senator’s misconduct.” Aria Rose, the attorney in the case, wrote. . “We will vigorously investigate Sen. Alvarado-Gil’s conduct and mental state and look forward to bringing this matter to justice as quickly as possible.”
Gary Condit was not a suspect in the Levy case. Another man was convicted of her murder, but a judge ruled in 2016 that prosecutors “no longer could prove a case of murder” against him beyond a reasonable doubt. These charges were dismissed.
Alvarado Gil’s lawsuit is the latest allegation in a bitter spat involving the senator and Chad Condit. Condit filed the lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court in September, alleging that Alvarado Gil “engaged in erratic conduct” for much of 2023. “Dominant and sexually controlling abuse of authority and power over him.”
Condit served as Alvarado Hill’s chief of staff until he was fired in December 2022, nearly a year after Hill was elected. Alvarado Hill claimed in the lawsuit that Condit was fired for “misconduct.”
The suit also alleges that Condit said that if she were a man, she would “kick him.” [her] Butt. ” She also claimed that he possessed deadly weapons, including firearms, while working for her.
Alvarado-Hill claims she “began to fear for her life and the safety of her family” after Condit became “increasingly erratic and unpredictable.”
