A male employee accuses California State Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil of forcing him into a “sex-based quid pro quo relationship” that he says cost him three herniated discs, a destroyed hip and his job.

In a document released Thursday, Alvarado-Gil’s chief of staff, Chad Condit (57), claimed that the senator asked him shortly after his hiring in December 2022 “if he had ever cheated on his wife and if he would ever be intimate with a female boss.”

Condit’s father, former Democratic Congressman Gary Condit, had been accused of having affairs – including with missing intern Chandra Levy. This allegedly led Alvarado-Gil to question whether Condit “would be like his father,” according to the affidavit.

Condit said the allegedly inappropriate comments intensified over time. In March 2023, Alvarado-Gil allegedly began asking him “what he thought about ‘three-way relationships’ and whether (he) thought his wife would be into it.” Condit claimed Alvarado-Gil openly shared her sexual fantasies with him and other staff members and told him “that she preferred short black men and old white guys like (Condit).”

Alvarado-Gil’s childhood best friend, Venessa Bravo — who Condit said was hired to work with Alvarado-Gil despite having “no experience in government” — reportedly told Condit that Alvarado-Gil was bipolar in response to Condit’s allegations against Alvarado-Gil. Condit told Bravo that Alvarado-Gil allegedly asked him to come to her hotel room because she was injured, but when he entered, he found her “on the edge of the bed wearing only a T-shirt.”

Despite Condit’s attempts to avoid Alvarado-Gil’s alleged sexual advances, a confrontation reportedly erupted when the two traveled together to an event in Inyo County.

Alvarado-Gil allegedly “pulled down her pants” when Condit returned from the bathroom and told him, “I want you to kiss it and prove your loyalty,” the affidavit states. “Alvarado-Gil seemed to enjoy her power and demanded this proof of ‘loyalty’ several times.”

The last straw, however, was a similar scenario in which Condit claims he “suffered a back injury while performing (oral sex on Alvarado-Gil) in a car seat, with his body twisting and contorting in the confined space of the car.” The pain led Condit to the doctor, where he “discovered that the injury was more serious and that he had suffered three herniated disks in his back and a fractured hip.”

Condit said he made his objections to Alvarado-Gil’s advances clear by wearing his wedding ring in the office and asking her to keep her distance. Alvarado-Gil reportedly responded at one point by saying “nice ring,” adding, “Now I know she (Condit’s wife) doesn’t trust you.”

Condit claims he was then fired in December 2023 after refusing to wear a Santa costume and being reprimanded by a human resources representative for rejecting Alvarado-Gil’s advances. However, Condit claimed that even after his firing, Alvarado-Gil “continued to target him and his family with unwanted hostile behavior and lies about him and other family members since his termination.”

Alvarado-Gil made headlines last month for switching sides, abandoning her state’s Democratic majority for the Republican minority, saying she did so because “the pendulum has swung so far to the left that it’s disconnected from what true Californians value.”

The Daily Beast has reached out to Alvarado-Gil’s office for comment.

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