Chad Condit, former chief of staff to state Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson), indicated that he was “personally involved in the unsolved disappearance and murder of Chandra Levy,” according to court documents in a counter lawsuit filed by the senator.

Alvarado-Gil’s claim, filed Nov. 12 in Sacramento County Superior Court, comes on the heels of a lawsuit filed by Condit on Sept. 5, alleging that the senator forced him to perform sexual acts in order to keep his job.

Condit is the son of former Congressman Gary Condit, who was alleged to have had an extramarital affair with Levy in 2001. Levy, who hailed from Modesto in Condit’s home district, had been an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons in Washington D.C. She disappeared in May 2001, and her remains were found a year later in a park in northwest D.C.

The elder Condit twice was questioned by D.C. Metro police, but was never named as an official suspect in her disappearance. He lost his re-election bid in 2002 to Dennis Cardoza, ending his political career.

Alvarado-Gil not only claimed that Chad Condit indicated he was “personally involved” in Levy’s disappearance, he also warned the senator that he knew “how to make people disappear,” court documents show. She also alleged that Condit told her more than once that if she was a man he would “kick [her] a- -.”

A message to the Levy family seeking comment on Alvarado-Gil’s allegations went unanswered.

Alvarado-Gil also alleged that Condit exhibited signs of alcohol abuse and possible drug abuse beginning around January 2023 that “were manifesting as cognitive deficits” that “destroyed office morale.” She claims also that he “carried deadly weapons, including firearms” while working as her chief of staff and that he stole $50,000 from her campaign.

The senator claimed in the counter lawsuit that she “began to live in constant fear of (Condit) and his extended family” because she believed them potentially to be involved in Levy’s disappearance.

Ingmar Guandique, an undocumented immigrant from El Salvador, was found guilty of Levy’s murder in November 2010. Five years later, Guandique was granted a new trial, but in 2016 prosecutors declined to proceed and instead moved to have him deported to El Salvador in 2017.

Questions via email were sent to Alvarado-Gil on Thursday, seeking to learn if she immediately reported Condit’s alleged claims. The Courier was referred to her attorneys, Fisher and Phillips of Sacramento. The law firm declined to comment.

Condit’s lawsuit against his former boss made national news last summer due to the salacious details it contained.

Condit alleged that Alvarado-Gil shared details about her marriage, sex life and recreational drug use. By January of 2023, Condit claimed Alvarado-Gil was using him for personal errands during work hours. She then began making sexual advances and eventually pressured him into performing sex acts, the lawsuit asserts. Condit described how Alvarado-Gil demanded he perform oral sex as a display of his loyalty. One such act, alleged to have taken place in a car, resulted in Condit suffering three herniated discs and an injured hip. Alvardo-Gil has denied Condit’sclaims, saying his injuries occurred while he was on his family’s trip to Disneyland.

Condit was fired by Alvarado-Gil effective Dec. 31, 2023.

In her response to Condit’s suit, the senator added context to some of Condit’s claims. For example, when Condit alleged that she thought he looked like Brad Pitt, Alvarado-Gil admitted that she, on occasion, “jokingly referred” to Condit and Vanessa Bravo as “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” played by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, respectively, because of an incident similar to the movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” in which Condit and Bravo mistakenly got into the wrong car when they attempted to pick the senator up from an event. She said that in reminiscing about the incident, Condit and Bravo joked that they believed that she had been kidnapped.

In his suit, Condit claimed that the senator called him to her hotel room after a crab feed in Mariposa to examine the bump on her head after she ran into an object. When he looked at her head and went to fetch some ice, he returned to find her sitting on the edge of the bed only wearing a T-shirt, he alleged. However Alvarado-Gil said she showed Condit the bump in the outdoor hallway of a Quality Inn and was fully clothed. She also denies that Condit ever entered her hotel room.

Her response to Condit’s suit she alleged that she was concerned about his “consistent drinking and possible illicit drug use” and wanted him to return to work clean and sober. The suit specifically states: “Plaintiff appeared to Defendant to be under the influence of alcohol and drugs to mask the pain of his injury by using alcohol and prescription drugs without a doctor’s direction.”

According to Alvarado-Gil’s response to Condit’s suit, a Christmas party turned ugly when Condit showed up while on medical leave and insisted that he be allowed to wear a Santa Clause suit “after becoming fall-down drunk” and yelling in the bathroom with his pants down. She claims that days later she told Condit that she no longer wanted him to be her chief of staff and that Condit yelled and believed Condit was going to attack her in a fit of rage. She said she feared Condit due to his “history of alcohol and prescription drug use, history of carrying weapons, and history of threats to harm Defendant on multiple occasions.”

Messages to the law firm representing Condit — Schimmel and Parks of Sherman Oaks — were not returned.

The court documents also provide some contest to the public feud that happened between Alvarado-Gil and Chad Condit’s son, county Supervisor Channce Condit over a $5 million state grant to make infrastructure improvements in South Modesto. In July 2023, Alvarado-Gil and Supervisor Condit posed together for a south Modesto photo-op heralding the grant. But in June of this year, things got ugly between the two when the senator called for California State Attorney General Ron Bonta to investigate whether Chad Condit “followed the legal process in which public dollars may be requested from a government agency and my office.” Alvarado-Gil claims Chad Condit conspired with his son to secure the grant without the knowledge or consent of Alvarado-Gil and also used her electronic signature without her knowledge or consent, “including to embezzle funds from (Alvarado-Gil’s) campaign.

Alvarado-Gil drew national attention in August when she switched her party affiliation from Democrat to Republican. The freshman legislator served the first two years of her term as a Democrat, but bolted for the GOP, saying, “This is about doing the right thing for my constituents in Senate District 4, and it’s clear their interests are not reflected in today’s Democratic Party.”

Alvarado-Gil has come under fire from her political opponents, including some in her own party. On X (formerly Twitter), Assemblyman Bill Essayli (R-Corona) said, “She claims her accuser was abusing drugs/alcohol and driving under the influence, but rather than fire him, she allowed him to continue working at the Capitol. No matter how you slice this case, Sen. Alvarado-Gil lacks good judgment and has no business representing anyone in public office.”

Republican Jeramy Young, the former Hughson mayor and current police chief in Livermore, has filed to run against Alvarado-Gil in the 2026 open primary.

Condit’s lawsuit may be viewed at: https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/cu-24cv017664-0ee5924d-e21c-4546-9ead-66db9715ca617.pdf

Sen. Alvarado-Gil’s response to Condit lawsuit: https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/cu-24cv017664-a8aeaa05-387e-49ca-ae95-67353f50b4779.pdf

Sen. Alvarado-Gil’s counter lawsuit: https://htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com/files/cu-24cv017664-27ea306d-aad2-4a40-ac45-67353f9728f4f.pdf

Jeff Benziger contributed to this report.