WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. AND THAT BREAKING NEWS FOCUSES ON A LAWMAKER AT THE STATE CAPITOL. AS WE LOOK LIVE IN DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO, THIS PERSON IS THE DEFENDANT IN A SEXUAL HARASSMENT LAWSUIT. THAT LAWSUIT WAS FILED JUST YESTERDAY, AND WE LEARNED ABOUT THIS LAWSUIT JUST ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. IN FACT, WE JUST FINISHED READING THROUGH IT. THANKS FOR JOINING US AT 5:00. I'M LISA GONZALEZ. YEAH. I'M GULSTAN DART. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. THE DETAILS IN THE LAWSUIT ARE SIMPLY TOO EXPLICIT TO EXPLAIN. REALLY, IN ANY MANNER OF DETAIL ON AIR. BUT HERE'S WHAT WE CAN TELL YOU. SO THE SUIT WAS FILED AGAINST THIS PERSON, MARIA ALVARADO GIL. NOW SHE'S THE LAWMAKER. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WHO LAST MONTH CHANGED HER PARTY AFFILIATION FROM DEMOCRAT TO REPUBLICAN. THE LAWSUIT BY THE WAY, WAS FILED BY CHAD CONDIT. HE HAD BEEN ALVARADO GIL'S CHIEF OF STAFF. HE IS NOW CLAIMING SEXUAL HARASSMENT. QUID PRO QUO. NOW, SPECIFICALLY, HE CLAIMS THAT HE WAS PRESSURED BY ALVARADO GIL TO PERFORM SEX ACTS ON HER WHILE SHE WAS HIS BOSS. OTHER CLAIMS INCLUDE SEXUAL HARASSMENT FOR CREATING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT, DISCRIMINATION, RETALIATION, FAILURE TO PREVENT HARASSMENT AND DISCRIMINATION, AND OR RETALIATION, AND THEN JUST VIOLATION OF STATE LABOR LAWS. SO WE NEED TO BE CLEAR HERE. THESE ARE THE CLAIMS FILED IN THE LAWSUIT. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO ALVARADO GIL FOR COMMENT. YET WE