Jason Ronstadt was a professional bodyguard employed by San Francisco businessman and mayoral candidate Warren St. Claire. During the campaign, Ronstadt was approached in secret by Gavin Lloyd, the campaign manager, offering to hire him to assassinate Nicole Vasques, a campaign volunteer who had discovered evidence that Lloyd was embezzling funds. Ronstadt refused, leaving Lloyd with two potential witnesses to his crooked dealings, instead of just one. Monk eventually exposed Lloyd and Sykes.