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JP Morgan lawsuit filed
A lawsuit filed in New York County Supreme Court accuses JPMorgan Chase executive Lorna Hajdini of coercing a junior employee into “non-consensual and humiliating” sexual acts over months, using her position of power, threats to his career, and drugs to incapacitate him without consent.
“The lawsuit, filed on Monday, April 27, in the Supreme Court of New York County”
The complaint was filed Monday, April 27, in New York and named Hajdini as the primary defendant, with the plaintiff identified only as “John Doe” in the court filing.
Clarín says the case alleges that Hajdini “coaccionar a un empleado jerárquico casado a someterse a actos sexuales humillantes durante meses,” and that the executive allegedly used “el uso de drogas para incapacitarlo sin su consentimiento.”
People reports that Hajdini’s attorneys told the magazine, “She never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with this individual of any kind and has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place.”
People also quotes JPMorgan’s spokesperson saying, “Following our investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims.”
The allegations described in the lawsuit include claims that Hajdini threatened the employee’s professional future and that the executive allegedly admitted to drugging him with Rohypnol and Viagra, according to the New York Post’s account of the withdrawn complaint.
Alleged pattern and timeline
The lawsuit’s narrative, as described across outlets, places the alleged misconduct beginning soon after the plaintiff joined Hajdini’s team in 2024 and continuing through multiple episodes in the following months.
Clarín says the “presuntos abusos comenzaron de manera casi inmediata” and that “los primeros episodios se registraron en mayo de 2024,” including an incident where Hajdini allegedly dropped a pen, then “le habría frotado y apretado la pantorrilla” and made a sexual comment.
Clarín also quotes a specific alleged threat from Hajdini: “Si no te acuestas conmigo pronto, te voy a arruinar… no lo olvides nunca, soy tu dueña.”
The New York Post describes the plaintiff, Chirayu Rana, as having joined JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team in the spring of 2024 and says the lawsuit accused Hajdini of turning him into her “sex slave” by drugging him with Rohypnol and Viagra and threatening to slash his bonus if he did not comply.
Hindustan Times adds that the allegations were questioned by the New York Post’s reporting, including that Doe engaged with a legal chatbot “almost 10 months before initiating the lawsuit.”
The Sun and Toronto Sun both describe the alleged timeline as starting “immediately after she was appointed to a senior role on the team the next month,” and they cite the lawsuit’s claim that Hajdini used racialized remarks during the alleged harassment.
Drugging and racial slurs
Several outlets describe the lawsuit’s allegations as combining sexual coercion with racial harassment and drugging.
““my little brown boy””
Black Enterprise says the complaint alleges Hajdini referred to the plaintiff using slurs including “my little brown boy” and “Arab boy toy,” and it states that the plaintiff alleges Hajdini admitted to drugging him with Rohypnol (roofies) and Viagra.
Black Enterprise also reports that the lawsuit says Hajdini threatened the employee’s career, quoting the complaint’s alleged statement: “I f***ing own you,” and warning that his year-end promotion and bonuses were dependent on sexual cooperation.
Clarín similarly describes drugging allegations, saying Hajdini would have admitted to drugging him with Rohypnol—“conocido coloquialmente como ‘roofies’”—and also with “una sustancia farmacológica para provocar erección.”
MDZ Online reports that the complaint alleges Hajdini “admitted having drugged him on repeated occasions” and describes the alleged first advance as involving a pen drop and a comment about basketball players, including “I love basketball players... they turn me on.”
Mix Vale adds that the lawsuit alleges Hajdini told Doe, “If you don’t sleep with me soon, I’ll ruin you—never forget, you belong to me,” and it says the plaintiff claims Hajdini admitted to drugging him on one occasion.
Internal investigation and denial
JPMorgan and Hajdini’s legal team deny the allegations and point to an internal review that they say found no evidence supporting wrongdoing.
People quotes Hajdini’s attorneys saying, “She never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with this individual of any kind,” and it adds that her lawyers said she “has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place.”
People also reports that a JPMorgan spokesperson said, “Following our investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims,” and that “the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.”
Hindustan Times likewise says that during internal investigations JPMorgan scrutinized “phone records, analyzing emails, and interviewing team members,” and that the inquiry “uncovered no evidence that substantiates the claims.”
The New York Post similarly reports that Rana filed an internal complaint in May 2025 and that “the company eventually finding no evidence of wrongdoing.”
NDTV says JPMorgan’s spokesperson described a “thorough internal investigation by the HR department and in-house lawyers” that included “a review of team phone records and emails,” and concluded “no evidence.”
Withdrawal, chatbot controversy, and next steps
After the lawsuit’s public emergence, People reports that a court representative told the magazine on Friday, May 1, that the complaint had been “returned for correction” and was no longer publicly available, while adding that the representative “could not provide further details.”
“returned for correction”
People says it was “unclear if and when the suit may be refiled and with what changes.”
The New York Post reports that Chirayu Rana’s lawsuit was withdrawn for “corrections,” and it frames a separate controversy around alleged “fabricated” claims, saying Rana “apparently asked legal chatbot for advice nearly a year ago.”
Hindustan Times describes the chatbot controversy as involving AskALawyerOnCall.com and says screenshots of a dialogue became widely circulated, while also noting that the chatbot conversation included messages such as “I was raped, secually assulted [sic], harassed, and forced to do drugs by my former boss at Morgan Stanley.”
The New York Post adds that the site did not redact the customer’s name and includes the disclaimer, “Askalawyeroncall.com is a public forum and questions and responses are not private or confidential or protected by the attorney-client privilege.”
Clarín, meanwhile, says the lawsuit was filed under the pseudonym “John Doe” by a plaintiff who “busca proteger a su familia ocultando su identidad.”
