The ex-JPMorgan Chase banker who accused a female colleague of forcing him to become her “sex slave” has filed new evidence to support his allegations, including one anonymous friend who claimed he was invited for a threesome.
Chirayu Rana has filed a lawsuit against executive Lorna Hajdini. JPMorgan insists it is entirely fabricated. The lawsuit suddenly reappeared in the Manhattan Supreme Court docket on Monday after it was filed and then quickly pulled last week.
According to The New York Post, the anonymous witness statements contain details and quotes and describe alleged encounters with Hajdini in September 2024.
JPMorgan’s internal probe — which reviewed emails, records and devices — found zero evidence of wrongdoing, multiple sources told The Post.
Hajdini cooperated fully; Rana did not, the bank said.
In the new filing, one alleged witness, who The Post said appears to be Rana's family friend, said he was staying at an apartment while visiting New York City and was woken up by Hajdini’s drunken antics in the middle of the night.
The witness claimed that he attempted to go back to sleep, but a “completely naked” LornaHajdini woke him up, the filing said.
She sat on the couch he was sleeping on, lit a cigarette and began begging that he “join them” in the bedroom, the document claims. Despite his repeated refusals, the mystery witness claims Hajdini told him, “You know I own [redacted], so you better come join.”
After she returned to the bedroom, he claims that he could hear Rana pleading, “No, no, no, you have to leave. I’m not going to do this. Please stop.”
Hajdini left the apartment later in the night, and the stunned Rana emerged, sharing his story of how she “constantly harassed him and forced him to engage in sexual behaviour with her on a number of occasions,” the document said.
Rana allegedly recalled that Hajdini threatened him with “trouble” if he didn’t comply, and “reiterated his concern that she was blackmailing him.
That affirmation also claims witnessing Hajdini be “handsy” with Rana at a concert for Norwegian DJ Kygo at Barclays Centre earlier that month.
According to The New York Post, Rana lied to JPMorgan about his father's death to reportedly collect nearly three months of paid leave. He apparently used the time to prepare for the lawsuit against Hajdini and his employer.
Rana informed supervisors in mid-December 2024 about the supposed death of his father, Chaitanya, and needed time off from work to be with family, sources told The Post.
However, when The Post reached Chaitanya Rana on Sunday, he was “alive and well” at the family’s $1.75 million home in Vienna, Virginia. He claimed he knew nothing about the legal dispute.
“I don’t know anything about it. He didn’t talk with us or anything,” he told The Post. “He’s my son. He’s a good guy.”
Rana reportedly combined various forms of paid leave with five days of bereavement, sources told The Post. He was reportedly allowed to work remotely from the fall of 2024, when he had first flagged to the bank’s top brass that his father was seriously ill.
He then exhausted a string of leave allowances between early March and the end of May last year, when an initial draft complaint was sent to the bank’s legal team, the people familiar with the matter said.
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