The former JPMorgan Chase employee who filed a lawsuit against senior executive Lorna Hajdini has now been identified as Chirayu Rana, according to a report by The New York Post.
The complaint, initially submitted anonymously under the pseudonym “John Doe,” alleged sexual abuse, racial harassment, and workplace intimidation. However, recent reports citing multiple sources pointed out that an internal probe by JPMorgan found no evidence to substantiate these claims.
Who is Chirayu Rana?
- As per the Post, 35-year-old Rana is now a principal at investment firm Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based firm led by Goldman Sachs alum Gene Yoon that invests in software, digital infrastructure, healthcare IT, and financial services.
- The Post reported that Rana did not work under Hajdini. Instead, both were peers on the leveraged finance team, which handles major corporate deals such as acquisitions, mergers and buyouts.
- Hajdini reported to managing director Brandon Graffeo, while Rana was supervised by another managing director, Jon Wolter, indicating that she would never have had the power to pursue him.
- A former basketball player and Rutgers graduate, Rana was “socially awkward” but someone who “met the requirements” to remain at the bank, one colleague said.
- Rana worked at Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse, TCG Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley and The Carlyle Group before joining JPMorgan.
What were the key charges against Hajdini?
Rana, under the pseudonym John Doe, said in the suit that the 37-year-old executive director turned him into her “sex slave” by drugging him with Rohypnol and Viagra and threatening to slash his bonus if he did not comply.
It also alleged that an executive director on JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team showed up unannounced at Rana’s apartment and coerced him into sex.
The Daily Mail first reported the story on Wednesday evening, citing explicit details from a court filing that has since been withdrawn for “corrections.”
What Lorna Hajdini said?
Hajdini's lawyers, in a statement, told Post: “Lorna categorically denies the allegations. 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.”
JPMorgan strongly denied all of the claims and refused to identify Doe. “Following an investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims,” the spokesperson said, as reported by the Post. “While numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.”
