Overview
- Chirayu Rana refiled an expanded complaint in the Southern District of New York that adds JPMorgan managing directors Brandon Graffeo and Jon Wolter plus associate Kelly Crowe and renews claims against executive director Lorna Hajdini.
- The 82‑page federal complaint, filed July 27, asserts 24 causes of action under Title VII, 42 U.S.C. §1981 the Family and Medical Leave Act and New York human rights laws and asks for back pay, front pay, compensatory and punitive damages and injunctive relief.
- Rana says preserved texts, group chats, recorded conversations and sworn witness accounts show pervasive racial slurs and mocking of his Nepali heritage and that Hajdini used her authority to coerce sexual acts and on one occasion drugged him, all of which he says led to professional retaliation and blackballing.
- JPMorgan and Lorna Hajdini deny the allegations, Hajdini has filed a defamation countersuit, and the parties now face federal litigation over competing factual narratives and documentary evidence.
- The suit intensifies scrutiny of workplace culture and employer investigations at JPMorgan’s leveraged finance teams and could carry reputational and industrywide consequences if the asserted documentary evidence is tested in court.