Overview
- A civil lawsuit filed in New York County Supreme Court in late April accuses executive director Lorna Hajdini of months of sexual assault, coercion, drugging with Rohypnol, and racist slurs, and it cites two witnesses for parts of the account.
- The plaintiff appears in court papers as John Doe, a common alias in sensitive cases to protect identities, and he says he worked on the leveraged finance team in 2024 when the alleged abuse began.
- The complainant says he filed an internal grievance in May 2025 and then faced reprimands, loss of system access, and involuntary leave that he describes as retaliation.
- JPMorgan says its HR and in‑house legal teams found no evidence supporting the claims and say the complainant refused to participate in the internal review, while Hajdini’s lawyers call the suit a fabrication.
- Public scrutiny intensified as Hajdini removed her LinkedIn profile from view and some outlets tried to name the anonymous plaintiff as Chirayu Rana while noting corrections to the filing, with the case still a pending civil matter and no trial date reported.