Overview
- On Tuesday, JPMorgan executive Lorna Hajdini filed a defamation suit in New York State Supreme Court against former banker Chirayu Rana, who sued her earlier under the pseudonym “John Doe.”
- Rana’s original complaint accused Hajdini of drugging him, subjecting him to months of nonconsensual sex and using racial slurs; the allegations have been widely reported but remain contested in court.
- JPMorgan says an internal review found no corroborating evidence and that Rana declined to cooperate with the bank’s probe, and multiple reports say the firm offered Rana a reported $1 million settlement that he rejected.
- Media coverage and court filings include witness statements and disputed details—such as an alleged witness to an invitation for a threesome and reporting that questioned Rana’s claim his father had died—making credibility a central issue.
- The case remains an unresolved civil dispute with potential discovery, public hearings and reputational fallout ahead, and reporters have said a separate Manhattan DA criminal inquiry was opened earlier and later closed for lack of evidence.