JPMorgan Conducts Extensive Internal Review into Allegations of Workplace Misconduct by Former Employee Lorna Hajdini

JPMorgan Denies Allegations in Lorna Hajdini Sexual Abuse Case

A former JPMorgan employee, who filed a lawsuit under the pseudonym John Doe, has accused Lorna Hajdini, an executive director on JPMorgan's leveraged finance team, of turning him into her "sex slave" by drugging him with Rohypnol and Viagra and threatening to slash his bonus if he did not comply. The lawsuit alleged that Hajdini, 37, even turned up unannounced at Rana's apartment and forced him to have sex.

However, the court document has since been withdrawn for "corrections." A spokesperson for JPMorgan declined to comment on Doe's identity, stating that an extensive internal investigation, conducted by the HR team and in-house legal counsel, including a review of phone records and emails, found no evidence to substantiate the claims.

The investigation, which was conducted after an internal complaint was filed by Chirayu Rana in May 2025, alleging race- and gender-based harassment and abuse of power, revealed that numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, while the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.

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Lorna Hajdini's lawyers have categorically denied the allegations, stating that she never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with the individual and has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place.

Chirayu Rana, who filed the lawsuit under the name of John Doe, has had a wide-ranging career in finance, with roles at Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse, TCG Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, and The Carlyle Group before joining JPMorgan. He currently serves as a principal at Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based investment firm led by former Goldman Sachs executive Gene Yoon.

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