{"id":724449,"date":"2026-06-09T04:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/724449\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T04:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T04:29:12","slug":"jpmorgan-chase-accuser-rejects-claims-he-made-it-all-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/724449\/","title":{"rendered":"JPMorgan Chase Accuser Rejects Claims He Made It All Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-JPMorgan Banker<br \/>\n                          I Didn&#8217;t Make Up Allegations Against My Former Boss<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              June 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:09 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260608_4c373b813e69436c9cece66dfcbe0c36\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:31596eb9-39ca-43c3-bd31-aa5bdce03e9d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4c373b813e69436c9cece66dfcbe0c36_md.jpg\" alt=\"Lorna Hajdini 2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>JPMorgan Chase exec <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lorna-hajdini\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lorna Hajdini<\/a>&#8216;s former subordinate isn&#8217;t taking back a thing &#8230; insisting he substantially told the truth when he claimed she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/04\/30\/jpmorgan-chase-executive-claims-boss-forced-him-to-have-sex\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">subjected him<\/a> to sexual harassment and discrimination &#8212; and now he&#8217;s arguing her counterclaims against him for bringing the suit should be tossed out of court.<\/p>\n<p>According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ, John Doe is firing back at Hajdini&#8217;s defamation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/20\/jp-morgan-lorna-hajdini-defamation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">countersuit<\/a>, rejecting her claim that he made up allegations to boost his case or destroy her reputation.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260430_3b50dbed05cf4885ba1318d44a50a0cd\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:31596eb9-39ca-43c3-bd31-aa5bdce03e9d\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3b50dbed05cf4885ba1318d44a50a0cd_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-jp-morgan-getty-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doe says the viral complaints he made about Hajdini were real, repeatedly denying her accusations that he fabricated claims or spread lies about her.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As we&#8217;ve reported, Doe sued the JPMorgan executive earlier this year, accusing her of making his life a living hell, ordering him to have sex with her, and threatening to destroy his career when he wouldn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Hajdini has denied the allegations and fired back with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/20\/jp-morgan-lorna-hajdini-defamation\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lawsuit <\/a>of her own, claiming Doe&#8217;s accusations wrecked her reputation. She&#8217;s also received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/22\/jpmorgan-exec-reveals-threatening-emails\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hateful backlash<\/a> that she claims turned her life upside down.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Doe&#8217;s new legal team is coming out swinging &#8230; arguing many of his statements that form the center of Hajdini&#8217;s lawsuit against him are protected speech and can&#8217;t be the basis for a defamation claim.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line &#8230; Hajdini says Doe made it all up. Doe says he substantially told the truth. And after months of headline-grabbing accusations, neither side appears interested in waving the white flag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-JPMorgan Banker I Didn&#8217;t Make Up Allegations Against My Former Boss Published June 8, 2026 5:09 PM PDT&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":724450,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-724449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=724449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/724449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/724450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=724449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=724449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=724449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}