{"id":835033,"date":"2026-07-30T03:18:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835033\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T03:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:18:29","slug":"ex-jpmorgan-banker-fires-back-at-former-boss-he-accused-of-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/835033\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-JPMorgan Banker Fires Back at Former Boss He Accused of Sexual Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                          Ex-JPMorgan Banker<br \/>\n                          Fires Back in Sex Harassment Battle<\/p>\n<p>\n                                                                        Published<br \/>\n                              July 29, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:45 PM PDT\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260714_f8549a14cfc94870863cc24dcca6961f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ce43fce1-42c8-4825-9178-fdf32cb486ea\" 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\/07\/f8549a14cfc94870863cc24dcca6961f_md.png\" alt=\"main Lorna Hajdini jp morgan no cred\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ex-JPMorgan banker accusing his boss of sexual abuse admits he pinned his claims on another employer online &#8230; but says he was only covering his tracks out of fear.<\/p>\n<p>According to new court docs, obtained by TMZ, the banker is pushing back on a claim from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/lorna-hajdini\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lorna Hajdini<\/a> &#8212; the JPMorgan exec he sued &#8212; that he visited an online legal-advice site and accused a Morgan Stanley supervisor of similar misconduct, involving drugging, sexual assault, and rape &#8230; as part of an alleged scheme for personal gain.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20260714_55fa1485dd9b40669ddfeb851b9bb030\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ce43fce1-42c8-4825-9178-fdf32cb486ea\" 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\/07\/55fa1485dd9b40669ddfeb851b9bb030_md.png\" alt=\"sub Lorna Hajdini no cred\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The banker admits he used the site and made the claims appear to involve Morgan Stanley &#8230; but insists he was actually describing his alleged experience with Hajdini at JPMorgan and camouflaged the details because he feared retaliation.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hajdini also previously alleged the banker lied about his father dying to take bereavement leave &#8230; and while he admits his biological father was alive, he denies there was anything improper about his time away from work.<\/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:ce43fce1-42c8-4825-9178-fdf32cb486ea\" 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>The banker isn&#8217;t backing off his central allegations, either &#8212; insisting his May 2025 internal complaint to JPMorgan detailed race and gender discrimination and what he calls a pattern of &#8220;abhorrent sexual abuse&#8221; by Hajdini.<\/p>\n<p>As you know, the banker\u00a0<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\">claimed<\/a>\u00a0she forced him to participate in &#8220;non-consensual&#8221; and &#8220;humiliating&#8221; sex acts.<\/p>\n<p>                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260430_54ee1d5afe5a44d3b0c2a0ae552efcb6\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:ce43fce1-42c8-4825-9178-fdf32cb486ea\" 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\/07\/54ee1d5afe5a44d3b0c2a0ae552efcb6_md.jpg\" alt=\"sub-jp-morgan-getty-2\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  <\/a><\/p>\n<p>He says other individuals have submitted statements supporting his claims &#8230; and takes a swipe at Hajdini&#8217;s charitable work, arguing good deeds don&#8217;t mean she couldn&#8217;t have sexually harassed or assaulted him.<\/p>\n<p>As TMZ previously reported, Hajdini <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/14\/jpmorgan-chase-exec-files-counterclaim-in-sexual-harassment-lawsuit\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">countersued<\/a> the banker earlier this month for defamation and libel &#8230; accusing him of spinning a &#8220;salacious narrative&#8221; to destroy her reputation and squeeze millions from her and JPMorgan. She has denied all his allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ex-JPMorgan Banker Fires Back in Sex Harassment Battle Published July 29, 2026 5:45 PM PDT The ex-JPMorgan banker&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":835034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-835033","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\/835033","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=835033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/835034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}