The Daily Mail broke the story on Wednesday evening<\/a>, citing lurid details from a now-retracted court document that has since been withdrawn for \u201ccorrections.\u201d<\/p>\nThe British tabloid, quoting the now-deleted court papers, reported that Hajdini, executive director on JPMorgan\u2019s leveraged finance team, even turned up unannounced at Rana\u2019s apartment and forced him to have sex.<\/p>\n
Hajdini hit back in a statement issued to The Post via her lawyers: \u201cLorna categorically denies the allegations. She never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with this individual of any kind and has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rana, who did not reply to The Post\u2019s multiple requests for comment, claimed that the alleged coercion began shortly after he joined JPMorgan\u2019s leveraged-finance team in the spring of 2024.<\/p>\n
He filed an internal complaint in May 2025, alleging race- and gender-based harassment and abuse of power before trying to negotiate a payoff that ran into \u201cmillions\u201d to leave the company, sources said.<\/p>\n
The suit also named JPMorgan Chase as a defendant, accusing the bank of retaliation and failing to investigate properly. <\/p>\n
Hajdini hit back in a statement issued via her lawyers, dismissing the allegations made by Rana, aka John Doe, in his bombshell complaint. Linkedin<\/p>\n
Daniel J. Kaiser, the attorney listed on the New York County Supreme Court docket as representing \u201cJohn Doe\u201d, did not return The Post\u2019s calls seeking comment.<\/p>\n
JPMorgan strongly denied all of the claims. <\/p>\n
A bank spokesperson, who refused to be drawn on the identity of Doe, said a thorough internal probe by the bank\u2019s HR department and in-house lawyers, which included a review of team phone records and emails, found no evidence to support them.<\/p>\n
\u201cFollowing an investigation, we don\u2019t believe there\u2019s any merit to these claims,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWhile numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Post also has learned that Rana did not report to Hajdini. The two were simply colleagues on the leveraged finance team, which works on large corporate acquisitions, mergers, and buyouts.<\/p>\n
Friends of Hajdini described her as \u201ca top performer.\u201d Her LinkedIn profile states that she volunteers with a non-profit that helps underprivileged youngsters achieve their dream of going to college. Instagram<\/p>\n
People familiar with the matter said Hajdini reported to managing director Brandon Graffeo, while Rana was supervised by another managing director, Jon Wolter. It means she would have no sway over the size of his annual bonus.<\/p>\n
One colleague described Rana, a former basketball player and Rutgers graduate, as \u201csocially awkward\u201d but someone who \u201cmet the requirements\u201d to remain at the bank. <\/p>\n
Friends of Hajdini, who is still working at JPMorgan, said she is viewed internally as \u201ca top performer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has tarnished her with a complete fabrication,\u201d said one ally, who was not authorized to speak to the media.<\/p>\n
Hajdini\u2019s own LinkedIn profile shows that the NYU Stern School of Business graduate and wine enthusiast spends her spare time outside of work volunteering for Minds Matter, a non-profit that helps underprivileged youngsters achieve their dream of going to college.<\/p>\n
Hajdini and Rana were both colleagues at JPMorgan between 2024 and 2025 but reported to two different managing directors. REUTERS<\/p>\n
Property records link Rana to an apartment in Manhattan\u2019s Kips Bay neighborhood and a $1.7 million family home in Fairfax County, Va.<\/p>\n
Rana\u2019s journeyman career in finance has included stints at Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse, TCG Capital Markets, Morgan Stanley, and The Carlyle Group before he joined JPMorgan.<\/p>\n
He is now a principal at Bregal Sagemount, a New York-based firm led by Goldman Sachs alum Gene Yoon that invests in software, digital infrastructure, healthcare IT, and financial services.<\/p>\n
No trial date has been set. The lawsuit remains reportable because court filings in the United States enjoy absolute privilege against defamation claims, shielding media outlets from liability as long as they fairly and accurately describe the allegations.<\/p>\n
It means they cannot be sued even if the claims in the complaint later are proven to be false or malicious.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A former JPMorgan staffer who sources identified as Chirayu Rana has been accused of making fabricated sexual-harassment claims…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[288,1500,2850,9,11,10,3644,3417],"class_list":["post-216357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-business","tag-jpmorgan-chase","tag-lawsuits","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-wall-street"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}