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Chirayu Rana Sues JPMorgan Executive Director for Sexual Abuse
Manhattan prosecutors referred former JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana for mental health treatment after investigating his allegations against a JPMorgan executive director and uncovering no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Rana had accused the executive of turning him into a "sex slave" through drugging, coercion and threats.
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Chirayu Rana, a former JPMorgan banker, filed a lawsuit last week detailing allegations that Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old JPMorgan executive director, drugged him, coerced him into degrading sex acts, used racist names and threatened his career. In updated court filings submitted Monday, Rana referenced both an “open criminal investigation” and his enrollment in the state’s Address Confidentiality Program, which is typically offered to victims of sex crimes.
He asked the court to let him proceed anonymously.
Rana cited his engagement with a counsellor from the Survivor Services Bureau in connection with the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office investigation, describing this as independent third-party validation that predated the lawsuit. Court papers include an email he sent a psychotherapist last June describing symptoms such as hearing Hajdini’s voice in his head and recurrent nightmares about the alleged assaults.
He claims the therapist diagnosed him with PTSD in October. Rana first sought mental health care from the psychotherapist in early February, months before any prosecutors’ referral.
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office opened a probe last summer after Rana, 35, leveled the sex abuse claims against Hajdini. According to sources familiar with the case, the inquiry was closed without charges after investigators found nothing to substantiate the accusations.
The Manhattan DA’s Office referred Rana for mental health treatment under its victim support services. Rana’s court filings reference both the “open criminal investigation” and this referral.
