Chirayu Rana Sues JPMorgan Executive Director for Sexual Abuse

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.

JPMorgan has maintained that the allegations are entirely fabricated. The bank’s internal investigation, which examined emails, records and devices, reached the same conclusion and noted that Rana declined to cooperate with that review. Sources also said Rana had told his employer his father was dying to obtain paid bereavement leave, then used that time to prepare the lawsuit even though his father is alive.

Rana had demanded an eight-figure settlement before filing suit, according to earlier reporting.

The allegations first surfaced publicly in the lawsuit filed under the pseudonym “John Doe,” before Rana was identified. The suit described lurid details including an alleged threesome invitation and other claims that emerged in amended filings days after the initial complaint gained attention online.

Rana first approached prosecutors with his claims at an undetermined date last year. The criminal investigation remained active long enough for him to be referred to victim services in September, according to his account in court papers. By early this year he had begun seeking private mental health treatment.