Chirayu Rana has filed an expanded 82-page federal lawsuit against JPMorgan and his former supervisor Lorna Hajdini, adding new allegations including a claim she demanded he take part in a threesome with a friend who later heard him pleading for her to stop.
A JPMorgan banker at the centre of a widely publicised lawsuit has filed a sweeping new federal complaint containing fresh allegations, including a claim that his former supervisor once tried to pressure him into a threesome with a friend, who reportedly overheard him begging her to “please stop.” Chirayu Rana’s expanded case against former boss Lorna Hajdini, 37, and JPMorgan now spans 82 pages and 21 separate legal claims, significantly broadening the allegations that first drew widespread attention when the case emerged in April.
The alleged threesome encounter
According to the complaint, the incident took place in late September 2024 at the Manhattan apartment of one of Rana’s family members, where he frequently stayed. A witness staying at the property was reportedly woken in the middle of the night after Hajdini arrived with Rana. The filing states: “Hajdini was visibly intoxicated and speaking so loudly that she awakened the witness. Mr Rana repeatedly implored Hajdini to be quiet, but Hajdini loudly refused, insisting that she would not. As they entered the apartment, Mr Rana explained that Hajdini was his supervisor at JPMorgan.”
Minutes later, the complaint alleges, Hajdini emerged undressed, sat on the living room couch, lit a cigarette, and repeatedly told the witness to “come join us.” After he refused, Hajdini reportedly returned to the bedroom, where the witness heard Rana say through the closed door: “No, no, this isn’t right,” “You have to leave,” “I’m not going to do this,” and “Please stop.” Once Hajdini left the apartment, Rana is said to have emerged “visibly shaking and in a state of shock,” immediately disclosing to the witness that Hajdini had been sexually harassing him and repeatedly forcing him into sexual acts. The witness has since provided a sworn statement describing the encounter, according to the lawsuit.
Allegations of drink spiking
Rana also alleges that Hajdini gave him “performance-enhancing” substances without his consent on occasions when he was unable to perform sexually. The complaint states that Hajdini once spiked his drink without his knowledge, later admitting to him that she had given him “a little something” to help.
Wider allegations of coercion and assault
Rana claims the alleged abuse began after Hajdini became his direct supervisor in JPMorgan’s Leveraged Finance division in 2024, where he worked as a vice president. He alleges she used her supervisory authority to influence his workload, career progression and performance reviews, and that in May 2024 she told him “I [expletive] own you” while groping him at a private members’ club, at a time when he was in a relationship with another woman and considering proposing.
According to the complaint, Rana felt he “could not walk away” given the “significant influence” Hajdini held over his work assignments. The alleged coercion escalated into what the filing describes as “repeated acts of sexual assault” from the summer of 2024 onwards. “On multiple occasions, she overrode Mr Rana’s repeated refusals, using the supervisory authority, threats, and leverage she had amassed over him to force sexual contact to which he never consented,” the complaint states.
Allegations of racial abuse
The lawsuit also details extensive claims of racial discrimination. Rana, who is Nepalese, alleges he was referred to as “Brown Boy” by Hajdini and other senior colleagues, and claims colleagues mocked his heritage, including being called racial slurs such as “monkey” and told he should conduct business in rupees. He further alleges that Hajdini said JPMorgan wanted to “keep it white and Christian” and favoured employees “who look like Jamie Dimon,” referring to the bank’s chief executive. The complaint describes a broader “culture of bigotry” in which Asian employees were allegedly referred to using names including “Mr Chow” and “Mr Miyagi.”
After filing an internal discrimination complaint, Rana claims he received anonymous messages calling him a “snitch,” including a voicemail in June 2025 telling him to “watch [his] back.” One message allegedly read: “Hi brown boyyyy….We miss you! You [expletive] brown piece of [expletive]. Good luck trying to find another job [expletive]. Go back brownie, burn down just like Nepal is. You’re not going to win,” and continued: “RUN BEFORE WE CALL ICE ON YOUR FAMILY.”
Other new claims in the expanded complaint
The new federal filing adds three further current or former JPMorgan employees as defendants: Brandon Graffeo, Jon Wolter and Kelly Crowe, whom Rana accuses of participating in or enabling discrimination and retaliation against him. He alleges that after raising internal complaints, he became the target of a “campaign of disparagement,” with colleagues allegedly making false statements that damaged his professional reputation.
Rana claims he had been earning well over $2 million a year before the alleged misconduct derailed his career, and says he has since been effectively blacklisted from the finance industry. He further alleges that after leaving JPMorgan, he lost a subsequent role at private equity firm Bregal Sagemount, claiming the defendants’ actions continued to affect his career beyond his time at the bank.
Separately, the complaint alleges that Hajdini “openly sexualized” another member of the leveraged finance team, sending a message to a work group chat mocking a colleague’s “thirstrap [sic] mirror selfie flexing his abs.” The filing describes the message as “flagrantly inappropriate,” adding: “A supervisor was commenting on a colleague’s body and private sexual life, in writing, in JPMorgan’s own systems, to an audience of coworkers.”
Background to the case
Rana originally filed his lawsuit in New York state court in April, anonymously as “John Doe,” with the assistance of his then-lawyer Daniel Kaiser, who has previously represented victims of Jeffrey Epstein. Earlier this month, a judge ruled that Rana, who has since changed legal representation, could withdraw his state court case and refile in federal court under his own name. The case is now proceeding in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Rana claims he reported his concerns internally at the time, but alleges JPMorgan failed to adequately investigate or protect him, allowing the alleged misconduct to continue.
Responses from Hajdini and JPMorgan
Both Hajdini and JPMorgan strongly deny the allegations. Hajdini has filed her own defamation countersuit in New York state court. A lawyer for Hajdini told the Daily Mail: “No matter how many lawyers Mr Rana goes through and no matter how many times he shifts his story, his allegations against Lorna are categorically false. Lorna has never had any sexual or romantic relationship of any kind with this man. The shift in his allegations speaks volumes about the falsity of his claims against Lorna.”
In a statement, JPMorgan said: “As we have stated from the beginning, following our [internal] investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims. While 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. The new venue doesn’t change this.”
The allegations contained in the lawsuit have not been proven in court, and the case will now proceed through the federal legal system unless it is settled or dismissed beforehand.
