JPMorgan asks judge to dismiss ex-banker’s ‘sex slave’ suit as his sister recants and a third law firm seeks to drop him
Source: Fortune ·
Chirayu Rana is facing more setbacks in his high-profile lawsuit against the Wall Street giant.
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Chirayu Rana, the former JPMorgan banker who accused a female executive of forcing him to become her “sex slave,” is facing more setbacks in his high-profile lawsuit against the Wall Street behemoth. An Oct. 23 court filing reviewed by Fortune found that yet another law firm has asked to drop Rana as a client—potentially marking his third change in legal representation since the case began in the spring. Another filing on Monday night also contained details about his sister’s prior testimony, which she appeared to recant. JPMorgan has urged a federal judge to dismiss the suit as a result. Rana, who worked on the bank’s leveraged finance team, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in April accusing Lorna Hajdini, an executive director, of drugging him, insulting him with racial slurs, and forcing him to act as her “sex slave” after he joined her team in 2024. Hajdini and JPMorgan have strongly denied these allegations. Hajdini has also countersued for defamation over Rana’s claims. Rana…
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