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The JPMorgan Chase finance banker accused of intersexual battle successful an explosive suit that went viral countersued her accuser, saying his malicious lies destroyed her estimation and “wreaked havoc” connected her life.
In papers revenge connected Tuesday nighttime successful a New York authorities tribunal successful Manhattan, Lorna Hajdini said her erstwhile workfellow Chirayu Rana fabricated allegations that she raped and drugged him, successful bid to pull maximum property coverage, origin her symptom and extract millions of dollars from her and JPMorgan.
“Unfortunately, it has succeeded contempt its falsity,” nan countersuit said.
Hajdini has “been mocked, ridiculed, and harassed astir nan clock”, becoming nan attraction of jokes and memes of a “vile, degrading, and intersexual quality – each a nonstop consequence of plaintiff’s lies”, according to nan countersuit.
“Plaintiff’s false, malicious, and bad religion statements person wreaked havoc connected Ms Hajdini’s life,” it added.
Hajdini is seeking unspecified damages from Rana for defamation, affectional distress and different claims.
Rana’s lawyers did not instantly respond to requests for remark connected Wednesday. Lawyers for Hajdini had nary contiguous further comment.
JPMorgan is besides a suspect successful Rana’s lawsuit.
“We afloat support Lorna and her correct to take sides herself and protect her reputation,” nan New York-based slope said connected Wednesday. “As we’ve said from nan outset, we don’t judge nan allegations against her aliases nan patient person merit.“
In his 27 April complaint, Rana, a vice-president successful leveraged finance, accused Hajdini of leveraging her seniority to coerce him into non-consensual intersexual activity complete respective months.
The title graphically described really Hajdini allegedly threatened Rana, who is of Asian descent, pinch racially derogatory language, saying she “owned” him and would sabotage his profession if he didn’t fulfill her intersexual demands.
Rana sued nether a pseudonym but has since been publically identified. JPMorgan put him connected administrative time off successful June 2025, wherever he remained erstwhile he sued, according to his complaint.
Hajdini denied being Rana’s supervisor, utilizing group epithets aliases threatening him.
She besides said she was a JPMorgan executive head who joined nan slope successful 2011, and had ne'er been nan taxable of a favoritism aliases harassment complaint. JPMorgan said connected 6 May it tried to settee pinch Rana earlier he sued. The slope offered $1m, nan Wall Street Journal has reported. Men bring astir 17% of sexual-harassment claims, according to nan US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The agency does not way nan gender of group accused of harassment.
