Lorna Hajdini Accused in JPMorgan Lawsuit; Chirayu Rana
chirayu rana A lawsuit filed Monday in New York County Supreme Court accuses Lorna Hajdini, a JPMorgan Chase executive director, of sexually harassing and abusing a junior male employee. The filing identifies the accuser as John Doe, who says he kept his name private after receiving threats. The complaint turns an internal workplace dispute into a public legal test for one of the bank’s most senior dealmaking divisions.
New York County Supreme Court filing
Doe says he joined JPMorgan Chase in March 2024 as a Senior VP/Director. The complaint says Hajdini joined the team in a senior role in April 2024, and then began making sexual comments and physical advances in May 2024.
Among the allegations are a remark after she dropped her pen near him — “Oh, you did play basketball in college? … I love basketball players… they get me so wet.” Later in May, the complaint says she told him, “If you don’t f–k me soon, I’m going to ruin you… never forget, I f–king own you.”
Allegations inside Leveraged Finance
The filing says Hajdini propositioned Doe for oral sex two times in the office and later told him, “Birthday BJ for the brown boy? My little brown boy.” It also says she used the line, “You’re gonna need to earn it, my little Arab boy toy,” at a work social event at her private members club. Doe alleged that Hajdini repeatedly groped his groin under the table at that event and spat in her hands before running them over his neck and head.
The complaint says Hajdini admitted to drugging Doe with the date-rape drug “roofies” on multiple occasions. It also says she performed a sex act on him despite his saying no. Two witnesses are cited in the filing to support parts of Doe’s account.
The complaint adds that Hajdini gained unauthorized access to Doe’s bank account to track his “every move.” That allegation, if pursued, pushes the case beyond harassment claims and into accusations of surveillance and control inside the employment relationship.
Retaliation claim after reporting
Doe alleges the conduct continued into the summer of 2024, when Hajdini showed up at an apartment where he was staying and performed unwanted oral sex on him before forcing him to perform it on her. The complaint says she removed his pants forcibly and performed oral sex on him against his will.
The lawsuit also alleges that JPMorgan Chase enabled the abuse and retaliated after Doe reported it. Doe says the firm placed him on involuntary leave and destroyed his reputation. News of the allegations was followed by JPMorgan Chase & Co stock rising 1.23%.
The case now moves into the bank’s legal and internal response, with the complaint already on file in New York County Supreme Court and the allegations centered on a named executive in JPMorgan Chase’s Leveraged Finance division. For Doe, the immediate consequence is public exposure under a pseudonym; for the bank, the filing puts workplace oversight and retaliation claims into the same proceeding as the harassment allegations.
