A New York state judge dismissed a lawsuit by a former JPMorgan Chase banker who alleged his former supervisor coerced him into sex and demanded his submissiveness. The lawsuit is expected to be refiled in federal court.
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Chirayu Rana, the former banker, will pay some legal fees of JPMorgan and his onetime colleague Lorna Hajdini as a condition of the dismissal. Rana accused Hajdini of using her seniority to coerce him into non-consensual sexual activity over several months.
The complaint said Hajdini used racially derogatory language to threaten Rana, who is of Asian descent. It also said she raped and drugged him, claimed she “owned” him, and threatened to sabotage his career if he didn’t fulfill her sexual demands.
Hajdini denied being Rana’s supervisor, using racial epithets or threatening him. JPMorgan has said it believed Rana’s allegations were meritless.
Rana’s new lawyers have said they intended to add claims of discrimination and retaliation under multiple federal civil rights laws, and claims under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, to Rana’s state law-based claims.
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