A senior executive at JPMorgan Chase has been accused of sexually harassing and abusing a junior male employee, including alleged coercion, racial abuse, and threats to his career, according to a lawsuit cited by the Daily Mail.
The complaint filed in United States' New York County Supreme Court names Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director in the bank's Leveraged Finance division.
She has been accused of using her position of power to subject a married subordinate to 'non-consensual and humiliating sex acts' over several months, despite repeated refusals.
The plaintiff, who has filed the case anonymously as John Doe, claims that the alleged behavior began soon after the two started working together in early 2024.
Doe, who is Asian, joined the firm in March as a Senior VP/Director, while Hajdini joined the team in a senior role the following month.
The lawsuit claims Hajdini repeatedly linked Doe's career prospects to his compliance with her demands and made derogatory remarks about his wife and forcibly initiated sexual acts despite his resistance.
Doe alleges Hajdini used threats and racial insults to coerce him into sexual acts and admitted to drugging him with the 'date-rape drug and other drugs' without his knowledge before certain encounters.
A spokesperson for the bank said an internal investigation found no evidence supporting the allegations.
