A banker accused of sexual abuse filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court against a former JPMorgan colleague. The colleague alleged that shortly after joining her team, she demanded sex, threatened his job, made sexually explicit and racist comments, and drugged him. The banker denied all allegations, stating she never dated him, never had any sexual or romantic encounter, and never gave him drugs. JPMorgan said it internally investigated the claims and found no merit. In her countersuit, her attorneys alleged the accusations were entirely false, malicious, and fabricated for personal enrichment. They claimed the goal was to destroy her reputation to extort millions and described the complaint as part of a months-long workplace and press smear campaign. She also alleged a broader pattern of knowingly false, offensive accusations for personal gain.
"In a suit filed in New York State Supreme Court on Tuesday, Hajdini accused Rana of defaming her when he claimed last month that shortly after he joined her team at the bank, she demanded sex from him, threatened his job, taunted him with sexually explicit and racist comments, and drugged him. In Rana's suit against Hajdini, he claimed she told him, "If you don't fuck me soon, I'm going to ruin you ... Never forget, I fucking own you. If you don't fuck my brains out tonight, I'm going to sabotage your promotion." Hajdini vehemently denied the allegations, with her lawyers saying, "She never dated this individual, never had a sexual or romantic encounter with him of any kind and never gave him any drugs.""
"Hajdini's attorneys called Rana's allegations "entirely false, malicious, and fabricated, and ... concocted for the improper purpose of personal enrichment at the expense of defendants and others." They claimed the former JPMorgan banker's goal was to "destroy her reputation for leverage to extort millions of dollars," calling the original complaint "the culmination of a months-long campaign to smear Ms. Hajdini in the workplace, to third parties, the press, and now this court with fabricated assertions.""
"JPMorgan, which is also named in the lawsuit, has said the bank internally investigated the allegations and believes they "have no merit." In addition, Hajdini claimed that Rana's "conduct is not an isolated incident but appears to be part of a broader pattern and scheme in which he has repeatedly advanced knowingly false and deeply offensive accusations for personal gain." According to the suit, Rana "made up eerily similar fab"
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