JPMorgan Chase slammed disgraced banker Chirayu Rana’s explosive sexual assault allegations in a court filing — and denied his claims that he was a deal-closing superstar whose work was pitched directly to CEO Jamie Dimon.
Rana, the anonymous “John Doe” accuser who was exclusively unmasked by The Post, sparked a Wall Street scandal when he filed his lawsuit last month accusing high-flying executive Lorna Hajdini of threatening to slash his bonus unless he agreed to become her “sex slave.”
He claimed he was subjected to a sustained campaign of sexual coercion and racial degradation while management ignored his complaints.
But in a 68-page missive filed late on Thursday in Manhattan Supreme Court, the bank rejected virtually every claim made by “John Doe” — the same day as Hajdini’s lawyers filed exhibits that showed death threats and other abusive emails she has received since Rana’s lawsuit went public.
The bank slammed his claims against Hajdini as “false” and “malicious”, while pouring scorn on Rana’s portrayal of himself as a top-tier banker whose apparent brilliance caught the eye of the lender’s top leaders.
“Plaintiff asserts a series of sensational, false, and misleading allegations that do not reflect the reality of his employment,” the bank’s lawyers at Winston & Strawn added, adding that JPMC intends to pursue its own claims against the plaintiff as the case proceeds.
The Post has approached a spokesman for Rana for comment.
One part of Rana’s lawsuit claimed he was “both knowledgeable and capable” and had earned the informal title of “senior Investment banker” after closing more deals than anyone else on JPMorgan’s leveraged finance team.
That part of his bombshell filing also said he was tapped to develop private credit and direct lending proposals that his superiors “presented directly to JPMC’s Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, Jamie Dimon.”
The Wall Street giant was unequivocally blunt in its response, stating simply: “JPMorgan denies the allegations in this paragraph.”
The bank also disputed that Hajdini was even Doe’s direct supervisor, a foundational element of his harassment claims, as The Post previously reported.
JPMorgan’s legal team also used its answer to introduce details it says undercut Rana’s credibility entirely.
It said the now-unemployed money man told his bosses that he needed time away because his father was ill, prompting flowers and well-wishes from the team.
It indirectly referred to an exclusive story by the New York Post that showed that the 35-year-old’s father was, in fact, alive.
After one of this outlet’s reporters spoke to the elder Rana, the ex-banker’s lawyer later revised the story to refer to the passing of a “dad-like figure.”
“These misrepresentations and evolving facts are not isolated,” the bank wrote. “They reflect a broader pattern of shifting narratives.”
JPMorgan also pushed back on Doe’s account of his departure, saying he resigned voluntarily.
They contradicted allegations in the lurid initial complaint that he was effectively forced out through retaliation and placed on involuntary administrative leave after filing a discrimination complaint in May 2025.
The bank did confirm several basic facts: that Rana had joined the firm in March 2024, that Hajdini had joined the same team in April 2024, that the two attended a dinner at a private social club and a concert at Barclays Center with colleagues, and that he had been placed on paid administrative leave in June 2025.
On the allegations anonymous callers harassed the one-time student basketball player with racial threats after he came forward, JPMorgan said it could neither confirm nor deny that the calls happened, but firmly denied any connection to the bank or its employees.
A JPMorgan spokesman declined to comment, referring The Post back to the court filings made by the bank’s lawyers.
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