A JPMorgan executive allegedly used her power to sexually harass and abuse a junior male employee - drugging him, subjecting him to racial abuse and threatening his career when he refused her advances, according to a lawsuit.
Lorna Hajdini, 37, an executive director in JPMorgan Chase’s Leveraged Finance division, is accused in the filing of coercing a married banker into ‘non-consensual and humiliating sex acts’ over months, despite his pleas for her to stop.
Her accuser claims she admitted to drugging him with the date rape drug 'roofies' on multiple occasions and, during one encounter, berated him as he cried while she performed a sex act on him against his will.
The complaint was filed Monday in New York County Supreme Court by a plaintiff proceeding anonymously as John Doe, who claims he chose to hide his name to protect himself and his family after receiving threats.
The lawsuit also accuses JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) of enabling the alleged abuse and retaliating against the banker after he reported it, claiming the firm placed him on involuntary leave, destroyed his reputation and allowed threats against him to continue while Hajdini and others went unpunished.
Neither Hajdini nor JPMC has responded to the lawsuit yet. The Daily Mail reached out to both parties for comment.
A spokesperson for JPMC said a thorough internal investigation found no evidence to support Doe's accusations. 'Following an investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims,' said the spokesperson. While numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.'
According to Doe's complaint, Hajdini’s alleged abuse started almost immediately after the pair began working together in the spring of 2024.
Lorna Hajdini, 37, an executive director in JPMorgan Chase’s Leveraged Finance division, has not yet responded publicly to the lawsuit
Doe, who is Asian, joined as a Senior VP/Director that March, and Hajdini was appointed to the team in a senior role the following month.
In early May 2024, Doe alleges Hajdini dropped her pen on the floor next to his desk and, while bending to pick it up, rubbed his leg and squeezed his calf.
He claims she then remarked: ‘Oh, you did play basketball in college? … I love basketball players… they get me so wet.’
From there, Doe alleges the advances grew more explicit and frequent.
Later that May, Doe said in the complaint that Hajdini invited him out for drinks, but he declined. In response, she is alleged to have said: ‘If you don’t f**k me soon, I’m going to ruin you… never forget, I f**king own you.’
Twice, Doe claims that Hajdini propositioned him for oral sex in the office, on one occasion asking: ‘Birthday BJ for the brown boy? My little brown boy.’
While Doe claims he continued to resist her advances, Hajdini allegedly threatened professional retribution, telling him if he wanted to be promoted to executive director, he would need to start ‘pleasing’ her, according to the lawsuit.
‘You’re gonna need to earn it, my little Arab boy toy,’ Doe alleges she told him during a work social event at her private members club. During the same event, he claims she repeatedly groped his groin under the table and spat in her hands, running them over his neck and head.
Eventually, Doe claims the alleged harassment escalated into sexual assault. Two witnesses are cited in the complaint as corroborating parts of his account.
Doe alleges that Hajdini used escalating threats and racial abuse to coerce him into performing sexual acts.
He also claimed that Hajdini admitted to drugging him with the date-rape drug and other drugs without his knowledge before some encounters to incapacitate him and facilitate sexual activity, according to the complaint.
Doe also claimed Hajdini used her executive status to gain unauthorized access to his bank account to track his ‘every move.’
Hajdini's accuser claims in his complaint that she admitted to drugging him with without his knowledge on multiple occasions and once berated him as he cried while she performed oral sex on him
In the summer of 2024, it is claimed in the lawsuit that Hajdini showed up at an apartment where Doe was staying, knowing he’d be there.
Inside, Hajdini allegedly made sexual advances on Doe, which he rebuffed, insisting he wasn’t interested.
‘Do you want to get promoted at year end or not?’ Hajdini warned him, according to the lawsuit. ‘Do you want a future at JPMorgan? It’s that simple. I don’t know why you’re fighting this.’
Hajdini then allegedly removed her shirt, began fondling her breasts and racially insulted Doe’s wife, remarking: ‘I bet your little Asian, fish head, wife doesn’t have these cannons,’ the complaint reads.
Doe claims she then forcibly removed his pants and performed oral sex on him against his will. He continued to protest and began to cry, according to the lawsuit.
Hajdini allegedly admonished him for crying and scolded him for failing to achieve an erection.
‘Stop f**king crying. You think anyone would ever believe you? You’re a f**king douche bag who thinks he’s hot s**t, but you can’t even get your d**k hard for me? What the f**k is this?’ she allegedly said.
She then ordered him to perform oral sex on her, ignoring his pleas of ‘don’t make me do this.’
‘Afraid that Ms. Hajdini would act on her threats to retaliate against him, [Doe], embarrassed and humiliated, complied with her demands,’ the lawsuit states.
Doe claims he was assaulted again later the same month.
During the second encounter, Hajdini allegedly ordered him to suck her toes, pushed him to the ground and sat on his face, berating him when he was unable to sustain arousal.
‘I’m very uncomfortable, please, Lorna, please, I’m begging you,’ Doe claims he told her. But she allegedly laughed before making a racist remark that at least his genitals didn’t ‘taste like curry,’ according to the complaint.
Over the following months, Doe claims Hajdini continued to subject him to overt sexual advances at work and in public, and continued to sexually assault him.
The complaint says she repeatedly reminded him that she ‘owned’ him and that she controlled his promotion and bonus, which he understood as a threat that she would block both if he refused.
During an encounter in late September 2024, Hajdini allegedly yelled at Doe that he wasn’t bringing in enough business to help her secure a promotion to Managing Director, before again threatening him if he refused to have sex with her, the complaint says.
‘I f**king own you! I will make you pay… Do you think you’re going to be in good standing if you do not have me in your corner,’ she allegedly said. ‘You really think [management]... want some Brown boy Indian leading Originations?... If you don’t f**k my brains out tonight, I’m going to sabotage your promotion.’
Fearful of retaliation, Doe claims he relented and submitted to another encounter.
His initial protests were overheard by a second witness who was staying in the adjoining room, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint was filed Monday in New York County Supreme Court by a plaintiff proceeding anonymously as John Doe
Doe claims Hajdini later admitted to drugging him with Rohypnol or 'roofies' and ‘an erection-enabling pharmaceutical substance’, to ensure he could perform before coerced encounters.
Fearful of reporting her behavior, and allegedly concerned JPMC would not properly investigate his claims, Doe began seeking job opportunities elsewhere in late 2024.
However, he claims in the complaint that Hajdini and other senior managers conspired to derail his prospects with ‘aggressively negative’ references after learning of his plans to leave.
In May 2025, Doe delivered a written complaint to JPMC detailing what he described as race and gender-based discrimination and harassment, and a pattern of ‘severe sexual abuse.’
A week later, he claims the firm began retaliating against him.
That included receiving anonymous threatening phone calls from individuals he believes were acting on behalf of Hajdini and others, attempting to scare him into silence, according to the complaint.
‘Just wait ‘till you’re back in New York, Brown boy…’ one caller allegedly told him. ‘You better stay away - snitch.’
On June 9, 2025, Doe says he received a voicemail from someone claiming to be a manager at JPMC, telling him he wasn’t welcome because of his skin color, adding that ‘people don’t want you or your kind here.’
Another caller allegedly threatened to contact US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) about him and his family.
The lawsuit also accuses JPMorgan Chase of enabling the alleged abuse and retaliating against the banker after he reported it
Doe claims the company took overt steps to retaliate against him as well, the complaint states.
Within days of filing his report, he says he was reprimanded and then locked out of all company systems and placed on involuntary leave - a decision he claims HR linked to his complaints.
Meanwhile, he alleges that Hajdini and other executives he accuses have faced no comparable action.
JPMC denied Doe's claims, insisting an investigation found no evidence to support his allegations. Hajdini is still employed at the company.
In an interview with the Daily Mail, Doe’s attorney, Daniel J. Kaiser, called his client’s allegations horrendous and disturbing.
Kaiser said Doe has been left devastated personally and professionally by the treatment he was allegedly subjected to.
He claims his client has been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and continues to struggle financially because his reputation has been damaged and he has been unable to find another job.
Doe is seeking damages for lost earnings, emotional distress and reputational harm, as well as punitive damages and changes to the bank’s practices, according to the complaint.