Lorna Hajdini, a female executive director with JPMorgan, has denied sexual harassment allegations made against her in a lawsuit this week that quickly went viral on social media.
The complaint, filed Monday, April 27, in New York, shared lurid details from an ex-JPMorgan employee, identified only as “John Doe,” claiming Hajdini coerced him into sex, made racist remarks and drugged him.
In the complaint, Doe claims Hajdini was promoted to a senior role on his team at the investment bank in early 2024 and soon made sexual advances towards him.
When Doe rejected her advances, he alleges Hajdini threatened his career.
Doe claimed Hajdini told him on one occasion: “If you don’t f*** my brains out tonight, I’m going to sabotage your promotion.” Similarly shocking quotes have become widely spread on social media as users make light of the accusations. On Thursday, Megyn Kelly read some of the graphic excerpts on her show and suggested Hajdini “needs to” work “on her flirtation routine.”
Doe is seeking damages for lost earnings, emotional distress and reputational harm, as well as punitive damages and changes to the bank’s practices, the complaint said.
However, a court representative told People magazine on Friday that the complaint had been “returned for correction,” and was no longer publicly available and that they could not provide further details.
In a statement to People through a JPMorgan spokesperson, Hajdini’s attorneys said she “categorically denies the allegations.”
“She never engaged in any inappropriate conduct with this individual of any kind and has never even been to the location where the alleged sexual assault supposedly took place,” her lawyers said.
The Independent has contacted the New York County Supreme Court and JPMorgan for further comment. Daniel J. Kaiser, the attorney listed on the New York County Supreme Court docket as representing Doe, did not immediately respond to The Independent’s request for comment.
A JPMorgan spokesperson said in an earlier statement to The Daily Mail, which first reported on the lawsuit, that there had been an internal probe of the matter.
“Following our investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims. 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,” the spokesperson said.
