JPMorgan Banker Sues Ex-Colleague Over ‘Fabricated’ Claims (1)

May 20, 2026, 7:20 PM UTC

The JPMorgan Chase & Co. banker named in a graphic sexual harassment suit that went viral last month hit back at her accuser with a defamation counterclaim, calling his allegations “entirely false” and “malicious.”

Lorna Hajdini on Tuesday night countersued a former colleague on the bank’s leveraged finance team who claimed that she forced him to be her “sex slave” and used racist language to demean him. She “categorically and unequivocally” denied his “disgusting” claims, saying they have “ruined her reputation and destroyed her life.”

The April 27 suit against JPMorgan and Hajdini was filed by a John Doe plaintiff, ...

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