JPMorgan Denies Ex-VP’s Viral Harassment Claims in Court Filing

JPMorgan Chase & Co. filed its court response to a former vice president’s graphic sexual harassment suit against the bank and executive director Lorna Hajdini, calling his claims “false” and “malicious.”

JPMorgan on Thusday night filed its formal answer to the April 27 lawsuit. The former banker’s claims that Hajdini sexually assaulted him and that he endured racism from her and others in the bank’s leveraged finance group have gone viral on social media.

The suit was filed by a John Doe plaintiff, but Bloomberg News and other media have reported that he is Chirayu Rana. JPMorgan ...