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.
