‘Brown boy’, ‘sex slave’, ‘I own you’: The allegations against senior JPMorgan executive

May 3, 2026 | 10:43 IST

A 35-year-old former South Asian-origin employee of JP Morgan Chase has made some shocking claims of being pressured into “non-consensual and humiliating” sexual encounters by a senior female colleague. She has categorically denied all allegations

A lawsuit against a senior JPMorgan Chase executive has put America’s largest bank in an uncomfortable spotlight.

At the centre of it is Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director in the bank's leveraged finance team, accused by a former junior colleague of South Asian origin of drugging him, sexual assault, racial abuse and coercion, including threats linked to his career.

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‘Brown boy’, ‘sex slave’, ‘I own you’: The allegations against senior JPMorgan executive

A 35-year-old former South Asian-origin employee of JP Morgan Chase has made some shocking claims of being pressured into “non-consensual and humiliating” sexual encounters by a senior female colleague. She has categorically denied all allegations

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‘Brown boy’, ‘sex slave’, ‘I own you’: The allegations against senior JPMorgan executive

A 35-year-old former South Asian-origin employee of JP Morgan Chase has made some shocking claims of being pressured into “non-consensual and humiliating” sexual encounters by a senior female colleague. She has categorically denied all allegations

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