JPMorgan sexual harassment lawsuit dismissed, refiling expected

A New York state judge dismissed a lawsuit by a former JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N), opens new tab banker who in graphic terms ​said his former supervisor coerced him into sex and demanded ‌his submissiveness, though the lawsuit is expected to be refiled in federal court.

Chirayu Rana, the former banker, will pay some legal fees of JPMorgan ​and his onetime colleague Lorna Hajdini as a condition of ​the dismissal, Justice Dakota Ramseur wrote on Thursday.

The dismissal, ⁠which Rana had requested, does not affect Hajdini's defamation countersuit against him. ​Her lawsuit remains in the state court in Manhattan.

Rana, who was ​a vice president in leveraged finance, accused Hajdini of using her seniority to coerce him into non-consensual sexual activity over several months.

The complaint said Hajdini used ​racially derogatory language to threaten Rana, who is of Asian ​descent. It also said she raped and drugged him, claimed she "owned" him, and ‌threatened ⁠to sabotage his career if he didn't fulfill her sexual demands.

Hajdini said Rana's malicious lies "wreaked havoc" on her life, subjected her to around-the-clock ridicule and harassment, and were designed to attract maximum press ​coverage in addition to ​millions of ⁠dollars in damages he did not deserve.

-Reuters