A bombshell lawsuit filed in New York has thrown one of Wall Street's most powerful banks into crisis, accusing a senior JPMorgan Chase executive of sexual assault, drugging, racial abuse and the systematic weaponisation of corporate authority against a junior employee. What began as a private workplace grievance has now erupted into a public reckoning over power, consent and culture inside one of the world's largest financial institutions.
The complaint was filed on 30 April 2026 in the New York County Supreme Court, naming Lorna Hajdini, an executive director in the bank's Leveraged Finance division, as the primary defendant. The plaintiff, identified in court filings as John Doe, is an Asian male banker who joined the firm in March 2024 and claims the alleged misconduct began shortly after Hajdini became his supervisor. JPMorgan Chase has denied all allegations, and the claims remain unproven and untested before a judge.
