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Judge dismisses JPMorgan sexual harassment lawsuit, federal refiling expected
The dismissal requires the former banker, Chirayu Rana, to pay some of JPMorgan and his former colleague Lorna Hajdini legal fees, while her defamation countersuit remains pending in state court.
A New York state judge dismissed a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by former JPMorgan Chase banker Chirayu Rana, though the case is expected to be refiled in federal court, according to Reuters.
Reuters reports the dismissal was granted at Rana's request and ordered him to pay some legal fees for JPMorgan and for Rana's onetime colleague Lorna Hajdini as a condition of the ruling.
The Reuters story says the dismissal does not affect Hajdini's defamation countersuit against Rana, which remains in Manhattan state court. Rana, a vice president in leveraged finance, accused Hajdini of coercing him into non-consensual sexual activity over several months, including allegations that she used racially derogatory language and threatened his career.
Hajdini, Reuters reports, denied being Rana's supervisor and denied using racial epithets or threatening him, and said Rana's claims have caused harm and were designed to attract press coverage and damages. Reuters adds that Rana sued JPMorgan and Hajdini on April 27 and, after replacing his lawyers in the prior month, his new legal team said it planned to add federal discrimination, retaliation, and Family and Medical Leave Act claims alongside state-law allegations.