Massive twist in JPMorgan 'sex slave' case as accuser unveils NEW dossier of alleged bombshell evidence: 'The story is about to change dramatically'

By DAN BATES and LUKE KENTON, US SENIOR REPORTER Published: 21:17, 8 June 2026 | Updated: 21:29, 8 June 2026 A former JPMorgan Chase banker who accused a female executive of turning him into her 'office sex slave' is seeking to scrap his bombshell New York lawsuit and start over in federal court with a new legal team and a raft of additional claims. Chirayu Rana, 35, filed a motion Monday asking a Manhattan judge to voluntarily dismiss his lawsuit against JPMC and executive director Lorna Hajdini, 37, without prejudice, allowing him to pursue the matter in federal court instead, documents obtained by the Daily Mail show. The move comes after a turbulent six weeks in which Rana lost his bid to proceed anonymously, his original attorney Daniel Kaiser withdrew from the case, and Hajdini filed counterclaims accusing Rana of fabricating his allegations to destroy her career. Now represented by prominent employment-rights firm Joseph & Norinsberg, Rana says the original lawsuit failed to include several significant federal claims, including allegations of race discrimination, retaliation and violations of federal medical-leave protections. He is asking a judge to allow him to voluntarily discontinue the state-court action and refile in federal court under his real name. The filing also makes clear that Hajdini's counterclaims would remain active even if Rana's own claims are dismissed. In a statement, Rana's new lawyer Jon L. Norinsberg - who previously represented dancers who alleged exploitation at an infamous New York strip club - told the Daily Mail he is planning to 'vindicate every one' of Rana's claims. He said: 'The public has been fed a wildly distorted version of this case, manufactured from sensational headlines that bear no resemblance to what actually happened to Mr Rana. 'The full scope of racism, abuse, and retaliation he endured at JPMorgan has not been told.' Lorna Hajdini, 37, an executive director in JPMorgan Chase's Leveraged Finance division, has filed a countersuit against former colleague Chirayu Rana Rana, 35, has requested to withdraw his claims from state court to file a new federal case with additional evidence Rana first filed his allegations in New York state court in April with the help of his then-attorney Daniel Kaiser, who previously represented victims of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The case was first reported in an exclusive by the Daily Mail. Suing as 'John Doe,' Rana claimed Hajdini harassed and sexually abused him while they worked together in JPMorgan's leveraged finance division between early 2024 and mid-2025. The filing also included claims of repeated drugging, racial abuse and coercion. Kaiser resigned in May ahead of the first hearing in the case, where a judge ruled that Rana could not proceed anonymously. By that point, Rana had already been publicly identified in multiple reports about the allegations. Norinsberg, a New York civil-rights and personal-injury attorney, said: 'In the coming weeks we will file a new complaint that lays out the full record and the substantial new evidence we have uncovered. 'We intend to vindicate every one of Mr. Rana's rights and hold JPMorgan and Ms Hajdini fully accountable for the catastrophic harm they caused. The story the public thinks it knows is about to change dramatically.' Hajdini has denied all claims and accuses Rana of inventing his lurid allegations to destroy her career  Norinsberg’s previous clients include dancers at Sapphire Gentleman’s Club in New York who claimed in a lawsuit that they were forced into doing sex acts while working. The $25 million claim was filed in 2022 and alleged a ‘toxic' work environment fueled by ‘greed and the unseemly promise of making 'every man's fantasies come true’. Sapphire denied the claims. He has also represented victims of police violence and a black First Class Delta passenger who alleged she was verbally abused in front of her daughter by a white flight attendant just for making eye contact with her. Norinsberg’s other clients include the former personal chef for Woody Allen who claimed he was fired after taking time off to train with the US Army Reserves. Rana's claims of racism - he is Asian - featured prominently in the original complaint. Hajdini allegedly referred to him as 'Brownie' and 'Brown boy,' according to the filing. The lawsuit also claimed Hajdini propositioned Rana while at the office. 'Birthday BJ for the brown boy? My little brown boy. Don't forget, I own you. Don't fight it,' she allegedly told him on May 21, 2024. A week earlier, according to the complaint, Hajdini allegedly told him: 'Come with me... I don't like the rain, but I do like getting wet.' Hajdini has vehemently denied the allegations and said in her countersuit that Rana's claims have turned her life into a 'living nightmare.' After the case was filed, trolls seized on the alleged dialogue, using it to create AI-generated videos and memes that quickly spread online. Hajdini accused Rana of fabricating the sexual harassment and abuse claims, insisting they were engineered to 'inflict maximum pain' and destroy her career and reputation. Her attorneys later filed examples of abusive emails she received following the lawsuit. In one sickening message received on April 30, one person said: ‘I hope you get g**g r***d to the point you wanna kill yourself after cos you realise what a worthless w***e you are’. JPMorgan has repeatedly denied the allegations and previously told the Daily Mail that an internal investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing and concluded Rana's claims had 'no merit.' The Wall Street Journal previously reported that JPMorgan offered Rana $1 million to settle his claims, but he rejected the offer. Rana broke his silence last month, claiming doubts regarding his allegations were being fueled by gender discrimination  Last month, Hajdini’s attorneys entered three emails she recently received into the docket as exhibits to further illustrate the impact Rana’s claims continue to have on her life In an interview with the Daily Mail in April, Kaiser said he had gone to great lengths to convince Rana to file the lawsuit, because he had reservations about taking on one of the world's most powerful banks. 'It took a lot of personal, emotional perseverance to get him over the hump and file,' Kaiser said. 'It's not an easy decision to file a lawsuit, because you're challenging very powerful institutional players, and that's the judgment you have to make. "Can I do this? What impact will it have on my Wall Street career going forward?" 'That's why he [was] John Doe... he wants to be able to resurrect his career somewhere... but he, you know, he had no choice. In his mind, he might have had to do this, and so he did it.' In the weeks since, the allegations have been dissected relentlessly online, fueling viral debate and mounting skepticism. The doubts were compounded by JPMorgan's allegation in court documents that Rana falsely claimed his father had died to obtain time off work, as well as the emergence of a post on the legal-advice website Ask A Lawyer, appearing to show a person named Chirayu Rana making strikingly similar abuse allegations against a male supervisor at Morgan Stanley - mirroring those he later made against Hajdini. Rana broke his public silence for the first time last month in an interview with The Juggernaut, in which the Nepali-American said he believed 'gender inequality' was to blame for the growing doubt surrounding his allegations. JPMorgan Chase in New York strongly denies all the claims against it. Rana alleged a culture within his team that was driven by racism and antipathy towards Asians 'The biggest thing here is, if you call this fake, it's just gender inequality,' he told the outlet. 'If the roles were reversed, what do you think would happen?' When questioned about the Ask A Lawyer post, Rana denied any knowledge of it and dismissed screenshots of the exchange as 'deepfakes.' He later claimed his account had been compromised and that messages discussing evidence supporting his allegations had been sent by someone else before blocking the reporter's number. Before joining JPMC in 2024, Rana held roles at several major financial firms, including Houlihan Lokey, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley and The Carlyle Group. He departed JPMC in late 2025 and joined Bregal Sagemount. However, he left the company in April, three weeks before filing the lawsuit. The reasons for his departure were not disclosed. 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