Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana files new lawsuit — and it’s totally different from his ‘sex slave’ claims

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Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana filed a new lawsuit against his former employer — but backtracked on or left out many of the most explosive claims from his original “sex slave” suit.

Rana’s new lawsuit, filed Monday in Manhattan Federal Court, still accuses bank exec Lorna Hajdini of drugging and sexually assaulting him, but ditches the headline-grabbing catchphrases, including “I bet your little Asian, fish head, wife doesn’t have these cannons” from the suit altogether.

It also amends a previous claim that was proved false — that he had to take bereavement leave for his father’s death.

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Chirayu Rana has filed a new lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase. Sage Mount

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Threatening text messages allegedly sent to Rana anonymously from what he believes to be a JPMorgan colleague. U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York

He now says the leave was for his critically ill mother.  After the lawsuit was filed, The Post found Rana’s father alive and well in Virginia.

Instead, Rana’s federal suit focuses on claims of racism he says he endured at the bank.

The filing adds three other JPMorgan execs to the suit and claims the bankers regularly called him “brown boy,” joked about paying him in rupees and threatened to call “ICEE” on his family in text messages.

“This [lawsuit] seeks to expose and remedy a workplace where racism was normalized, sexual coercion was tolerated, and retaliation was weaponized against those who refused to remain silent,” Rana’s filing reads.

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A text message from defendant Kelly Crowe allegedly referring to Rana as a “brown boy.” U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York

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A text from Crowe making references to rupees. U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York

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A message from Crowe referencing Nepal and rupees. U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York

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Ex-JPMorgan Chase banker Chirayu Rana’ is seen walking in New York City in 2024. TikTok/@dudesinsuitsnyc

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Lorna Hajdni was named in his previous lawsuit against JPMorgan. Linkedin

Screenshots of group texts showing colleagues taunting him about his Nepalese background, including a photo of a Nepalese barber, adding that he would “probs accept your rupees, Chiaru.”

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The filing also claims Rana’s co-workers on the Leveraged Finance team demonstrated hate and bigotry to anyone who was not white or Christian — including Jews and African-Americans.

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A chart from Rana’s lawsuit alleging that he was the only non-white and non-Christian member of the LevLeveraged Finance team U.S. District Court – Southern District of New York

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Chirayu Rana (right) is pictured with his mother Baruna Rana (center) and father Chaitanya Rana (left). Facebook/Baruna Rana

JPMorgan previously denied all allegations and Hajdini filed a counter-claim for defamation.

This is the second suit that Rana has brought against the bank. The first, in state court, was dismissed at his request so that he could re-file it in federal court.

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