Lorna Hajdini, the JPMorgan employee, accused of sexually harassing a junior employee, according to a Daily Mail report on April 29, has taken a big step amid the backlash over the allegations.
Daily Mail reported that Lorna Hajdini, 37, allegedly drugged a married junior male employee, subjected him to racial abuse and used her power as a top executive to threaten his career. It notes that the lawsuit was filed at the New York Supreme Court on Monday (April 27) by a complainant identified only as John Doe.
With the reports, internet sleuths have dug into the life and career of Lorna Hajdini. She has been trending on social media, where a whole lot of claims being made on her based on the lawsuit. Though Hajdini has not officially responded to the allegations, she took a big step on Thursday.
Ht.com can confirm that Lorna Hajdini, an executive director of JPMorgan Chase’s Leveraged Finance Department, has deleted or deactivated her LinkedIn profile. Much of the photos and information on Hajdini that are circulating on social media are from her LinkedIn profile. The link to her profile is now broken.
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JP Morgan Disputes Lawsuit Amid ‘Enabling’ Claim
The lawsuit filed in New York City also alleged that JPMorgan Chase enabled the alleged sexual abuse by Hajdini, the Daily Mail report notes. However, JPMorgan has said in a statement that internal investigation conducted by the organization found that the allegations made by John Doe were not found to be true.
The statement read: “Following an investigation, we don’t believe there’s any merit to these claims,’ said the representative. ‘While numerous employees cooperated with the investigation, the complainant refused to participate and has declined to provide facts that would be central to support his allegations.”
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Timeline Of Allegations Against Loren Hajdini
According to reports, the complainant in the case joined JP Morgan in March 2024 as a Senior Vice President/ Director. Doe and Loren Hajdini started working together almost immediately. The Daily Mail reports that the lawsuit alleges that the abuse and harassment started soon after.
The allegations against Loren Hajdini are glaring: the lawsuit claims that she made multiple sexual advances in the office, threatened to “ruin his career” if he refused her advances, and also used her executive status to allegedly track his bank account activities. Additionally, racially abusive remarks like “my little Arab boy” was used against John Doe, the lawsuit alleges. Moreover, the lawsuit reportedly cites two witnesses who corroborate the claims made by John Doe.