A high-ranking executive at JPMorgan Chase is facing serious allegations that are now pulling one of Wall Street’s biggest institutions into a deeply troubling legal fight.
According to a newly filed lawsuit, Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director in the company’s Leveraged Finance division, is accused of subjecting a married junior banker to what the complaint describes as “non-consensual and humiliating sex acts” over an extended period. The filing claims the encounters continued despite repeated pleas from the employee for her to stop.
The lawsuit outlines a pattern of alleged abuse that goes beyond workplace misconduct. It accuses Hajdini of using her senior position to pressure the employee into compliance, threatening his career when he resisted her advances. The complaint also alleges she engaged in racial abuse and, in one of the most disturbing claims, drugged the employee by spiking his drink with Viagra.
According to the filing, the alleged conduct left the employee emotionally distressed, with claims that some incidents reduced him to tears. The legal complaint frames the situation as a sustained abuse of power within a high-stakes corporate environment, where professional leverage allegedly became a tool for coercion.
No criminal charges have been announced in connection with the case, and the allegations remain claims outlined in a civil lawsuit. Representatives for both Hajdini and JPMorgan have not publicly responded to the accusations at the time of reporting.
The case now adds to ongoing scrutiny around workplace conduct in elite financial institutions, where power dynamics and internal culture continue to face increasing legal and public examination.
