Chirayu Rana, who brought sexual assault charges against Lorna Hajdini (left), took a leave of absence due to the death of his father in 2024, but his father is still alive, a report said.
Chirayu Rana’s father, Chaitanya Rana, responded to his son’s argument and told the New York Post that he was unaware of the sexual abuse case Chirayu filed against JPMorgan Chase executive Lorna Hajdini. But even more interestingly, the Washington Post discovered that Chirayu claimed that his father died in mid-December 2024 and that he took time off to be with his family. While Post cites the source of this information, they claim they contacted Chirayu’s family and discovered his father was alive and well. He said Chirayu did not reveal any information about the case to them.“I don’t know anything about it. He didn’t talk to us or anything,” Chaitanya Rana told The Washington Post. “He’s my son. He’s a good man.”The report called Chirayu a liar and said he was allowed to work remotely when he informed his superiors that his father was seriously ill. The report quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that he had exhausted a series of leave benefits between early March and the end of May last year, when a preliminary draft complaint was sent to the bank’s legal team.“Around November 2024, the plaintiff’s father passed away and he went to his parents’ home in Virginia,” it read, according to a source with direct knowledge of its contents. “The company believed he was addressing some issues,” one source said. “You could tell he was trying to game the system.”Attorney Greg Chiarello prepared documents from May 2024 that also claimed Lana’s mother, Baruna, was ill.In late 2025, Chirayu left JPMorgan Chase to join investment firm Bregal Sagemount before leaving on April 2, 2026. In late April 2026, he filed a civil lawsuit in New York County Supreme Court under the alias “John Doe,” alleging that executive director Lorna Hajdini, 37, drugged him with Rohypnol and Viagra, forced him to perform degrading sexual acts, and threatened his career if he refused.JPMorgan disputed his claims and said Chirayu never reported to Hajdini.
