Former JPMorgan big shot Chirayu Rana – who accused his female boss of forcing him into humiliating sex acts – is pulling the plug on his salacious New York state court case to make way for a “comprehensive” federal lawsuit.
Rana’s new legal team — a total of five lawyers — claims in explosive new filings that the original suit against Lorna Hajdini left out crucial federal violations, including race discrimination, retaliation and interference with family and medical leave.
The full airing of grievances should now take place in federal rather than state court, according to the court documents filed Monday in Manhattan Supreme Court.”
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,” said Rana’s new attorney Jon L. Norinsberg.
His new lawyers, according to filings and statements made Monday, claim there is “substantial new evidence we have uncovered,” but fail to cite any specifics.”
This countersuit is a transparent act of retaliation, a desperate effort to punish Mr. Rana for having the courage to report the racism and abuse he suffered,” said Bennitta L. Joseph, another one of Rana’s new lawyers.
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The new filings promise to be under his real name and not an anonymous pseudonym, which a Manhattan Supreme Court judge ruled he must do in the state lawsuit last month.
Hajdini’s counterclaims in state court would be unaffected by his move to discontinue his own claims.
