JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) offered former senior vice president Chirayu Rana $1 million to settle his sexual assault and harassment claims weeks before his lawsuit went viral.
Rana’s suit, filed in New York state court last week and refiled Monday, alleges that a senior female colleague at the bank, named as Lorna Hajdini, repeatedly sexually assaulted him and used racial slurs tied to his Nepalese background.
JPMorgan and Hajdini both deny the allegations.
Rana rejected the March offer of $1 million and countered in April with $11.75 million, according to the WSJ.
The refiled complaint added two witness affidavits, a PTSD diagnosis and an allegation that Hajdini proposed a threesome.
The Counter Was $11.75 Million
The $1 million figure was less than two years of Rana’s pay at JPMorgan, where he worked as a …
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