JPMorgan ex-banker denied anonymity, left without counsel

A former JPMorgan Chase banker lost his bid to proceed anonymously in a high-profile lawsuit and was left without legal counsel during a court hearing on Tuesday. Chirayu Rana, 35, had sought to be identified only as "John Doe" in his case against a female executive, but a judge ruled his name was already public.

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Dakota D. Ramseur denied the motion, stating that Rana could not put the genie back in the bottle. The ruling came just hours after Rana's high-profile attorney, Daniel Kaiser, filed to withdraw from the case. Court documents indicated Rana would represent himself until securing new counsel.

Rana's lawsuit, initially filed under a pseudonym, accuses Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director at the bank, of serious misconduct. The allegations include coercing him into non-consensual and humiliating sex acts, drugging him, and subjecting him to racial harassment and career threats over several months in 2024 while both worked in JPMorgan's leveraged finance division. Rana claims the alleged assaults caused him significant emotional distress.

Hajdini has vehemently denied all allegations. Her attorneys stated she never engaged in any...