The previous JPMorgan banker accused of fabricating outrageous sex-harassment claims towards a feminine govt popped up on a vogue TikTokker’s feed for his fashion in 2024, The Put up revealed Sunday — as his father defended him in his ugly courtroom case.
Chirayu Rana, 35, was randomly captured on digicam whereas strolling the streets of Midtown Manhattan in Could 2024 by Michaela Bublikova, a okay a “Suittok lady.”
Bublikova was filming a street-style sequence about males’s vogue for her TikTok web page on the time.
She informed The Put up on Sunday that though she didn’t work together with Rana, she felt his sartorial decisions slot in effectively together with her theme.
“Once I noticed him, I assumed that he was a very good instance of the style and magnificence that @dudesinsuitsnyc is all about,” she stated of the resurfaced clip that has since gone viral.
Within the video, Rana is standing in a crosswalk ready for a pair of bicyclists to move earlier than crossing East 54th Avenue at Park Avenue, sporting a dark-colored swimsuit with no tie and black costume footwear.
“I later posted the clip, and it lately resurfaced and went viral,’’ Bublikova stated.
“Prior to now few days, a few of my viewers have been stating his id, which is why I referenced it once more in a follow-up TikTok.’’
Rana’s father in the meantime spoke to The Put up on Sunday on the household’s $1.75 million greenback, five-bedroom dwelling within the prosperous Virginia suburb of Vienna about 16 miles exterior Washington, DC.
His father stated he “didn’t know something” about what was taking place and stated he hasn’t spoken to his son for just a few days — however that he helps him.
“I don’t know something about it. He didn’t speak with us or something,” the dad stated of the controversy.
“He’s my son. He’s a very good man,” the older man added earlier than closing the entrance door.
Particulars about Rana’s previous as a high-school and collegiate soccer participant additionally surfaced after his now-retracted lawsuit towards JP exec Lorna Hajdini, 37, through which he accused her of drugging him and holding him as a “intercourse slave,” garnered nationwide consideration.
Hajdini vehemently denied the allegations, and an inner JPMorgan probe, which reviewed emails, telephone information, and witness statements, discovered “no proof” to assist the claims made by “John Doe,” in line with a financial institution rep.
Along with being a member of the McKean Soccer Membership state cup championship staff in 2009, Rana lettered twice at Bishop Denis J. O’Connell Excessive College in Arlington, Va., and noticed motion in 9 matches for close by Marymount College as a freshman.
Throughout his sophomore and junior years, Rana performed for the Rutgers-Newark Scarlett Knights, making an look in only a handful of video games the place he notched two assists in whole.
After graduating from Rutgers, he logged stints at Wall Avenue finance outlets together with Houlihan Lokey, Credit score Suisse, Morgan Stanley and the Carlyle Group earlier than becoming a member of JPMorgan’s leveraged finance staff in spring 2024.
By Could 2025, the connection soured, with Rana submitting an inner criticism at JPMorgan alleging race- and gender-based harassment and retaliation.
He joined Bregal Sagemount in October however abruptly left the corporate April 2, simply weeks earlier than he filed the bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit towards Hajdini.
He couldn’t be reached for remark by The Put up.
