
Ex-JPMorgan banker Chirayu Rana was referred for psychological well being therapy by prosecutors after they launched a felony investigation into his claims that he a senior banker turned him right into a “intercourse slave” — and located nothing, sources advised The Publish on Wednesday.
The Manhattan District Lawyer’s Workplace began trying into the claims final summer time after the moneyman, 35, leveled stunning intercourse abuse allegations towards Lorna Hajdini — a 37-year-old JPMorgan government director, in accordance with a supply accustomed to the case.
The wild allegations, which JPMorgan has insisted are completely fabricated, exploded into public view final week after Rana filed a lawsuit accusing his former colleague of drugging him, coercing him into degrading intercourse acts, calling him racist names and threatening his profession if he refused.
It wasn’t instantly clear when Rana first went to the DA’s workplace with the allegations.
The probe, nevertheless, was in the end thrown out after no proof of felony wrongdoing was uncovered, in accordance with sources.
The DA’s workplace then referred Rana for psychological well being therapy below its sufferer help companies, the supply added, with out elaborating additional.
Rana, for his half, referenced what he claimed was an “open felony investigation,” in addition to his psychological well being therapy, in up to date courtroom filings filed on Monday wherein he requested to stay nameless within the go well with.
As proof to again up his claims, Rana alleged within the filings that he grew to become enrolled within the state’s “Deal with Confidentiality Program” – a program that usually provides victims of intercourse crimes another handle to maintain them secure — following a referral by the DA’s workplace final September.
He additionally stated {that a} counsellor with the “Survivor Companies Bureau of the New York County District Lawyer’s Workplace” had “engaged with me in reference to the open felony investigation by the Manhattan District Lawyer’s Trial Division.”
He stated the DA’s investigation and referral to victims’ companies confirmed “impartial third-party institutional engagement with me as a sufferer, predating by months the submitting of this motion,” his affidavit acknowledged.
Elsewhere within the submitting, Rana famous that he had initially sought out psychological well being care from a psychotherapist, Jonathan Albert, in early February – months earlier than the DA’s referral.
He included an e-mail that he despatched to the therapist in June final 12 months that described a number of psychological well being signs — together with listening to Hajdini’s voice inside his head and experiencing “recurrent nightmares” in regards to the alleged assaults.
Rana claims the therapist then identified him with PTSD in October, in accordance with the filings.
The DA’s workplace declined to remark when requested if investigators had probed Rana’s claims.
Rana’s legal professional didn’t instantly reply to The Publish’s request for remark.
The event comes after Rana’s lawsuit, which he filed below the pseudonym “John Doe” earlier than being unmasked — rose to viral infamy final week as a result of lurid claims towards Hajdini.
JPMorgan and Hajdini have each strenuously denied the allegations.
An inside probe carried out by the financial institution — which reviewed emails, data, and gadgets — discovered zero proof of wrongdoing, a number of sources beforehand advised The Publish.
Rana additionally wouldn’t cooperate with the inner investigation, the financial institution stated.
In the meantime, The Publish additionally revealed Rana had apparently lied to his employer that his father was dying so he may go on paid go away with the financial institution — after which apparently used the break day to arrange the bombshell lawsuit.