Alleged JPMorgan intercourse slave Chirayu Rana scored a significant win in Manhattan courtroom Tuesday when a choose mentioned he may transfer his case from state to federal courtroom — giving him a do-over after months of unfavorable rulings.
“Opposite to the defendant’s contentions, there have been no findings of truth to recommend that [Rana] has acted in dangerous religion, partaking discussion board buying, or that he seeks to keep away from an adversarial ruling,” Choose Dakota Ramseur mentioned.
However the 35-year-old former banker additionally suffered two blows.
His accused former supervisor, Lorna Hajdini, can now proceed together with her associated defamation claims in opposition to him in a very separate lawsuit, which means it isn’t beholden to his case — whereas her camp have to be given the names of Rana’s beforehand nameless witnesses and unredacted variations of their statements earlier than discovery, Ramseur mentioned.
Rana filed his bombshell state lawsuit anonymously in April alleging he was sexually abused by the 37-year-old Hajdini — who together with JPMorgan has vehemently denied all of his claims.
The lawsuit included an explosive declare that Hajdini uncovered her chest to him at one level whereas taunting, “I guess your little Asian, fish head spouse doesn’t have these cannons.”
Legal professionals for the powerhouse financial institution and Hajdini argued in courtroom Tuesday that Rana shouldn’t be allowed to ditch his thus-far unfavorable state continuing for a federal do-over except sure circumstances had been met.
Their calls for had been that he pay their authorized charges to this point, admits to creating some false claims akin to about the place his mom lives and unmasks his secret nameless “witnesses,” who made sworn statements supporting his salacious lawsuit in April.
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Hajdini’s legal professionals additionally had been searching for to separate out her counterclaim in opposition to him.
She scored on the counterclaim, the witnesses and partly on the authorized charges.
The choose mentioned Rana ought to pay for her camp’s charges involving his push from state to federal courtroom. It wasn’t clear what that quantity is likely to be.
Rana’s authorized workforce had futilely tried to combat again, arguing there was “no authorized foundation” to their calls for and calling the wish-list “intimidation.”
“Defendants are searching for circumstances to be imposed to punish complainant for bringing claims,” mentioned Rana’s lawyer, Monika Hinken, claiming the objective was to “intimidate [Rana] and each different sexual assault sufferer who’s considering going ahead.
“They’re asking for one particular person to underwrite the litigation finances for one of many largest establishments ever — win or lose,” she mentioned.
Ramseur, who usually speaks with off-the-cuff candor, learn dryly from a prolonged ready order that gave either side a part of what they needed.
She famous that Rana “has not disputed my ruling” by way of hearings over the state-to-federal-court transfer and referred to as the protection’s charge request “overbroad.”
Rana initially filed his go well with anonymously, however The Publish completely unmasked him because the plaintiff — and he was ultimately ordered by a choose to replace his lawsuit beneath his actual identify.
In his go well with, Rana’s detailed claims that he was drugged and compelled to behave as a intercourse slave for Hajdini.
Rana moved to drag the plug on his state go well with in June in favor a federal case, along with his authorized workforce claiming the state submitting omitted federal violations together with race discrimination, retaliation and interference with medical and household go away.
However authorized consultants say the transfer reeked of doable forum-shopping — since these claims may simply be made in state courtroom.
Weeks in the past, Ramseur dominated that Rana’s first lawyer may withdraw from the case — however he should additionally disclose any false statements his shopper could have made within the unique go well with. Nothing has been disclosed so far.
