In the first hearing of the high-octane Chirayu Rana case, where the Nepali-origin ex-JP Morgan banker has accused colleague Lorna Hajdini of sexual harassment, Chirayu Rana’s lawyer informed the court that he will opt out of the case. Daniel Kaiser, who previously represented Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, filed a consent decree to be relieved as Rana’s attorney just hours before he was due to appear in court. However, Kaiser represented Rana for the May 26 hearing and informed the court that in the future, Rana would represent himself, known as pro se, anti; He gets a new advice.The case came into limelight when Chirayu Rana made serious allegations against Hajdini that he had made her his sex slave – allegations rejected by Hajdini and the company. Several details of the case emerged that revealed that the company was willing to settle the matter with Chirayu Rana internally and had offered him money, but he demanded more money and then ultimately filed a lawsuit against Hajdini.Hazdini has also had a change in counsel and is now being represented by Samuel S. Shoulson of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP. Shaulson represented Morgan Stanley in a 2018 case in which a male employee accused both the bank and seven named employees, four of whom were women, of discriminating against him.In that case, Mahmood Latif, a gay Muslim associate at Morgan Stanley, argued that the bank discriminated against and harassed him because of his sexual orientation, religion and other protected characteristics. Shortly after being hired in 2017, Latif argued that a female supervisor at Morgan Stanley sexually harassed her and subjected her to inappropriate touching and sexual harassment. Morgan Stanley settled Latif’s case for an undisclosed amount in 2021.Since the case was filed, Rana’s lawyer Kaiser has defended Rana and refuted many of the claims. One such claim was that Chirayu Rana once took bereavement leave from JP Morgan citing his father’s death, even though his father is still alive. Kaiser defended himself and said it was the death of a father figure.