India, May 1 -- A senior executive at JPMorgan Chase has been accused of sexually harassing and abusing a junior male employee, including alleged coercion, racial abuse and threats to his career, according to a lawsuit cited by the Daily Mail.

The complaint filed in United States' New York County Supreme Court names Lorna Hajdini, a 37-year-old executive director in the bank's Leveraged Finance division.

She has been accused of using her position of power to subject a married subordinate to "non-consensual and humiliating sex acts" over several months, despite repeated refusals.

The plaintiff, who has filed the case anonymously as John Doe, claims that the alleged behaviour began soon after the two started working together in early 202...