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The JPMorgan sex scandal just got a little wilder as the Wall Street Journal reported that plaintiff Chirayu Rana turned down a $1 million settlement offer in March.<\/span><\/p>\n According to the outlet, inside sources say Rana\u2019s attorneys countered by asking for $11.75 million. After negotiations failed, the lawsuit was filed against his former employer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A JPMorgan spokesman confirmed to WSJ, \u201cWe did try to reach an agreement to avoid the time and expense of litigation and to support an employee who was being threatened with the very reputational harm now unfolding. We continue to believe these allegations have no merit and new information raised as a result of the public filing only reinforces that conclusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n The company\u2019s attempt to keep the matter out of the news does not necessarily indicate the harassment occurred, the outlet noted, but rather can be a common tactic used to make these claims go away without the national spectacle. As was previously reported, the company was unable to corroborate Rana\u2019s claims of racial discrimination and sexual harassment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The bombshell sexual harassment lawsuit sent shockwaves through the financial world before being deemed a \u201ccomplete fabrication\u201d by insiders.<\/span><\/p>\n Rana, 35, first filed a lawsuit in late April under the pseudonym \u201cJohn Doe.\u201d The filing leveled a series of lurid and sensational accusations against Lorna Hajdini, 37, an executive director on JPMorgan\u2019s leveraged finance team.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n