Ex-Citi Trader Waters Says Broker’s Harassment Claims Are False

A former Citigroup Inc. trader whose alleged conduct is at the center of a 2024 lawsuit by a TP ICAP Group Plc broker said claims that he harassed her are “false.”

Benjamin Waters, who says he left Citigroup in November 2023, in a statement denied that he acted inappropriately toward Christine O’Reilly. In her August 2024 lawsuit, O’Reilly alleged that as a New York-based employee at ICAP she was forced to endure relentless harassment and unwanted advances from Waters, a trader at Citigroup, a prized client. Waters wasn’t named as a defendant in her lawsuit.

“My interactions with her ...