Neighbors of an investment banker filmed punching a woman in the face were heard hurling insults at a young man and a woman as they entered their elegant Park Slope home Tuesday.
Neighbor Christine Doyle previously criticized batterer Jonathan Kaye, 52, and his family as antisocial in an interview with DailyMail.com, and made those sentiments known when the unknown couple arrived at the four-bedroom apartment worth $4 million. of dollars.
‘Your father is disgusting, you better move. You’re disgusting. You’re daddy’s bitch,’ the woman growled, as the male member of the group first turned paparazzi flocking before frantically searching for her set of keys.
Both he and his partner were wearing surgical masks and sunglasses, but that provided little protection from the neighbor’s tirade over the now-viral footage of Kaye’s attack at the Brooklyn Pride parade on Saturday night.
“You’ve been the worst neighbors all these years,” he continued, the two of them turning their backs on him as they tried to get inside. ‘Your father will go to jail. You disgust me.’
Insults were hurled at this young man and woman when they entered a posh Park Slope townhouse Tuesday, one belonging to an investment banker filmed punching a woman in the face Monday.
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was seen landing a brutal direct punch at the unnamed woman in Park Slope during the Brooklyn event. His four-bedroom home that the two broke into is located a few blocks away and is valued at more than $4 million.
The verbal attack ended when the duo finally made it through the door, but later that day, residents of the luxurious enclave showed similar displeasure.
Speaking to DailyMail.com, one neighbor said: ‘I can’t believe this is in my neighbourhood! When are they going to come arrest him?
Meanwhile, Doyle added of the Moelis & Company CEO and his clan: ‘Everyone else here says hello to their neighbors.
‘They don’t say anything. They are really insular.
‘We all know each other. But these guys have never been friendly.
She spoke as a sign shaming her actions was erected not far away, with the bigwig’s phone number and the full address of his luxurious brownstone.
“They never care when you tell them something,” he continued of Kaye, hours after Kaye’s firm Moelis, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown, confirmed to DailyMail.com that he was involved and that they were investigating.
“They think they’re above it all,” Doyle continued, angered like so many others by the images circulating.
‘He leaves in his big black car at 6am every morning. Whatever he does, I have always said it is the work of the devil.
That routine presumably changed on Tuesday, when Doyle revealed that he still hasn’t seen his increasingly hated neighbor since Saturday night’s incident.
When asked what she would say, the woman proclaimed, “Please leave this neighborhood because men who hit women are not welcome here.”
Kaye was recorded throwing a violent punch at an unnamed woman during the district’s Pride Parade in the neighborhood on Saturday.
The verbal attack ended when the duo finally made it through the door, but later that day, residents of the luxurious enclave showed similar displeasure.
The woman is seen knocked to the ground by the force of the punch, although it is unclear what sparked the confrontation.
Others watching are heard calling Kaye an “asshole” and telling him to “fuck off,” briefly gaining his attention before he abruptly walks away.
Meanwhile, the footage is brief and shaky, but includes a moment where Kaye turns to the camera after knocking the woman to the ground.
Kaye walks away, holding a bag in one hand, a wet spot on the back of her jacket.
In a clip containing a caption superimposed on the footage, one user wrote: “This guy punched me in the face today and broke my nose.” (He also) broke my friend’s arm (sic)… Can anyone find him?’
A spokesperson for his employer confirmed to DailyMail.com that Kaye is the man seen in the viral video and said it has already launched an investigation.
“We have become aware that one of our employees was involved in a serious incident in Brooklyn on June 8,” a representative for Moelis said, as the 12-second clip continues to gain traction online.
“We take this matter very seriously and are conducting an investigation,” he added.
People close to the 52-year-old banker say the viral clip did not capture the full confrontation on Saturday, which began when a group of four female ‘Queers for Palestine’ supporters allegedly began taunting Kaye, who is Jewish, as she returned from dinner. .
Kaye is said to have told the group they were “on the wrong side,” prompting the women to gang up on him, the source said.
“He just said ‘you’re on the wrong side,’ and then the four of them came up to him and threw liquids at him. He didn’t know what the liquid was. They were shouting insults at him.
“He fell or received a blow to the chest and I don’t remember that moment. But she ended up on the sidewalk with the four of them on top of her.
The banker, seen here spinning after the attack, works as a managing director at Moelis & Company, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan.
A source with knowledge of the incident said the viral clip doesn’t tell the whole story, which they say began when a group of Queers for Palestine supporters attacked Kaye as he left dinner. Pictured: Kaye’s injuries.
“He got up and hit one as he tried to escape, and then he ran.”
They also claim that the images show Kaye covered in fluid, with a stain on her back, in the now viral video.
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com shows Kaye’s clothes soaked in a red liquid, which he believes was Gatorade, and blood pooling around his ankle after he was pushed to the ground.
The NYPD has said they are also aware of the viral video, but added that no one has filed a police report about it.
The NYPD has said it is aware of the viral video, but no one has filed a police report about the incident. Kaye, who owns several properties on the street that she rents, is pictured
The wealthy neighborhood has been left reeling as a result of the attack. Seen here is a sign sharing the address of the nearby kicker.
Other neighbors described how Kaye lives with his wife and children in the elegant residence, as well as owning several properties on the street, which he rents to neighbors.
One said she was “shocked” when she saw the footage this morning, adding that the father-of-three always seemed “normal” although he normally spoke to his wife.
Another neighbor described scenes of chaos on the normally quiet street last night, as the victim’s friends ran around shouting that Kaye had assaulted a woman.
Kaye had barricaded himself in his home on Monday morning and an unknown man wearing a hoodie and sunglasses sneaked onto the property.
He said he didn’t live there, but didn’t say what he was doing.
kaye oversees ten verticals within Moelis’ Business Services faction, managing “a dedicated team of bankers and… an extensive network of relationships with both strategic businesses and private equity investors,” according to his profile on the company’s website. company.