The millionaire investment banker who was filmed punching a woman in Brooklyn during a Pride event has quit his high-paying job.
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was CEO of Moelis & Company, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan.
He was placed on leave after the viral incident on June 8, which reportedly left the 38-year-old with a broken nose and a black eye.
On Monday, a spokesperson told DailyMail.com that Kaye had resigned from his position at the company.
As DailyMail.com exclusively reported, sources close to Kaye claimed he was threatened, called anti-Semitic slurs and doused with a mysterious liquid moments before he was filmed punching the woman.
Jonathan Kaye, the millionaire investment banker who was filmed punching a woman in Brooklyn during a Pride event, has resigned from his company
Insiders said the viral clip did not capture the full confrontation, 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.
“You could say he started it, but he didn’t,” a source told DailyMail.com.
“He just said ‘you’re on the wrong side’, and then the four of them came up to him and threw liquids on him. He didn’t know what the liquid was. They were shouting insults at him.
“He fell or got hit in the chest and I don’t remember that.” But she ended up on the sidewalk with the four of them on top of her.
Kaye was filmed delivering a brutal direct punch to an unnamed woman in Brooklyn, where she also lives in a four-bedroom townhouse in expensive Park Slope, valued at just over $4 million.
“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.
After the incident, signs with his face, address and cell phone were posted in the area near his $4 million, four-bedroom townhouse in expensive Park Slope, as neighbors erupted and demanded that his father be arrested. three children.
In the clip, the woman is seen being thrown to the ground by the force of the punch, while a bystander runs unsuccessfully to her aid.
Others watching are heard calling Kaye an “asshole” and telling him to “fuck off,” briefly gaining his attention before he abruptly walks away.
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.
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.
A criminal investigation into the altercation is underway.
Kaye, who lives with his wife, owns several properties on the street, which he rents out to neighbors.
In his previous job he oversaw 10 verticals within Moelis’ Business Services faction, managing “a dedicated team of bankers and… an extensive network of relationships with both strategic companies and private equity investors,” according to his profile on the Moelis website.
Prior to Moelis, Kaye was CEO of Citibank.
