PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn (WABC) — A viral video captures the top of a combat that reportedly began with an argument in regards to the Israel-Gaza struggle, however shortly turned bodily over the weekend.
52-year-old Moelis funding banker Jonathan Kaye is behind closed doorways after a video surfaced of him allegedly punching a girl within the face in Brooklyn. A person who did not wish to determine himself was seen leaving Kaye’s brownstone in Park Slope on Monday.
Many in Kaye’s neighborhood are livid, posting flyers throughout the road from the house he shares along with his spouse and three youngsters. When the unidentified man left Kaye’s home, one particular person yelled, “You possibly can’t disguise.”
The incident reportedly occurred on Fifth Avenue and Third Road, proper across the nook from Kaye’s house, however the video solely reveals elements of what occurred on Saturday evening.
Sources inform Eyewitness Information that Kaye, who’s Jewish, received into an argument with a gaggle of ladies holding a Palestinian flag. Sources say Kaye at one level advised the group, “you guys are on the mistaken facet.”
Issues additional escalated when the ladies, who had been celebrating at Brooklyn Delight, allegedly threw a crimson liquid at Kaye, who fell and reduce his ankle.
Sources say Kaye then threw the punch, knocking one of many ladies to the bottom.
In an announcement, a Moelis spokesperson stated, “We’re conscious that certainly one of our staff was concerned in a critical incident in Brooklyn on June 8. We take this matter very critically, and this worker is on depart as we proceed to conduct our investigation.”
The NYPD tells Eyewitness Information additionally it is conscious of the incident and is trying into what led as much as the assault.
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