The millionaire funding banker who slugged a girl within the face throughout a Satisfaction occasion in Brooklyn earlier this month has resigned from his job, the corporate stated Monday.
Jonathan Kaye, head of the worldwide enterprise companies franchise at Manhattan-based Moelis & Co., was caught on video punching the anti-Israel protester in Park Slope on June 8.
Jonathan Kaye has resigned from his funding banking job at Moelis & Co. @hellosami/X
On June 8, he was filmed hanging a girl in Park Slope. @hellosami/X
Kaye was recognized as the person who slugged a girl at a Satisfaction occasion in Brooklyn. G.N.Miller/NYPost
The 38-year-old girl advised police that the assault left her with a damaged nostril, lacerations and a black eye.
A spokesperson for the Brooklyn District Legal professional’s Workplace advised The Publish {that a} felony investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Kaye, who’s Jewish, and the unidentified girl reportedly received right into a verbal altercation over the Israel-Hamas battle.
Kaye lives in a Park Slope brownstone valued at greater than $3.7 million. G.N.Miller/NYPost
Kaye declined to remark when reached by The Publish.
He alleged that the lady threw a liquid on him earlier than he was filmed punching her within the viral clip.
Within the video, a flustered Kaye is seen strolling away from the lady together with his jacket streaked with liquid.
“She f–king threw s–t throughout me,” Kaye might be heard saying as onlookers screamed that the attacker was an “a–gap” and a “horrible particular person.”
Previous to his position at Moelis, Kaye, who lives in a Park Slope brownstone valued at greater than $3.7 million, was managing director of worldwide mergers and acquisitions at Citi Financial institution.
Final yr, Kaye gave an interview to a podcast throughout which he preached about mentoring junior bankers whereas opining on the keys to success.
“You need to be taught the exhausting abilities as quick as you’ll be able to, however ultimately, it’s actually the talents of grit and resilience, studying the right way to hear, understanding what’s motivating different individuals, and empathy — these are the indispensable abilities that separate you from a calculator,” he advised the “LSE Focal Level Podcast.”
Elsewhere within the wide-ranging interview, Kaye spoke about his “tough” begin within the trade and the way “Wall Avenue could possibly be a cruel place.”
“I discovered a number of the primary ideas that most likely appear apparent, however whenever you’re in your 20s, you form of should be taught all of them from scratch,” he stated.
Kaye urged potential staff to decide to “doing what you say you’re going to do, being constant, fastidiously managing your repute, fastidiously managing troublesome individuals, and staying away from poisonous individuals.”
Extra Reporting by Emily Crane and Katherine Donlevy