Financier who jumped from New York rooftop bar faces criminal charges after domestic dispute

A financier who jumped to his death from a Manhattan rooftop bar was facing criminal charges from his wife when she died.

Dale Cheyne, 46, had filed for divorce from his wife Lauren days before he died precipitously from the Hyatt Centric Times Square.

He was charged with two misdemeanors on January 16 following a domestic dispute at the couple’s New Canaan home.

His wife received a restraining order against him after the incident, and he was charged with disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct in the fourth degree.

Cheyne was then released on $25,000 bail after a court appearance in Stamford, according to the Wilton Bulletin.

Dale Cheney, 46, committed suicide on January 25 at 6:30 pm, jumping from bar 54 (pictured) at the Hyatt Centric in Times Square.

The father-of-five filed for divorce on January 23, just two days before he jumped to his death in Midtown.

Police had previously responded to the couple’s $3.8 million home twice in 2008 on domestic disturbance calls, with one of them arguing over finances.

Cheney moved from Manhattan to Connecticut in 2010, property records show.

He was a respected money manager, board member and investor in six different companies in four states, according to his LinkedIn page.

The Harvard-educated financier had an MBA.

From 2005 to 2007 he worked at Goldman Sachs, before moving to work as Chief Investment Officer at Citicorp Venture Capital.

Cheney founded T-street Capital in 2013 in Darien, Connecticut.

Cheney’s sprawling home in New Canaan, Connecticut. The property has an estimated value of $3.5 million.

In October, 26-year-old Elizabeth Gaglewski jumped to her death from the same bar.

The company describes itself as “an independent growth equity firm that works in partnership with the founders and management teams to grow their businesses through a combination of equity investment, acquisitions, and other opportunistic and strategic initiatives.” “.

In June 2019, T-street announced that it had closed a deal that raised $75 million for a new fund, “to continue its focus on growth equity investments.”

Cheney’s family has yet to comment on his death.

His obituary says that he grew up in New Jersey and northern Virginia as one of five children.

He attended Brigham Young University in Utah, where he met his future wife, Lauren Colton, and the couple married in 2000.

In October, aspiring model Elizabeth Gaglewski took her own life in the same bar, after jumping over a barrier and landing on a balcony.

Cheney is the second person to take their own life at the bar in three months. In October, aspiring model Elizabeth Gaglewski, 26, took her own life in the same bar.

Cheney previously lived in this Upper East Side building. Police were called twice in 2008, amid domestic disturbances centered on money.

At the time, friends told DailyMail.com that Elizabeth seemed “happy” before leaving the family home in Queens.

They added that she had “struggled to cope” after her father’s death and had suffered from depression.

The bar said in a statement it was “truly heartbroken” but has yet to confirm whether it will make any changes to its outdoor terrace to prevent more suicides.

Tom Bundell, general manager, said: “We are truly heartbroken by the situation that occurred outside our rooftop bar tonight, and we keep the victim’s family and friends in our hearts and thoughts.”

If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or actions, call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.