The millionaire investment banker who was filmed punching a woman in Brooklyn at a Pride event has resigned from his high-paying job.
Jonathan Kaye, 52, was a Managing Director at Moelis & Company, a leading investment bank with offices in Midtown Manhattan.
He was placed on leave following the June 8 viral incident that reportedly left the 38-year-old woman with a broken nose and a black eye.
On Monday, a spokesperson told DailyMail.com that Kaye has since resigned from his position with the company.
As exclusively reported by DailyMail.com, sources close to Kaye claimed he was threatened, shouted anti-Semitic insults 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 at a Pride event, has resigned from his company
The insiders said the viral clip did not capture the full clash, which began when a group of four female “Queers for Palestine” supporters allegedly began taunting Kaye – who is Jewish – as he returned from dinner.
Kaye allegedly told the group they were “on the wrong side,” prompting the women to act against him, the source said.
“You could say he took the initiative, 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 at him – throwing liquids at him. He didn’t know what the liquid was. They shouted insults at him.
‘He fell or got hit in the chest, and I can’t remember that part. But he ended up on the sidewalk with the four of them above him.
Kaye was filmed throwing a vicious overhand right hand at an unnamed woman in Brooklyn, where he also lives in a four-bedroom mansion in expensive Park Slope, worth just over $4 million.
“He stood up and waved at someone as he tried to escape, then ran away.”
They also claim that the footage shows Kaye covered in liquid, with a mark on his back, in the now viral video.
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show Kaye’s clothes soaked in a red liquid, which he believes to be Gatorade, and blood pooling around his ankle after he was pushed to the ground.
After the incident, posters with his face, home address and cell phone were plastered near his $4 million, four-bedroom mansion in expensive Park Slope as neighbors erupted, demanding the father of three be arrested.
The clip shows the woman being thrown to the ground by the force of the blow, while an onlooker rushes to her aid in vain.
Others watching call Kaye an ‘asshole’ and tell him to ‘fuck himself’ – which catches his attention for a moment before he abruptly walks away.
A source with knowledge of the incident said the viral clip does not 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
Photos obtained by DailyMail.com show Kaye’s clothes soaked in a red liquid, which he thinks is Gatorade, and blood pooling around his ankle after he was pushed to the ground
A criminal investigation into the dispute is underway.
Kaye, who lives with his wife, owns several properties in the street, which he rents to neighbors.
In his previous job, he oversaw ten lines of business within Moelis’ Business Services group, leading ‘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.
Before joining Moelis, Kaye was a managing director at Citibank.