The former senior investment banker at Moelis who was filmed punching someone at a New York City Pride event last month has been arrested on assault charges.
Jonathan Kaye, who resigned from Moelis a week ago following the incident, was arrested and charged on Monday morning on second and third degree assault charges, a spokesperson for the NY City Police Department said.
Representatives for Kaye, 52 and who is Jewish, had previously described how the altercation started after he approached four individuals with a Palestinian flag. A lawyer for Kaye said on Monday that they had shared another video with the New York district attorney showing that Kaye was acting in self defence.
“We are hopeful that the district attorney will fully and fairly consider these facts, along with the surge of antisemitic acts, protests, and attacks that are ravaging our city,” the lawyer for Kaye said in a statement. “We will aggressively fight injustice, and we look forward to a full vindication for our client.”