Dramatic new footage has revealed the second New York funding banker Jonathan Kaye was attacked by a gaggle of revelers hurling anti-Semitic slurs at him – for the primary time since he was accused of punching a girl in the course of the altercation final month.
Kaye, 52, the now former managing director at Moelis & Firm, made headlines in early June after viral video confirmed him throwing a vicious punch at a feminine reveler on the Brooklyn Delight Parade on June 8.
The millionaire banker was reported to have resigned from his high-paying position final week after being positioned on depart as his agency investigated the incident.
Now, DailyMail.com can reveal Kaye was arrested on Monday morning after he willingly turned himself in to police in Brooklyn, the place he has been booked on second and third diploma assault expenses.
It comes after sources near the financier got here ahead together with his facet of the story within the wake of the controversy final month, claiming the fracas had unfolded after a gaggle of 4 feminine ‘Queers for Palestine’ supporters allegedly began taunting the Jewish financier and throwing liquids at him as he left a close-by restaurant that evening.
Now, unseen footage obtained by DailyMail.com provides new perception into the occasions main as much as scuffle, displaying the second the 2 events cross paths on the road earlier than getting right into a heated bodily confrontation.
New footage obtained by DailyMail.com exhibits the second millionaire funding banker Jonathan Kaye first encounters a gaggle of Delight parade-goers as he walks by them on the nook of a Brooklyn avenue on June 8
Kaye, 52, continues strolling down the sidewalk the place he then encounters one other member of the group (pink arrow) and the 2 trade phrases
It’s unknown what was stated between the 2, however the trade was sufficient to immediate Kaye to show round and strategy the group. The bankers’ attorneys have claimed the group had hurled anti-Semitic slurs at him
The confrontation rapidly turns aggressive and violent, because the group gangs up on Kaye and shoves him onto the road
The CCTV photographs captured by a close-by restaurant, present Kaye rising from the appropriate facet of the sidewalk, the place the group of revelers look like hanging out on the nook.
The 2 events seem to trade phrases as Kaye walks by, however he continues strolling, earlier than glancing again on the group after they allegedly start hurling slurs and insults.
As he continues up the sidewalk, he crosses paths with somebody who seems to be returning to the identical group of buddies within the nook, they usually trade phrases as nicely.
It’s unknown precisely what was stated, however it was apparently provocative sufficient to trigger Kaye to cease and switch round and strategy the group.
The confrontation rapidly turns chaotic and bodily, with Kaye seen being surrounded after which shoved into the road, off display, catching the eye of close by onlookers.
After the altercation unfolds off digicam, he ultimately seems in body seconds later and continues on his method down the sidewalk.
In a press release to DailyMail.com, Kaye’s authorized consultant Danya Perry, Perry Legislation stated: ‘Mr. Kaye, a middle-aged Jewish man with no historical past of violence or aggression, was terrorized, assaulted, and surrounded by a gaggle of unruly anti-Semitic protesters.
At one level, Kaye is seen reacting as he’s pushed, simply seconds after approaching them
‘What the beforehand launched video clip doesn’t present is what one other video and different proof we’ve got shared with the DA does present: that these agitators fashioned a hoop at him, doused him with two unknown liquids, shoved him to the bottom, and hurled anti-Semitic slurs at him.
‘Terrified and injured, Mr. Kaye managed to behave in self-defense to flee the state of affairs and return safely to his household. We’re hopeful that the District Legal professional will absolutely and pretty think about these information, together with the surge of anti-Semitic acts, protests, and assaults which can be ravaging our metropolis. We’ll aggressively combat injustice, and we stay up for a full vindication for our consumer.’
Kaye was recorded throwing a vicious punch on the unnamed girl throughout a pleasure parade in Brooklyn on June 8, he has since turned himself in on assault expenses
Insiders near the 52-year-old banker had claimed the viral clip didn’t seize the total conflict on Saturday, which they are saying started when the group started hurling anti-Semitic slurs at Kate, who’s Jewish.
Kaye is alleged to have instructed the group that they have been ‘on the incorrect facet’, prompting the ladies to gang up on him, the supply stated.
‘You may say that he initiated it, however he did not,’ a supply instructed DailyMail.com.
‘He simply stated “you’re on the incorrect facet”, after which the 4 of them got here at him – they threw liquids at him. He did not know what the liquid was. They have been shouting slurs at him.
‘He fell or he was chest bumped, and might’t keep in mind that bit. However he ended up on the pavement with them 4 over him.
‘He obtained up and swung at one as he was attempting to flee, after which he ran.’
Additionally they declare that the footage exhibits Kaye lined in liquid, with a stain on his again, within the now-viral video.
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com present Kaye’s garments soaked in a pink liquid, which he believes was Gatorade, and blood pooling round his ankle after he was shoved to the ground.
Kaye was recorded throwing a punch on the unnamed girl throughout a pleasure parade in Brooklyn on Saturday night, though there has not been an official probe launched by the NYPD.
Viral video had proven Kaye throwing a vicious overhand proper at an unnamed girl in Brooklyn – the place he additionally lives in a 4 bed room townhouse in expensive Park Slope, valued at simply over $4million
A supply with information of the incident stated the viral clip doesn’t inform the entire story, which they declare started when a gaggle of Queers for Palestine supporters attacked Kaye as he left dinner. Pictured: Kaye’s accidents
Footage obtained by DailyMail.com present Kaye’s garments soaked in a pink liquid, which he believes was Gatorade, and blood pooling round his ankle after he was shoved to the ground
Posters together with his face, residence tackle and cellphone quantity have been plastered within the space near his $4million four-bedroom townhouse in expensive Park Slope, as neighbors erupted and demanded the father-of-three be arrested.
Defending the banker, who works as a Managing Director at Moelis & Firm, a number one funding financial institution with workplaces in Midtown Manhattan, the supply stated the entire thing was ‘tremendous anti-Semitic’.
They added: ‘You may clearly see within the video, in the event you gradual it down, that he is moist as a result of they have been throwing liquids at him.
‘That video clip is lower and does not present the whole factor. He is by no means had one situation in his whole life by no means been arrested or something.
‘It was an excellent anti Semitic assault of 4 people ganging up towards one Jewish man. It is left him utterly traumatized.’
Kaye is at present beneath investigation by the financial institution, with a spokesman confirming his id and including that they’re taking the footage and allegations severely. An official report has not but been made to the NYPD although they’re conscious of the footage.
Within the clip, the girl is seen being thrown to the ground by the power of the punch, as one onlooker unsuccessfully rushes to her support.
Others trying on are heard calling Kaye an ‘a**gap’ and telling him to ‘go f**okay himself’ – incomes his consideration briefly earlier than he abruptly walks away.
Kaye, who lives his spouse, owns a number of properties on the road, which he rents out to neighbors.
One stated she was ‘shocked’ when she noticed the footage this morning, including that the father-of-three at all times appeared ‘regular’, though she usually spoke together with his spouse.
One other neighbor described scenes of chaos on the normally quiet avenue final evening, because the sufferer’s buddies ran up and down screaming that Kaye had assaulted a girl.
