- Banker Jonathan Kaye left Moelis after a video showed him punching a woman at a Pride event.
- Kaye was placed on leave after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
A senior Moelis banker who punched a woman at a Brooklyn Pride event earlier this month has left the company, a spokesperson for the investment bank confirmed to Business Insider.
The banker, Jonathan Kaye, was in charge of the investment bank's global business services franchise. As of Monday, his profile is no longer available on the Moelis website. Bloomberg reported Kaye's resignation earlier on Monday.
The banker was initially placed on leave shortly after a video showing the incident on June 8 went viral on social media.
The video included text that read: "This guy punched me in the face today and broke my nose and busted up my friends arm."
The punch may have come after Kaye, who is Jewish, told someone at the event holding a Palestinian flag that they were "on the wrong side," and then had liquid poured on him by four individuals, the Financial Times reported. Kaye apparently fell to the ground and hurt his knee during the incident, the report said.
A Moelis spokesperson told BI at the time that it was conducting an investigation. In the video, a woman appears to fall down after being punched by a man, who the video's uploader identified as Kaye. The man can be heard in the video walking away with a stain on the back of his blazer, saying, "she fucking threw shit all over me."
A spokesperson for Kaye told Business Insider that Kaye was in fear for his physical safety when he was surrounded by "agitators" who physically assaulted and threw liquids on him.
"Given the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents, any Jewish person in this situation would naturally feel threatened and feel the need to defend themselves and return safely to their family," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that Kaye has faced death threats since the incident and will cooperate with authorities.