Video shows investment banker Jonathan Kaye punching person in the face
A man identified as finance executive Jonathan Kaye was recorded punching a person in Park Slope, Brooklyn, knocking them to the ground.
The managing director of a global investment banking firm was caught on camera punching a person in the face and knocking them down onto the street in Brooklyn, New York, the company told NBC News on Monday.
The video, which is violent and includes profanity, was posted on X on Sunday and has been viewed more than 12 million times as of Monday afternoon. In it, a man can be seen hurling his fist at an unidentified person’s face. They then collapse to the ground near what appears to be another person lying on the ground, struggling. The man then walks off in the opposite direction, the video shows, and defends himself to onlookers.
“She f--- threw shit all over me,” the man said. The back of his jacket appeared to be splashed with liquid.
The 10-second video does not show what took place in the moments that led up to the altercation. It appears to have taken place in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Park Slope on Saturday, in the hours after the borough’s annual LGBTQ pride parade.
Investment banking firm Moelis & Co. released a statement on Sunday confirming that the man in the video was one of its employees.
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