Jonathan Kaye, the rich funding banker who left boutique agency Moelis & Co final 12 months after he was accused of punching an anti-Israel heckler, has reportedly landed a brand new job.
The 53-year-old moneyman was scooped up by personal financial institution Rothschild, a number of sources informed Bloomberg. His new function will likely be introduced within the coming weeks, the sources stated.
Kaye, who’s Jewish, and an unidentified girl reportedly bought right into a verbal altercation on June 8 over the Israel-Hamas conflict following the Brooklyn Delight occasion.
The 38-year-old girl informed police that Kaye punched her, leaving her with a damaged nostril, lacerations, and a black eye.
He was charged with misdemeanor assault after movies of the June 8 incident in Park Slope, Brooklyn, started circulating on-line.
His trial is about to start out on Feb. 6.
Kay was placed on depart earlier than resigning from Moelis two weeks after the incident. His legal professionals have argued in courtroom that Kaye acted in self-defense.
The violence erupted when Kaye, who lives in a Park Slope brownstone valued at greater than $3.7 million, was accosted by members of an Israel-bashing LGBTQ group outdoors a café close to Fifth Avenue and Third Avenue.
The protesters had additionally doused Kaye in liquid, based on one other video of the incident that was later posted on-line.
Earlier than his decade-long stint with Moelis, Kaye had spells on Wall Avenue with Citigroup, Jefferies and JPMorgan, based on his FINRA profile.
