Jonathan Kaye, the wealthy investment banker who left boutique firm Moelis & Co last year after he was accused of punching an anti-Israel heckler, has reportedly landed a new job.
The 53-year-old moneyman was scooped up by private bank Rothschild, multiple sources told Bloomberg. His new role will be announced in the coming weeks, the sources said.
Kaye, who is Jewish, and an unidentified woman reportedly got into a verbal altercation on June 8 over the Israel-Hamas war following the Brooklyn Pride event.
The 38-year-old woman told police that Kaye punched her, leaving her with a broken nose, lacerations, and a black eye.
He was charged with misdemeanor assault after videos of the June 8 incident in Park Slope, Brooklyn, began circulating online.
His trial is set to start on Feb. 6.
Kay was put on leave before resigning from Moelis two weeks after the incident. His lawyers have argued in court that Kaye acted in self-defense.
The violence erupted when Kaye, who lives in a Park Slope brownstone valued at more than $3.7 million, was accosted by members of an Israel-bashing LGBTQ group outside a café near Fifth Avenue and Third Street.
The protesters had also doused Kaye in liquid, according to another video of the incident that was later posted online.
Before his decade-long stint with Moelis, Kaye had spells on Wall Street with Citigroup, Jefferies and JPMorgan, according to his FINRA profile.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
