Crime & Safety
Man Sucker Punched Woman During Brooklyn Pride, Faces Charges: Report
Jonathan Kaye, 52, has been charged with second and third degree assault over the attack that was caught on video on June 8.
BROOKLYN, NY — A banker accused of being the suspect who assaulted a woman during Brooklyn Pride in Park Slope last month has turned himself in to police and is facing multiple charges, according to multiple media reports.
Jonathan Kaye, 52, has been charged with second and third degree assault over the June 8 attack that was caught on video, the New York Post reported.
In the video posted on X (formerly Twitter), it depicts a woman falling to the ground after being hit in the face by Kaye.
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He then walks away, saying to an onlooker, “She f**king threw shit all over me.”
The text on the video reads: “This guy punched me in the face today and broke my nose and busted up my friend's arm, can anyone find him?”
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The video only shows the punch being thrown, not the events leading up to the assault.
Kaye resigned from his job at investment bank Moelis & Company last week, according to the report.
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