Millionaire banker resigns, surrenders to police after he's seen punching woman in viral video

A millionaire banker who was filmed punching a woman in the face in Brooklyn, New York last month has turned himself in to cops. Jonathan Kaye, 52, surrendered to the police on Monday, reported ABC News.

Kaye had earlier resigned from his role at Moelis& Co investment bank under massive backlash over the video. He had been put on leave from his job as outrage mounted, reported The New York Post.

The Post also reported how the millionaire avoided eye contact with the media as he emerged from New York Police Department’s 78th Precinct on Monday, dressed in a beige jacket and pants with a face mask.

What happened on June 8?

Kaye has been accused of assaulting a woman on June 8. The assault occurred during a Brooklyn Pride event. In footage that was widely circulated online, the millionaire banker was seen slugging a woman in the face - she fell on the road as an agitated Kaye walked off.

The 38-year-old woman filed a complaint against Kaye on June 12. She claims the attack left her with a broken nose, lacerations and a black eye.

A look at the video below:

However, new reports suggest that the banker was heckled by a group of protestors and acted in self defense.

“He’s a law-abiding man, a middle aged guy with zero history of violence. He was attacked by a group of violent protesters and defended himself to get home to his family. So, you know, we will be presenting more and more evidence to the DA that this was nothing more than self defense,” his attorney, Danya Perry, told The Post.

“What the previously released video clip does not show is what another video and other evidence we have shared with the DA does show: that these agitators formed a ring at him, doused him with two unknown liquids, shoved him to the ground, and hurled antisemitic slurs at him,” the attorney said in a statement.

According to the New York Police Department, Kaye faces two counts each of assault and menacing in the third degree, misdemeanors, and one count of second-degree harassement, a violation, over the caught-on-camera attack.

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