Ex-Moelis Banker Kaye Agrees to Plea Deal in Assault Case

Former Moelis & Co. senior banker Jonathan Kaye pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges stemming from a video of him punching a woman in the face last year, but will get his criminal case downgraded and dismissed if he fulfills certain conditions.

Under his plea deal the charges, which include misdemeanor assault, will be turned into violations rather than a crime, wiping his record clean, a judge told Kaye at a hearing Friday in Brooklyn, New York. Kaye must complete 25 days of community service and three anger management sessions, and pay restitution of as much as $50,000, in total, to the woman and another he was accused of shoving to the ground.