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A top New York City lawyer who was caught kissing an underling on a Central Park bench has been suspended from his firm, it has emerged.
Nathaniel D Cullerton, a partner at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was placed on leave amid an investigation into a now-viral video of him and his colleague Kelsey Borenzweig, the Financial Times reported.
The married lawyer, 45, and Borenzweig, 29, were caught together in the shadows of Billionaires' Row by a TikTok comedian named Jay Guapo, who shared the clip with his 3.5 million followers last week. It is unclear when the video was filmed.
Cullerton was among six Wachtell partners that were expected to soon jump ship to rival Gibson Dunn.
But his employment was scrapped in the wake of the video, sources familiar with the matter told the newspaper.
It is unclear with Borenzweig is also under investigation over the video.
Both Cullerton and Borenzweig's attorney profiles remained active on Wachtell's website, as of Tuesday morning.
Nathaniel D Cullerton, 45, was filmed smooching Kelsey Borenzweig, 29, by a TikTok comedian. The loved-up couple were quickly identified, and the clip, filmed in Central Park, spread like wildfire across social media, setting elite New York law circles ablaze with gossip
Nathaniel Cullerton, seen outside his apartment last week, has been placed on leave amid an investigation into a now-viral video of him and his colleague Kelsey Borenzweig
Dressed in a blue cap and sunglasses on Saturday morning, Borenzweig went for coffee with parents Tracy and Matt at the upscale Crosby Street Hotel in Soho
The passionate kiss took place on the western edge of Central Park, about 30 blocks south of the co-op Cullerton is listed as living in with wife Moira Penza, 42, along an ultra-exclusive stretch of Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.
Guapo could be seen scolding the pair and hissing: 'Get a room. There's kids watching.'
Borenzweig and Cullerton tried to shoo him away and cover his camera on realizing that their tryst was being filmed. He walked towards Guapo and forcefully demanded, 'Put the phone down,' but to no avail.
The loved-up couple were quickly identified by commenters when Guapo uploaded the clip to his TikTok. It spread like wildfire across social media and set elite New York City law circles ablaze with gossip.
It is unclear when Cullerton and Borenzweig's romance started or whether it had been disclosed to human resources, but the pair worked closely together to win the Altman case against Elon Musk.
Musk claimed Altman had broken a founding agreement to keep OpenAI a nonprofit.
A photo taken during the trial in May 2026 showed Cullerton smiling as he walked into the federal court building in Oakland, California, with Borenzweig just a few steps behind him.
Cullerton's wife, Penza, is a partner at another top law firm, Wilkinson Stekloff.
They married in February 2016. Before moving into private practice, Penza worked as a federal prosecutor and led the case against NXIVM sex cult leader Keith Raniere.
She appeared on an episode of the HBO series The Vow, which investigated the secretive cult.
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