Lawyer caught canoodling in Central Park stands to lose millions as lucrative job offer reneged
Key Points:
- Nathaniel Cullerton, a 45-year-old partner at prestigious law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, was placed on leave following a viral video showing him kissing a younger associate, Kelsey Borenzweig, in Central Park.
- Cullerton was reportedly set to join rival firm Gibson Dunn for a significant pay increase, but the job offer was rescinded after the video surfaced.
- Both attorneys were part of the Wachtell Lipton team that successfully defended OpenAI in a high-profile lawsuit against Elon Musk, and Cullerton was expected to join a wave of defections to Gibson Dunn.
- Cullerton is married to prosecutor Moira Kim Penza, known for convicting NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere, raising additional public interest in the scandal.
- The video, filmed by a TikTok user, has gone viral with millions of views, sparking widespread social media attention and criticism, though the involved parties and firms have declined to comment.