Connecticut financier, 46, who leaped to his death from Times Square bar had a restraining order filed against him by his wife after domestic dispute arrest at their $3.8m home
The Harvard-educated banker had just filed for divorce
A financier who jumped to his death from a Manhattan rooftop bar was facing criminal charges against his wife when he died.
Dale Cheyne, 46, had filed for divorce from his wife Lauren days before he plunged to his death from the Hyatt Centric Times Square.
He was charged with two misdemeanors on January 16 after a domestic dispute at the couple’s home in New Canaan.
His wife was handed a restraining order against him after the incident, and he was charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief and disorderly conduct.
Cheyne was then released on a $25,000 bond after a court appearance in Stamford, according to the Wilton Bulletin.
Dale Cheney, 46, committed suicide on January 25 at 6.30pm, leaping from Bar 54 (pictured) at the Hyatt Centric in Times Square
The father-of-five filed for divorce on January 23, just two days before he jumped to his death in Midtown.
In October, aspiring model Elizabeth Gaglewski took her own life at the same bar.
The bar said in a statement that it was ‘truly heartbroken’, but it is yet to confirm if it will make any changes to its outdoor deck to prevent any additional suicides.
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