A San Francisco jury has convicted Nima Momeni of second-degree murder in the death of Bob Lee, the founder of Cash App. The verdict comes after a seven-day deliberation and rejects Momeni's self-defense claim.
A San Francisco jury on Tuesday found Nima Momeni, a tech consultant , guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee . The verdict, which carries a sentence of 16 years to life, rejects the defendant's claim that he acted in self-defense. Jurors took seven days to deliver their verdict against Momeni in the April 4, 2023, death of Lee, a beloved tech mogul who was found staggering on a deserted downtown street, dripping a trail of blood and calling for help.
Lee, 43, later died at a hospital. Prosecutors said Momeni planned the attack on Lee, driving him to an isolated spot under the Bay Bridge and stabbing him three times with a knife he took from his sister's kitchen. They say Momeni was angry with Lee for introducing his younger sister to a drug dealer she says gave her GHB and other drugs and then sexually assaulted her. But Momeni testified on the stand that Lee was the one who attacked him with a knife, angry after the tech consultant chided him about spending more time with his family instead of searching for a strip club that night. Momeni, who studies martial arts, claimed self-defense and said he didn't realize he had fatally wounded Lee or that Lee was even hurt. The case has drawn national attention, partly given Lee's status in the tech world. At first, his death enflamed debate over public safety in San Francisco as X owner Elon Musk took to the social media site to post that 'violent crime in SF is horrific and even if attackers are caught, they are often released immediately,
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