A San Francisco jury found Nima Momeni, a tech consultant, guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. Momeni was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. Prosecutors argued that Momeni planned the attack, driven by anger over Lee's involvement with his sister, who alleged sexual assault and drug use. Momeni claimed self-defense, stating Lee attacked him first.
FILE - Nima Momeni, the man charged in the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee, makes his way into the courtroom for his arraignment in San Francisco , May 2, 2023.
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.
"We are a city committed to accountability, we are a city committed to public safety," Jenkins told reporters after the hearing. Lee had created mobile payment service Cash App and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin when he died. He had moved to Miami from the San Francisco Bay Area, where his ex-wife Krista Lee lives with their two children.
A friend of Lee's testified Momeni then grilled Lee over the phone about what happened to his sister while at the drug dealer's apartment. He sent text messages saying that the two men were creeps and sexual predators.
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