Lawyers for the San Francisco murder suspect of Cash App founder Bob Lee played surveillance video during closing arguments in his murder trial that shows Lee using a knife to snort cocaine hours before his death. It is said that the video showed him doing the same thing.
Lawyers representing self-styled tech entrepreneur Nima Momeni said it was the same knife Lee used in April 2023 when he confronted a client with a bad joke, resulting in him attacking in self-defense. He later claimed that Mr. Lee had died. of stab wounds, According to KTVU.
Defense attorney Saam Zangeneh said Lee used a knife to “scoop and sniff” cocaine during a bender that ended in a struggle under the Bay Bridge, the station reported.
“I'm telling you, we measured it, we took it apart, and he has the exact same shape, same size as the knife that was found outside the Caltrans parking lot. That's the knife!” Zangene he said outside court on Tuesday.
Cash App founder Bob Lee dies with drugs and alcohol in his system after stabbing in San Francisco
Nima Momeni (left) is jailed in San Francisco on murder charges in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee. San Francisco police said the two knew each other. (Nima Momeni/LinkedIn, Bob Lee/Facebook)
The case is scheduled to be heard by a jury on Wednesday.
In their closing argument on Monday, prosecutors said Momeni had heard that the tech tycoon introduced his sister to a drug dealer, who gave her GHB and other drugs and sexually assaulted her in his apartment. He said he planned the attack.
Momeni allegedly lured Lee to a secluded area near the Bay Bridge, stabbed her three times with a knife found in his sister's kitchen set, and then fled in his car.
If convicted, Momeni, 40, could be sentenced to 26 years in prison.
Surveillance camera video shows two men leaving the defendant's sister Hazar Momeni's apartment and getting into Momeni's BMW at around 2 a.m. on April 4, 2023.
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Defense attorney Saam Zangeneh (top left) speaks to reporters after leaving the courtroom for the Nima Momeni murder trial in San Francisco on Tuesday, Dec. 3. (AP/Godofredo A. Vasquez)
Later, other surveillance footage showed them getting out of the car near the Bay Bridge where the stabbing occurred.
Lee was found stumbling on a deserted street in downtown San Francisco at 2:30 a.m., dripping with blood and pleading for help. He later died at the hospital.
Momeni testified during the trial that he stopped his car near the Bay Bridge after driving over a pothole that caused Lee to spill the beer he was carrying.
“I made a bad joke. I said if it was my last night in town, I'd rather hang out with my family than hang out at a strip club. That pissed him off. He exploded. According to KRON, he went from zero to 100 angry right in front of me.
A courtroom sketch depicts Nima Momeni's courtroom as prosecutor Omid Tarai makes his opening statement during his trial in San Francisco, California, on October 14. (Vicki Ellen Bellinger)
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But prosecutors have scoffed at Mr Momeni's story, saying he never called police to report Mr Lee's alleged assault and that Mr Lee stabbed him on the street where they last met. He pointed out that he never reported the incident even after learning that he had died.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
