SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Jurors within the trial of the person accused of murdering Money App founder Bob Lee are headed into Day 6 of deliberations Thursday. Nima Momeni is accused of fatally stabbing the tech mogul in San Francisco’s East Reduce neighborhood close to the Bay Bridge early on the morning of April 4, 2023.
Prosecutors say Momeni stabbed Lee as an act of vengeance after a drug seller Lee was associates with sexually assaulted Momeni’s sister, Khazar. Momeni, 40, additionally believed Lee had an “inappropriate” relationship with Khazar, in accordance with prosecutors.
Decide denies Nima Momeni’s bid for mistrial, jury deliberations proceed
Momeni’s protection has argued that he stabbed Lee in an act of self-defense. Of their telling, Lee, who was excessive on cocaine and ketamine on the time, grew to become enraged after Momeni made a “bad joke” about how the 43-year-old tech entrepreneur ought to have been spending time together with his household, slightly than partying.
The protection stated Lee pulled a knife on Momeni, who’s skilled in martial arts, and Momeni turned it again on Lee.
Momeni is charged with first-degree homicide. Nonetheless, if the jury is satisfied he stabbed Lee in self-defense, he may very well be as a substitute discovered responsible of manslaughter.
