San Francisco prosecutors to lay out murder case against consultant in death of Cash App’s Bob Lee
SAN FRANCISCO –
The San Francisco prosecutor’s workplace started laying out its case Monday towards a tech guide charged with homicide within the stabbing dying of Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was discovered bleeding on a abandoned metropolis road in April.
In the preliminary listening to, a choose will resolve if there’s sufficient proof to go to trial.
Prosecutors have supplied no motive and launched little info in a case that has drawn outsized media consideration, partly as a consequence of Lee’s standing within the tech world. Lee created Cash App, a cell cost service, and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin.
Nima Momeni, 38, has been in jail since his arrest April 13. He has pleaded not responsible, and he faces 26 years to life if convicted.
That got here greater than per week after Lee, 43, was discovered bleeding in a abandoned a part of downtown San Francisco early April 4. Lee was rushed to a hospital, the place he died.
In making a movement to maintain Momeni detained in jail with out bail, prosecutors argued that he deliberate the assault, drove Lee to a secluded spot and stabbed him 3 times after a dispute associated to Momeni’s youthful sister.
Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai mentioned at a May listening to that Momeni used a knife that was a part of a novel kitchen set belonging to his sister. Analysis confirmed Momeni’s DNA on the weapon’s deal with and Lee’s DNA on the bloody blade, Talai mentioned.
Police recovered a knife with a 4-inch (10-centimetre) blade on the scene.
Momeni has employed two new legal professionals, Saam Zangeneh and Bradford Cohen, each primarily based in Florida. His first legal professional, Paula Canny, withdrew in late May, citing a battle of curiosity that she declined to reveal.
In arguing for bail, Canny mentioned that Momeni was not a flight threat and wouldn’t depart the 2 folks he loves most, his sister and mom. She mentioned Momeni must battle the costs or face deportation to Iran, a rustic that his mom fled when the youngsters have been youthful to flee a violent husband.
An unnamed pal of Lee instructed murder investigators that they had been hanging out and consuming with Momeni’s sister the day earlier than the stabbing, prosecutors mentioned of their movement to disclaim bail.
The pal mentioned Momeni later questioned Lee about whether or not his sister was doing medication or in any other case partaking in inappropriate behaviour and Lee mentioned she had not.
Surveillance video confirmed Lee later coming into the luxury Millennium Tower downtown, the place Momeni’s sister Khazar lives along with her husband, outstanding San Francisco plastic surgeon Dino Elyassnia. Video footage then confirmed Lee and Momeni leaving the constructing collectively shortly after 2 a.m. and driving off in Momeni’s automotive.
Lee was discovered shortly after 2:30 a.m. within the Rincon Hill neighbourhood, which has tech places of work and condominiums however little exercise within the early morning hours.
