Tech consultant to stand trial in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
SAN FRANCISCO –
Tech marketing consultant Nima Momeni will stand trial for homicide within the stabbing demise of Cash App founder Bob Lee, a San Francisco decide ordered Tuesday.
Lee’s violent demise shocked the tech neighborhood as fellow executives and engineers praised his generosity, curiosity and management abilities. He was 43 and chief product officer of cryptocurrency platform MobileCoin when he died.
Saam Zangeneh, considered one of Momeni’s 4 defence attorneys, argued unsuccessfully in court docket Tuesday that there could be sufficient proof for a manslaughter cost, however not homicide. Zangeneh mentioned they made the argument only for functions of the preliminary listening to.
“We are not agreeing that our client is guilty of any crime,” he mentioned in an e-mail after the listening to.
Prosecutors have mentioned that Momeni deliberate the April 4 assault that left a bloody Lee staggering on a abandoned downtown San Francisco avenue in search of assist. They say Momeni, 38, drove Lee to a secluded space, stabbed him thrice with a knife after which drove off in a rush after a dispute over the defendant’s sister.
Over two days, the prosecution offered technical video and forensic proof exhibiting that Lee was final seen getting right into a automotive pushed by Momeni and a bloodied knife was discovered close to a spot the place the 2 males obtained out of the automotive.
Against the law lab criminalist with the San Francisco Police Department testified Tuesday that Lee’s DNA was discovered on the blade of the knife however not the deal with, and Momeni’s DNA was discovered on the deal with.
San Francisco police mentioned they responded to reviews of a stabbing within the metropolis’s Rincon Hill neighbourhood at 2:35 a.m. Lee was taken to a hospital, the place he died.
Lawyers for Momeni have mentioned that their shopper had no motive to kill Lee and the 2 males had been cordial. They mentioned Momeni’s anger was directed at one other individual and never at Lee.
