San Francisco jurors discovered the person accused of killing the founding father of Money App responsible of homicide Tuesday … following a 6-week trial that includes conflicting testimony about medicine and revenge.
Nima Momeni was discovered responsible of second-degree homicide after the jury deliberated for 7 days. The jury reached the decision Monday night time, but it surely was not learn in courtroom till this morning.
The founding father of Money App, 43-year-old Bob Lee, was stabbed to dying in April 2023 underneath the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. He was stabbed 3 occasions, together with by his coronary heart, with a paring knife … and he managed to name 911 earlier than he died later in a hospital.
Momeni, an affiliate of Lee’s, was recorded on surveillance video driving away from the scene. Momeni was later arrested and charged with first-degree homicide.
DNA from each Momeni and Lee was discovered on the knife.
Jurors had been contemplating lesser expenses of second-degree homicide or manslaughter — the choose had instructed the jury they have to attain a unanimous resolution.
Momeni now faces a jail sentence of 15 years to life with the second-degree conviction, with an enhancement for utilizing a knife within the deadly stabbing
Prosecutors stated 40-year-old Momeni was offended with the tech mogul for introducing Momeni’s sister to a person who allegedly gave her medicine and sexually assaulted her. However, Momeni testified he acted in self-defense, saying Lee was excessive on ketamine and cocaine and had tried to stab Momeni over a joke.
