Nima Momeni‘s attorney Bradford Cohen tells TMZ … Momeni will be appealing, and “We believe there is enough error during the trial to afford him a good chance at a retrial.”
Cohen asserts the state’s attorney had to “overcharge the defendant” due to rampant crime in San Francisco, saying … “It’s disappointing that after seeing a video in which it proved that the state’s witness, Bo Mohazzabi, was a liar, and additionally showed what appears to be Bob Lee holding a knife and snorting a substance off of it, that they came back with 2nd-degree murder.”
San Francisco jurors found the man accused of killing the founder of Cash App guilty of murder Tuesday … following a 6-week trial featuring conflicting testimony about drugs and revenge.
Nima Momeni was found guilty of second-degree murder after the jury deliberated for 7 days. The jury reached the verdict Monday night, but it was not read in court until this morning.
The founder of Cash App, 43-year-old Bob Lee, was stabbed to death in April 2023 under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. He was stabbed 3 times, including through his heart, with a paring knife … and he managed to call 911 before he died later in a hospital.
Momeni, an associate of Lee’s, was recorded on surveillance video driving away from the scene. Momeni was later arrested and charged with first-degree murder.
DNA from both Momeni and Lee was found on the knife.
Jurors had been considering lesser charges of second-degree murder or manslaughter — the judge had instructed the jury they must reach a unanimous decision.
Momeni now faces a prison sentence of 15 years to life with the second-degree conviction, with an enhancement for using a knife in the fatal stabbing
Prosecutors said 40-year-old Momeni was angry with the tech mogul for introducing Momeni’s sister to a man who allegedly gave her drugs and sexually assaulted her. But, Momeni testified he acted in self-defense, saying Lee was high on ketamine and cocaine and had tried to stab Momeni over a joke.
Originally Published — 10:13 AM PT
