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Cash App Founder Bob Lee's Family Speaks Out Against Nima Momeni Family Following Verdict

"Not only did Nima perpetrate this crime, but the people in his immediate circle helped try to cover it up," Lee's brother said.

(CBS Bay Area)

December 18, 2024

Members of Cash App founder Bob Lee's family alleged Tuesday that the family of Nima Momeni, convicted of second-degree murder in Lee's stabbing death, tried to cover up the crime in remarks to reporters outside the courtroom.

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Members of Lee's family spoke after the verdict was read Tuesday in San Francisco Superior Court, following an eight-week trial. Momeni stabbed Lee in the early morning hours of April 4, 2023, in the city's East Cut/Rincon Hill neighborhood at the foot of the Bay Bridge.

Prosecutors said Momeni stabbed the tech entrepreneur in a fit of rage over Lee's relationship with Momeni's sister and their drug use. Defense attorneys maintained Momeni stabbed Lee in self-defense.

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