Tech consultant sentenced to 16 years to life in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
The judge rejected Momeni’s bid for a new trial after jurors found him guilty of second-degree murder in Bob Lee’s stabbing death.
- On Tuesday, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon sentenced Nima Momeni to 16 years to life in prison for the 2023 second-degree murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, rejecting his final motion for a new trial.
- Prosecutors argued Momeni stabbed Lee three times near the Bay Bridge following a dispute over his sister, Khazar Momeni, and her reported drug use. Video footage showed the two men leaving a Millennium Tower home together before the fatal altercation.
- Momeni claimed self-defense, alleging Lee lunged at him with a knife while under the influence. Prosecutors told jurors this defense was "fabricated," and only Momeni's DNA was found on the knife's handle.
- Lee's 18-year-old daughter, Scout Lee, addressed Momeni directly in court, saying "You did not just end his life, you ended an entire future built around a man." Family members described the proceedings as another tragic day.
- Momeni's defense team vowed to appeal the conviction, while the case previously fueled a "doom loop" narrative about San Francisco street crime. The sentencing concludes a high-profile legal saga spanning over three years.
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Man Who Killed Cash App Founder Learns His Fate
The tech consultant convicted in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee was sentenced in San Francisco on Tuesday to 16 years to life in prison, the AP reports. A jury in December 2024 found Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree waller, rejecting the defending's claim that he had...
Cash App founder Bob Lee's killer gets 16 years to life in prison
Nima Momeni, convicted of killing Cash App founder Bob Lee in April 2023, has been sentenced to 16 years to life in prison. A San Francisco judge rejected his request for a new trial, while Momeni's lawyers plan to appeal the verdict. Lee's daughter confronted him in court, speaking about the future her family lost.
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Tech consultant sentenced to 16 years to life in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee
The tech consultant convicted in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee has been sentenced in San Francisco to 16 years to life to prison.
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