Handsome Tech Star Staggers Begging for Help, STABBED DEAD: JUSTICE
Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
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🗓️ 12 January 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Nineteen some odd months after the fatal San Francisco stabbing of tech exec Bob Lee, his accused killer learns his fate. Nima Momeni was arrested after a nine-day manhunt. Tech entrepreneur and consultant Momeni's sister, who is at the center of the case testified. During the prosecution's case, the lead police investigator lead jurors through the twists and turns of the two-day drug binge Lee was on with Khazar Momeni. Nima Momeni reportedly believed his sister was also attacked by Lee.
Bob Lee made a name for himself in the tech world, as a founder of Cash App. The 43-year-old exec recently move to Florida but was in San Francisco for business. Around 2:30 a.m.
Lee calls police saying he had been stabbed. Surveillance footage captures Lee getting out of a car with another man. Quickly, the man drives away and Lee stumbles along Main Street in San Francisco's Rincon Hill neighborhood. When police reach Lee, he has been stabbed three times, including two wounds in his upper left chest.
The man driving the car that sped away is identified as 38-year-old Nima Momeni, also a tech executive. Texts from Momeni's married sister sent to Lee, show a connection between the two. Nima Momeni reportedly confronted, Lee implying "improper behavior"
Joining Nancy Grace Today:
- Jarrett Ferentino- Homicide Prosecutor in Pennsylvania, Facebook & Instagram: Jarrett Ferentino
- Dr. John Delatorre (D La Torrey) - Licensed Psychologist and Mediator (specializing in forensic psychology), Psychological Consultant to Project Absentis: a nonprofit organization that searches for missing persons; Twitter, IG, and TikTok: @drjohndelatorre
- Irv Brandt - Senior Inspector, US Marshals Service International Investigations Branch, Chief Inspector, DOJ Office of International Affairs; Author: “SOLO SHOT: CURSE OF THE BLUE STONE," and FLYING SOLO: Top of the World" AVAILABLE ON AMAZON; Top of the World" Twitter: @JackSoloAuthor
- Dr. Maneesha Pandey- Chief Forensic Pathologist for Forensic Pathologists LLC in Ohio, Board-certified forensic pathologist
- Ben Levitan- Telecommunications Expert, Columnist
- Jen Smith- Chief Reporter for DailyMail.com; Twitter: @Jen_e_smith
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| 0:00.0 | Crime Stories with Nancy Grace. |
| 0:06.6 | The jury hands down a verdict in the brutal death of multi-millionaire founder of Cash App Bob Lee. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime stories. Thank you for being with us. |
| 0:23.3 | Multimillionaire Cash App founder Bob Lee brutally murdered. |
| 0:29.2 | But in the last days, a jury hands down a verdict. |
| 0:33.7 | A highly educated tech consultant tells the jury he was just defending himself against Bob Lee |
| 0:41.7 | after they clashed over a quote, bad joke. |
| 0:47.1 | The tech consultant, Nims Mamini, stated his altercation with Cash App founder Bob Lee started after he joked, |
| 0:56.1 | Mamini might want to spend his final night in San Francisco with family rather than trying |
| 1:02.5 | to find a strip club. |
| 1:05.5 | Mamini claims that it was that point, Lee, Bob Lee pulled out a knife and attacked him, forcing the tech consultant to defend himself. |
| 1:16.3 | It was Bob Lee, with all that bristling intelligence, creativity, and money was found fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco. |
| 1:28.3 | He was later rushed to the hospital. He died. |
| 1:32.1 | Mamini pled not guilty. |
| 1:34.6 | So he goes to trial. |
| 1:37.0 | And now a jury hands down the verdict. |
| 1:39.7 | They didn't buy the story that Kashap founder Bob Lee was murdered over a bad joke. They find the |
| 1:48.2 | tech consultant, Mo Mani, guilty. But what led to that guilty verdict? I want you to take a listen |
| 1:56.1 | to our friends at NBC. Police say Lee was attacked not far from the Bay Bridge at 2.35 a.m. Tuesday. |
| 2:04.5 | The area, thought to be a safe part of the city, is dotted with surveillance cameras. |
| 2:09.8 | Before collapsing on a sidewalk, Lee screamed for help on his phone, |
| 2:16.0 | saying someone stab me, according to surveillance footage |
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