The Story Behind the Stabbing of a San Francisco Tech Exec

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

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After Cash App founder Bob Lee died in a stabbing, some were quick to blame San Francisco’s rising crime rates. But prosecutors say Lee knew his alleged killer. WSJ’s Kirsten Grind reports on an underground world of sex and drugs that was the backdrop to the killing that shocked the tech community. Further Reading: - Before His Killing, Tech Executive Bob Lee Led an Underground Life of Sex and Drugs - Cash App Founder Bob Lee Fatally Stabbed in San Francisco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last month, a violent crime shook San Francisco when a tech executive was murdered.
0:12.8	Cash app founder Bob Lee was stabbed to death early Tuesday morning and no arrests have
0:17.8	been made.
0:19.2	Many quickly blamed rising crime rates and homelessness in the city.
0:23.5	Heightened fears of violent crime in the Bay Area after a tech executive is stabbed to
0:28.3	death.
0:29.3	He has renewed anger in San Francisco over perceptions that the city isn't safe.
0:34.6	The story of Bob Lee has really transfixed San Francisco.
0:40.5	That's our colleague, Kirsten Grime.
0:43.2	So initially, me and my colleagues were looking into this as more of a San Francisco story,
0:49.6	what was going on in the city, right?
0:52.2	But then prosecutors released the fact that the victim, Bob Lee, had actually known his
1:01.3	alleged killer.
1:04.2	Behind his murder, Kirsten uncovered an underground scene with drugs and sex where the Bay Area's
1:10.3	rich and powerful, hardy-d hard.
1:16.6	Welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business, and power.
1:21.3	I'm Kate Leinbach.
1:22.3	It's Tuesday, May 16th.
1:29.8	Coming up on the show, the story behind Bob Lee's murder.
1:45.2	This episode is brought to you by Shopify.
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1:52.6	selling flaky soul or fine art prints.
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