SAN FRANCISCO — Closing arguments started on Monday in the trial of a tech expert in the 2023 stabbing death of Cash App creator Bob Lee in San Francisco, an occasion that surprised the wider tech neighborhood whose members grieved the loss of an businessowner they called charming and kind.
San Francisco districtattorneys state Nima Momeni stabbed Lee 3 times after hearing that Lee’s drug dealership pal plied Momeni’s moreyouthful sis with GHB and other drugs and sexually attacked her.
“One individual called 911 pleading for assist, stating someone stabbed me,” stated Dane Reinstedt, assistant district lawyer, including that the other individual neverever called cops or informed anybody what occurred that night upuntil the trial.
Defense lawyers will make their closing arguments Tuesday in a trial that began Oct.14 Prosecutors will then have a possibility to respond to the defense’s closing.
Defense lawyers state Lee, 43, was on a multi-day drug bender of drug and ketamine that made him upset and violent, and that he assaulted the accused with a knife. They stated Momeni was required to usage his Krav Maga martial arts abilities in the early earlymorning hours of April 4, 2023, after making a “ bad joke ″ that upset Lee — and did not understand he had stabbed him.
Momeni dealswith 26 years to life if foundedguilty of murder. He has pleaded not guilty in a case so high profile that San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins stepped into the space Monday for part of the closing.
The trial hasactually been mentally taxing for household members of both males. Mahnaz Tayarani, mom of the accused, has sat on one side of the court space while Lee’s daddy, bro and ex-wife sat on the other.
The prosecution on Monday began its closing argument with a 911 call in which Lee might be heard asking consistently for assistance. Lee’s ex-wife, Krista Lee, nestled her child Scout as the 16-year-old wept on her mom’s shoulder. They left the space. The Lees have 2 kids.
Reinstedt on Monday buffooned Momeni’s defense as he strolled jurors through weeks of evidenc