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Accused Nima Momeni grows combative

In a contentious second day on the witness stand in his own murder trial, Nima Momeni struggled — or refused — to provide much detail about the April 2023 stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee, or to explain his behavior in the days after the killing. Instead, Momeni was argumentative under cross-examination by prosecutor Omid Talai, who attempted to cast doubt on Momeni’s claim that he acted in self-defense. On Wednesday, Momeni offered jurors his narrative of what happened in the early morning hours of April 4, 2023, when Lee ended up bleeding out in the street with three stab wounds. Momeni testified that Lee had pulled a knife on him after he cracked a “bad joke” about spending more time with his family instead of strip clubs. Lee’s reaction forced Momeni to defend himself. Momeni said that he had no idea […]

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Accused Nima Momeni says ‘bad joke’ led to stabbing

Nearly a month into his trial for allegedly killing Cash App founder Bob Lee, Nima Momeni took the witness stand for the first time to describe the stabbing, which he said began after Lee attacked him over a “bad joke.” Jurors today got to hear Momeni, who has been sitting quietly in the courtroom through weeks of testimony, speak about what led him to stab Lee three times in the early morning hours of April 4, 2023. Momeni has been accused of murder, but his attorneys have claimed self-defense.Momeni wore a navy blue suit, spoke with a light Iranian accent, and appeared nervous: He repeatedly cut off attorneys asking him questions and refilled his cup of water several times, prompting Judge Alexandra Gordon to at one point give Momeni a framed “Inhale, Exhale” mini-poster from her bench.Momeni said today that Lee […]

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Friend of accused killer’s sister, new DNA expert both testify 

Today marked the opening of defense arguments in the trial of Nima Momeni, who is accused of stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee to death last year. Momeni’s attorneys today called to the stand Greg Hampikian, a DNA expert — who claimed there was a “serious problem” with the DNA on the knife allegedly used to kill Lee. Hampikian testified that an important footnote was left off the analysis that primarily placed Momeni’s DNA on the handle of the weapon. That footnote would have included the possibility of a false reading. Momeni is accused of stabbing Bob Lee to death over the perception of allegedly inappropriate behavior with Momeni’s sister, Khazar, earlier that day on April 3, 2023. While Lee did see Momeni’s sister before the stabbing, Momeni’s defense attorneys have attempted to discredit that motive by claiming Momeni only took issue […]

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BART police release photo of man accused of stabbing woman on train

A man allegedly stabbed a 54-year-old woman on a BART train this morning as it approached 24th Street Mission station, sending her to the hospital with “serious injuries,” according to a statement from BART officials. BART police released a photo of the man, who they described as a “possible Asian male,” who was about 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds, with a mustache and black braided hair wrapped in a knot on top of his head. He wore a black jacket with an orange liner, a black shirt with a white logo, gray and black cargo pants, and dark colored boots. He carried a black duffel bag. Surveillance camera image of suspect who allegedly stabbed a 54-year-old woman this morning on BART.BART police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the suspect. A San Francisco police source said the incident was being investigated as […]

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Accused killer’s sister testified for a third day

In her third day of testimony on Tuesday, Khazar Momeni, the sister of Nima Momeni who is on trial for the alleged murder of Cash App founder Bob Lee, testified again that Lee had never touched her.Prosecutors have insisted that Nima Momeni believed Lee had been involved with his sister, offering a motive for why Momeni allegedly stabbed Lee to death. Text messages to her brother were again shown to the jury. “Do you have any inclination, based on what had happened that day, that there was any kind of bad blood between your brother and Bob Lee?” asked Saam Zangeneh, Momeni’s attorney asked, referring to the hour and a half Lee and the Momeni siblings spent together at Khazar’s home shortly before the stabbing. “They liked each other,” Khazar Momeni said.  Bob Lee’s character Zangeneh also tried in his questioning today to […]

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