Bob Lee was found bleeding in a deserted downtown street on April 4, 2023, around 3 a.m., with “apparent injuries” due to stab wounds.
A technology consultant was found guilty on Tuesday December 17 of the murder of Bob Lee, the wealthy founder of the Cash App application, whose death last year in San Francisco had reignited the debate on security in the Californian city. Nima Momeni, a 40-year-old consultant, escaped conviction for assassination (premeditated murder), but he risks life in prison, according to the American press.
Bob Lee, a well-known tech executive, was found bleeding in a deserted street in the city center on April 4, 2023, around 3 a.m., with “apparent injuries” due to stabbings, according to the police report. He then died in hospital. The affair sparked a controversy fueled in particular by right-wing figures from Silicon Valley, led by Elon Musk.
“Violent crime in San Francisco is horrific and even when perpetrators are caught, they are often released immediately”declared the boss of Tesla on his social network X (then Twitter) on April 5, 2023, before questioning prosecutor Brooke Jenkins: “Is the city taking stronger action to incarcerate repeat violent offenders @BrookeJenkinsSF?”.
San Francisco prosecutor defends her record
Investor David Sacks had on his side “bet” that it was a case similar to that of a stabbing in Los Angeles, committed by a “psychotic homeless man who had passed through a prison with wide open doors”.
Brooke Jenkins took advantage of Tuesday’s verdict to respond to her critics’ accusations and praised the city’s work in public safety, according to SFGATE.
“We all know that after the murder of Bob Lee, Elon Musk took to Twitter to try to shame San Francisco and to blame so-called lawlessness in the streets.”she told a group of journalists. “We knew it was something different”.
A revenge
In fact, during the six weeks of the trial concluded on December 2, the jurors learned that the two men knew each other. Nima Momeni accused Bob Lee of introducing her sister to a drug dealer who she said gave her GHB (a powerful psychotropic drug) and other drugs and then sexually assaulted her.
According to the prosecution, the consultant had planned the attack and planned to stab the victim. Momeni told him that it was Lee who first attacked him with a knife after an argument, and claimed self-defense, saying he did not realize the injuries inflicted, according to CNN.
