CashApp founder Bob Lees killer launches Hail Mary bid after murder conviction

Convicted killer Nima Momeni is playing the race card.The Iranian-born, non-US citizen is heading back to a San Francisco courtroom Friday, where his new defense team will argue that racial bias tainted the trial that ended with his conviction for murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee.Momeni, 42, was found guilty of second-degree murder in December 2024.Now his lawyers are invoking California’s Racial Justice Act, claiming prosecutors violated the law, according to Courthouse News Service.A San Francisco Superior Court judge will hear the claim at an evidentiary hearing Friday morning, including allegations that prosecutors used dehumanizing and ethnically charged descriptions of Momeni during the trial.Momeni was born in Iran and speaks English as a second language.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story The case began in the early-morning hours of April 4, 2023, when Lee, 43, was stabbed through the heart beneath the Bay Bridge between about 2:25 a.m.to 2:30 a.m.Lee, a father of two, had been a major name in tech.

He worked as a Google engineer, founded Cash App and later became an executive at cryptocurrency company MobileCoin.After the stabbing, Lee left a trail of blood as he called 911 begging for help before collapsing on Main Street.Prosecutors said Momeni went after Lee in a revenge attack involving his younger sister, Khazar, after she was sexually assaulted by a drug dealer.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Momeni blamed Lee, prosecutors said, because Lee had used drugs with ...