After Lee attempted to kill him with a knife on a street in San Francisco, he was accused of going mad on me after losing his temper, and the accused killer, an attorney for technologies executive Bob Lee, admitted to doing so in self defense.
Nima Momeni, who is defending herself at the murder trial, testified on Wednesday that Lee became angry after pulling a knife out of his coat pocket and swinging in April 2023. Momeni then grabbed his arm and redirected the knife at his lower chest.
” I was in surprise. I was really attacked”, Momeni told jurors. ” This is not a typical position”.
Lee was revered by the San Francisco Bay Area’s it society as a king writer who helped build Google’s Android and Square ‘s , Cash App , before becoming a major administrative at MobileCoin. The 43-year-old parents of two’s murder attracted widespread attention and attracted initial rumors that he had been a strange victim of violence in a city experiencing post-pandemic lawlessness.
When Momeni, a tech entrepreneur who knew Lee, was detained and charged with premeditated murder, the story dramatically changed. Prosecutors have argued that Momeni was an “overprotective, wanna-be strong man” who stabbed Lee following an debate over whether the executive had an inappropriate relationship with Momeni’s girl, Khazar.
‘ Poor pun ‘
When Momeni made what he called a “bad joke,” Khazar’s room was left in his car late at night, and he claimed he and Khazar exchanged words shortly after leaving.
Lee “blew up” after Momeni suggested that “if it was my last night in town, I’d go hang out with my home” instead of going to remove leagues, Momeni testified, adding that his attempt to defuse the situation just made Lee worse.
Under questioning from his own attorney, Momeni described the physical altercation as” a terrifying experience” that led to Lee” casually” walking ahead, appearing to be uninjured, and Momeni throwing the weapon over a fence. Lee was found bleeding from several wounds, including one that had pierced his brain, days after calling 911 for assistance.
Binging on cocaine
When the trial began a month ago, Momeni’s attorneys claimed Lee had been sleeping much and using cocaine before attempting to attack her.
In Wednesday’s evidence, Momeni said he arrived in the , U. S.  , from , Iran , when he was 15, alongside his mother and sister, as they sought to escape his reportedly aggressive father. He added that he had received training in Israeli military art, Krav Maga.
Momeni claimed that Khazar “always spoke very of him” when he claimed that he first met Lee a few days before the lethal incident. When the two gentlemen met, Lee “was energized, very chatty”, Momeni said. ” He was coming from a group. I miss which one”.
Momeni likewise said his friend’s “drug habit had taken over everything”. During the trial, Momeni, Khazar, and Lee’s drug use has been a frequently issue of see evidence.
Following the battle with Lee, Momeni said he called his sister.
‘ Went ridiculous’
” Do n’t let him back in”, he recalled telling her. ” He went mad on me, tried to attack me”.
Momeni testified that when he eventually learned that Lee had died, he was “heartbroken, also to this point”.
” He attacked me but he did n’t deserve this”, he said, as Lee’s brother shook his head sitting in the courtroom gallery. ” I did n’t see this coming at all”.
Before Wednesday, Khazar gave her most heartfelt evidence, claiming that she had been drug-bearing before and after Lee’s passing but later acknowledged on the walk that her memory was fuzzy due to her involvement in a drug-bending operation.
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