Glamorous sister who Cash App murderer killed for is MIA as he is found guilty
The sister of the man convicted of murdering Cash App founder Bob Lee was noticeably absent from court Tuesday as the jury read the guilty verdict.
Nima Momeni was guilty of second-degree murder for the April 4, 2023, fatal stabbing of Lee.
The tech mogul was found staggering on a deserted downtown street, dripping a trail of blood and calling for help. Lee, 43, later died in hospital.
Prosecutors argued that Momeni took Lee's life on the 300 block of Main Street in the ritzy Rincon Hill neighborhood after hearing that his drug-dealing friend plied his younger sister, Khazar, with GHB and other drugs and sexually assaulted her.
Khazar Momeni, 38, delivered bombshell testimony about Lee and his alleged drug dealer that left the courtroom stunned during the trial.
However, the glamorous woman was no where to be seen Tuesday as her brother learned he faces a sentence up 16 years to life in this case.
She wore a pastel-blue silk shirt and stark white pants along with her signature black sunglasses when she testified on October 21.
Khazar, the wife of a prominent California plastic surgeon, was long believed to be having an affair with Lee and attending 'sex-swinging' parties with him.
Khazar Momeni (pictured), 38, delivered bombshell testimony about Lee and his alleged drug dealer that left the courtroom stunned during the trial on October 21
Nima Momeni (pictured) was guilty of second-degree murder for the April 4, 2023, fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Lee
In lengthy testimony, she accused the alleged drug dealer, Jeremy Boivin, of giving her the 'date rape' drug GHB, pulling her pants down and sexually assaulting her while she remained unconscious, Mission Local reported.
Khazar stated that Lee brought Boivin to her home on the morning of April 3, 2023, the day before the fatal stabbing.
'I did not know he's a drug dealer, as we don't get close to our drug dealers or invite them upstairs even. He was introduced to me as a friend,' she said. '[H]e brought me a big tank of nitrous and he had a big bottle of a liter of GHB.'
Khazar later went to Boivin's home, where Lee and another friend also stopped by. After Lee and is friend left, she claimed she passed out after consuming drugs.
She told the court that she had consumed three shots of a drink mixed with GHB before 'passing out.'
'He asked me about GHB and gave me, like, this sweet little drink, a little shot. And I drank it. I thought I could trust him,' Khazar said.
'I remember waking up twice: One time he (Boivin) pulled down my pants and slapped my ass. And another time he grabbed my a**, but I couldn't move or do anything.'
Khazar also debuted a new look in court on October 15 after she was blamed for starting the fight that lead to the killing.
Khazar (pictured) also debuted a new look in court on October 15 after she was blamed for starting the fight that lead to the killing
Khazar, the wife of a prominent California plastic surgeon (right), was long believed to be having an affair with Lee and attending 'sex-swinging' parties with him
Mahnaz Tayarani (pictured), mother of the defendant, had tears in her eyes as she called the verdict unfair
The blonde bombsell wore a pastel blue silk Valentino dress with a pussy bow neckline, which retails for $5,500.
Momeni's defense attorneys claimed Lee was on a multi-day drug bender of cocaine and ketamine that made him agitated and violent, and that he attacked the defendant with a knife.
They said Momeni was forced to use his Krav Maga martial arts skills in the early morning hours of April 4, 2023, after 'making a 'bad joke' that upset Lee - and did not realize he had stabbed him.
The assistant district attorney mocked Momeni's defense saying he grilled Lee earlier in the evening about what happened to his sister at the drug dealer's apartment, and sent text messages saying that the two men were creeps and sexual predators.
Momeni then met up with Lee at his sister's condo, took a paring knife from her kitchen set, drove Lee to a secluded area by the Bay Bridge and stabbed him three times, including a fatal blow through his heart, on a dimly lit street, assistant district attorney Dane Reinstedt said.
'That protectiveness of the defendant's little sister is what led to all of this,' he said.
Family members of both men have faithfully attended the trial. Mahnaz Tayarani, mother of the defendant, has sat on one side of the court room while Lee´s father, brother and ex-wife sat on the other.
On Tuesday, Tayarani had tears in her eyes as she called the verdict unfair.
Bob Lee was found staggering on a deserted downtown street, dripping a trail of blood and calling for help
'My son is not the person that they think,' she said. 'He´s very kind, he´s very loving and respectful and caring.'
Lee had created mobile payment service Cash App and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin when he died.
He had moved to Miami from the San Francisco Bay Area, where his ex-wife Krista Lee lives with their two children.
