Lawyer slams Money App founder Bob Lee’s drug use as listening to delayed but once more
Cash App founder Bob Lee had “just about each leisure unlawful drug” in his system, the lawyer for alleged killer Nima Momeni railed Tuesday — simply hours after a toxicology report revealed indicators of cocaine and ketamine in tech boss’s system.
“It was like medication 101,” Paula Canny informed The Submit after Momeni’s court docket look in San Francisco. “There was plenty of medication in his system and all unlawful.”
Momeni, 38, strutted into the courtroom and smiled within the courtroom when he noticed considered one of his solely family members within the gallery — his mom.
The arraignment for the accused murderer was delayed for a 3rd time amid an inflow of recent info, together with the small print of the medication Lee had in his system.
Canny informed The Submit the media acquired the Lee’s demise investigation report earlier than she and the prosecution may evaluate the paperwork.
Momeni was initially anticipated to enter a not-guilty plea in reference to the April 4 stabbing. He’s as a substitute slated to take action Could 18, after his lawyer informed the court docket new info — particularly the post-mortem and toxicology studies — would have an effect on how she argued for her shopper.
Canny stated she and her shopper requested to not enter their plea immediately due to a “specific kink” within the California justice system that might have an effect on how the case shakes out.
“I’m going to say not responsible as a result of my shopper just isn’t responsible,” she stated. “However the second I say these phrases, I’ve to determine whether or not or not I need to do the preliminary listening to inside 10 court docket days or transfer to 60 calendar days.
“If I give these rights up, there’s no taking that rights again beneath California regulation.”
Lee’s ex-wife, Krista Lee, and his brother have been among the many over members of the family in court docket. Krista, who shared two daughters with 43-year-old Lee, thanked reporters for coming as she was escorted out of the courtroom.
Prosecutors have alleged Momeni’s sister, Khazar “Tina” Elyassnia, is on the heart of the deadly feud between Lee and Momeni.
Hours earlier than the stabbing, Momeni was stated to have confronted Lee about his sister’s alleged drug use and “inappropriate” habits after Lee spent the day along with her and others, cops stated.
Lee, previously an govt at Sq., was visiting San Francisco — the place he spent most of his profession earlier than re-locating to Miami on the finish of 2022 — within the days earlier than the assault.
He spent the late afternoon of April 3 at an residence on Mission Road, the place he drank with associates, together with Elyassnia, in keeping with prosecutors’ movement to disclaim bond.
Lee and a buddy later left the residence and went to Lee’s room on the 1 Lodge San Francisco, court docket paperwork stated.
The buddy, recognized within the movement as “Witness 1,” informed police Lee had a dialog within the resort room about Momeni selecting up his sister from the residence the place that they had been.
“Witness 1 stated [Momeni] was questioning [Lee] relating to whether or not his sister was doing medication or something inappropriate,” the movement states.
Investigators stated they discovered Lee and Elyassnia, who’s married, had recognized one another for years. Lee was later discovered to have had ketamine and cocaine in his system.
Lee allegedly assured Momeni nothing “inappropriate” had occurred earlier than he continued his night time.
Hours later, Lee left his buddy, and was seen coming into Elyassnia’s residence round 12:39 a.m. Surveillance footage additionally exhibits Lee and Momeni using an elevator all the way down to the foyer of Elyassnia’s residence constructing shortly after 2 a.m. and climbing into Momeni’s white BMW, the doc states.
Video then exhibits the pair contained in the BMW because it arrives to a “darkish and secluded space” on Major Road, close to the place a bloodied Lee was later discovered. Prosecutors allege that the boys each left the automotive and Momeni stabbed Lee.
Lee was “violently bleeding” when he called 911 shortly after he was stabbed on April 4, when a dispatcher stated there was “a male screaming ‘assist,’ saying ‘somebody stabbed me’ … Suggested he’s bleeding out. He’s outdoors on the road.”
He was unconscious and had no pulse by the point medics arrived. Surgeons pronounced him lifeless at 6:49 a.m., after spending four hours making an attempt to save lots of him, an post-mortem report exhibits.