Murder trial of tech consultant in the death of Cash App founder Bob Lee begins

The trial murder trial over Cash App founder Bob Lee’s death began Monday, a year and a half after the multi-millionaire was found staggering about San Francisco bleeding out from stab wounds to the chest.

Prosecutors allege the 43-year-old entrepreneur was knifed to death by Nima Momeni, 40, over a dispute involving the accused’s married sister Khazar Elyassnia — whom Lee was allegedly having an affair with — and a drug-fueled party gone awry.

Momeni and Lee were spotted on security footage leaving the sister’s condo at the posh Millennium Tower at about 2 a.m. on April 4, 2023, before driving off in Lee’s car.

A half hour later Lee was discovered blocks away, bleeding out and begging for help before he died.

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Police later discovered a kitchen knife at the scene, which was determined to be from Elyassnia’s apartment — where she lives with her plastic-surgeon husband.

Prosecutors are expected to argue that Momeni lured Lee to a secluded place and then viciously stabbed him.

Momeni was allegedly enraged over an incident in which his sister was supposedly drugged at a party she attended with Lee and was almost raped by another attendee.

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But the defense is likely to argue Lee was the aggressor, and that while high on drugs took a knife from his sister’s home and attacked Momeni, who was forced to defend himself.

Lee was found with both ketamine and other drugs in his system at the time of his death, and had reportedly been drinking with Momeni and Elyassnia the day before his murder.

Momeni and Elyassnia have been called exceptionally close by friends, including one who told Mission Local “[Nima] would do absolutely anything for [Khazar] and she would do anything for him.”

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A tech entrepreneur himself, Momeni allegedly has history of substance abuse that an ex-girlfriend said could sometimes turn violent.

Lee — a divorced father of two girls — is also reported to have been a drug user who enjoyed a hard-partying lifestyle, and even attended underground sex parties with Elyassnia.

But he was also widely revered by some in the California tech industry, and his death was followed by letters from industry executives who described his brilliance and his generosity.

Momeni has pleaded not guilty to murder charges. He has been in custody since his arrest days after Lee’s death, and faces 26 years to life if convicted.

Opening statements in the trial are expected to begin Monday. The trial is expected to last into December.

With Post wires .

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