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. Cash App founder Bob Lee was having an affair with his accused killer's sister, Khazar Momeni, sources told WSJ.
. Khazar's brother, Nima Momeni, is in jail on murder charges in the fatal stabbing of Lee last month.
Cash App founder Bob Lee, who was stabbed to death last month, was having an affair with the sister of his alleged killer, Nima Momeni, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
Friends of Lee who spoke to the Journal said Lee and Khazar Momeni, the wife of a well-known San Francisco plastic surgeon, were part of the same underground party circle known as the "The Lifestyle" and were casually sleeping together.
The nature of Lee and Khazar Momeni's relationship was not previously known, though court documents show that Nima — a 38-year-old tech consultant who had known Lee for a decade — confronted Lee about his sister prior to the stabbing.
Lee and Khazar had reportedly been drinking with a group of friends at a house party in San Francisco prior to the altercation, which took place when Nima came to pick Khazar up. According to court records, Nima asked Lee if Khazar "was doing drugs [or] anything inappropriate" and proceeded to argue with the Cash App founder.
According to witnesses at the scene, Lee told Nima that his sister had not taken any drugs and "nothing inappropriate had happened." A toxicology report later showed the presence of drugs in Lee's system, including ketamine and cocaine.
Later that evening, Nima and Lee both arrived separately to Khazar's apartment, before leaving together at 2:04 a.m. in Nima's white BMW Z4. Prosecutors say Nima then drove Lee to a "dark and secluded" San Francisco street corner and stabbed him in a "planned and deliberate attack."
"Just wanted to make sure your doing ok Cause [I] know nima came wayyyyyy down hard on you," Khazar wrote to Lee in a text following the confrontation, according to court documents. "Thank you for being such a classy man handling it with class. Love you Selfish pricks."
Sources speaking to the Journal said both Lee and Khazar were part of "The Lifestyle," a scene within the San Francisco tech community that involves recreational drug use and casual sex. According to court documents, prosecutors said Khazar was married, "but the relationship had possibly been in jeopardy."
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A lot of sad details are coming out about Nima and Khazar Momeni ...
Momeni, his sister, Khazar, and their mother, Mahnaz, emigrated from Iran in 1999 when Momeni was about 14 years old and his sister was 13. After a brief stint in Europe, they traveled to the United States on a tourist visa, and immediately began the asylum process, Canny confirmed.
“What the family endured in Iran and escaped from was horrific,” said Canny, who declined to elaborate.
Momeni’s father, a dentist, remained in Iran when the rest of the family fled. An ex-girlfriend close to Momeni said that the family may have left because of the father’s abuse.
“He expressed extreme hate for his dad,” said Momeni’s former girlfriend, who said that Momeni told her that his father was physically abusive. “I definitely think that that created a monster.”
Momeni had “a massive drug problem that made him unable to reason and speak,” said one friend, who, like many for this article, spoke on the condition of anonymity. The friend said Momeni blew off attempts by friends to intervene. “This is one of those things where [we’d say], ‘Nima, you’re cool, we love you, but you don’t make full sentences.’”