According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, the inventor of Cash App, Bob Lee, who was fatally stabbed last month, was having an affair with Nima Momeni’s sister.
Friends of Lee who talked to the Journal claimed that Lee and Khazar Momeni, the spouse of a well-known plastic surgeon from San Francisco, belonged to the same underground social group known as “The Lifestyle” and were sexily involved.
According to court records, Nima, a 38-year-old software consultant who had known Lee for ten years when the stabbing occurred, questioned Lee about his sister.
Prior to the argument, Lee and Khazar were reportedly drinking with a group of pals at a house party in San Francisco. The fight started when Nima arrived to pick up Khazar. Nima reportedly questioned Lee about if Khazar “was doing drugs [or] anything inappropriate” before getting into a fight with the creator of the Cash App.
Lee reportedly assured Nima that his sister had not ingested any drugs and that “nothing inappropriate had occurred” according to witnesses on the scene. Later, a toxicology report revealed that substances like ketamine and cocaine were in Lee’s system.
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.”
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.”
Gift Kerat, a friend of Lee who said she spent a lot of time with him during the pandemic, told the Journal that Lee had several girlfriends during this period, but “was respectful of them.”
In a statement provided to the Journal, Khazan’s attorneys Mary McNamara and Ed Swanson said “There are many rumors circulating around this case, many of them untrue.”
“Ms. Momeni loves and supports her brother,” the statement said. “What happened here is a tragedy, and Ms. Momeni is deeply saddened at the suffering of the Lee family as they deal with their terrible loss.”
Lee’s wife Krista, with whom he was separated, told the Journal that he was not a “party boy” and she had never heard the term “The Lifestyle.”
“He was kind and generous he saw the good in everybody,” Krista Lee said.
Police arrested Nima on April 13 on murder charges for the fatal stabbing of Lee and is being held without bail until his arraignment. He plans to plead not guilty, according to his attorneys.