According to court filings, Momeni had confronted Lee about his relationship with Elyassnia and an incident the day prior to the stabbing, when the two had spent time together in an apartment. A witness said Momeni and Lee went to Lee’s hotel room where Momeni demanded to know if his younger sister “was doing drugs or anything inappropriate”, which Lee denied.
Khazar Elyassnia, left, stands in the Hall of Justice in San Francisco on 14 April, ahead of an appearance by her brother, Nima Momeni, who has been charged with murder in the death of tech entrepreneur Bob Lee.Security footage show Momeni and Lee leaving a building together on the night of the stabbing, getting into Momeni’s BMW around 2am.
At the time of his death, Lee had become an executive at cryptocurrency startup MobileCoin. He had recently moved to Miami but was back in San Francisco on business.