Tech consultant sentenced to 16 years to life in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech consultant convicted in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee was sentenced in San Francisco on Tuesday to 16 years to life to prison.A jury in December 2024 found Nima Momeni guilty of second-degree murder, rejecting the defendant's claim that he had acted in self-defense. He has remained in custody since his arrest nine days after the April 4, 2023, killing.Before imposing the sentence, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Alexandra Gordon rejected Momeni’s request for a new trial. His attorneys have said they plan to appeal.Members of Lee’s family addressed the court on Tuesday, including his 18-year-old daughter, Scout Lee, who spoke directly to Momeni.“You did not just end his life, you ended an entire future built around a man,” she told Momeni, according to media reports.Momeni, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, maintained that he acted in self-defense. He told Lee’s family that he understood their loss.“Unfortunately, we have completely diffe