The high-profile trial of Nima Momeni, accused of fatally stabbing Cash App founder Bob Lee in 2023, has kicked off in a packed San Francisco courtroom. 

Momeni is accused of murdering Lee by stabbing him with a kitchen knife. His attorneys are claiming self defense, while the prosecution is painting a picture of Momeni stabbing Lee in a fit of aggression after he felt his sister was disrespected.     

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.