SAN FRANCISCO – A highly disputed video was shown in court Monday that prosecutors said showed Nima Momeni re-enacting the stabbing of Bob Lee.
Ahead of the trial, prosecutors said they obtained video from an SFPD surveillance effort after the stabbing but before Momeni was arrested, which was taken from the parking lot of Momeni’s former defense attorney.
Momeni is accused of fatally stabbing Lee in April of last year in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill/East Cut neighborhood.
The video shows Momeni in a black cap and shirt talking with a private investigator outside of the law offices in Burlingame. He appears to be in conversation with the investigator when he makes three motions that an SFPD officer said were stabbing gestures. Momeni appears to then make a throwing gesture that appears to be in line with surveillance footage that showed Momeni tossing the knife over a nearby fence moments after the stabbing.