Glamorous sister of Cash App founder Bob Lee’s alleged murderer Khazar Elyassnia is arrested in San Francisco for drink-driving hit-and-run

The sister of a man accused of killing technology entrepreneur Bob Lee has been arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and hit and run.

Khazar Elyassinia, 38, was identified Monday by San Francisco police as the driver of a vehicle involved in a crash.

Officers were called to the incident around 11 a.m. at Geary and Larkin streets on the edge of the Tenderloin, where they found her with witnesses.

Elyassnia was booked into the San Francisco County Jail and charged with driving under the influence, two counts of hit and run, failure to drive within lane and failure to obtain insurance at the scene of an accident.

Her brother Nima Momeni is accused of stabbing Cash App founder Lee, 43, in the heart with a 4-inch black-bladed kitchen knife. Prosecutors believe he killed Lee after questioning him about his alleged sexual relationship with his married sister.

San Francisco police officers identified Elyassnia as the driver and administered a sobriety test and determined she was driving under the influence.

“On November 27, 2023 at approximately 11:08 a.m., San Francisco Police officers responded to Geary St and Larkin St for a report of a vehicle collision,” a police statement said.

‘Upon arrival, officers found the driver involved and witnesses.

‘Officers have investigated traffic accidents. During their investigation, the officers concluded that the driver of the car was driving under the influence.

“The driver, identified as 38-year-old San Francisco resident Khazar Momeni, was arrested at the San Francisco County Jail.”

It is not clear whether Elyassnia, who is married to prominent plastic surgeon Dr Dino Elyassnia, has been released on bail.

She has regularly supported her brother in court since his arrest on April 13. Momeni has pleaded not guilty to Lee’s murder and faces 26 years to life in prison if convicted.

His arrest came more than a week after Lee was found bleeding in the early morning hours of April 4. He later died in a hospital.

Surveillance video of Lee’s last night shows him entering the swanky Millennium Tower downtown, where Momeni’s sister lives with her husband, a prominent San Francisco plastic surgeon.

Video footage shows Lee and Momeni leaving the building together shortly after 2 a.m. and driving away in Momeni’s car.

Lee was found shortly after 2:30 a.m. in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood, where there are tech offices and apartments but little activity in the early morning hours.

Elyassinia supported her accused brother Momeni, along with several other family members, during a court hearing at San Francisco’s Hall of Justice in October.

She wore an all-black outfit, including large black sunglasses, and showed off a huge wedding ring as she paused on the steps outside the court.

Lee and Elyassnia are said to have been part of an underground scene of drugs and casual sex – she could be a witness at the trial.

Momeni was denied bail on October 2, with the judge rejecting the defense’s argument that he posed no danger to society because he was, at worst, an inept killer.

Lawyer Saam Zangeneh, who represented Momeni, argued that his client was not the cold-blooded, premeditated murderer portrayed by prosecutors.

Judge Bruce Chan has denied his request to be released on $1 million bail in connection with the murder of the Cash App founder in April.

The trial also heard from a drug dealer, Jeremy Boivin, who allegedly sold drugs to Elyassnia the day before Lee’s murder.

Prosecutors allege Momeni killed Lee after a dispute over the alleged relationship with Elyassnia. Brass said Elyassinia’s husband could also be called as a witness.

Lee’s family was in court in San Francisco in July for an earlier hearing, which included testimony from a police officer who detailed how he tried to revive him as he lay dying of stab wounds.

The report was part of the evidence formally introduced in the case by Assistant District Attorney Omid Talai and included photos of a knife that prosecutors say Momeni Lee used to stab Lee.

San Francisco Police Officer Cedric Hood was one of two officers who tried to save Lee’s life after he was found bleeding on Main Street in the early hours of April 4.

SFPD Officer Hood explained how he found a silver knife with a black handle in a closed parking lot.

Investigators later discovered it was a 4-inch Joseph Joseph brand kitchen knife.

While on the scene, a homeless man was found about 40 feet away from where Lee collapsed.

The man was resting close to some garbage bins and was also questioned by police at the scene, but he was in little mood when officers spoke to him.

Crime scene investigator Rosalyn Check also described how Lee left a trail of blood after the fatal stabbing.

Drops of blood extended from the parking lot along Main Street, immediately outside the Portside apartment complex, where Lee was later seen on video desperately banging on doors as he searched for help.

Blood was found on the side of the apartment building and also on a telephone box immediately outside, which Lee had also tried to use, The Standard reports.

Assistant District Attorney Talai also showed other evidence, including the trail of blood Lee left behind as he staggered for help.

He also showed video footage showing Lee and Momeni leaving his sister’s apartment building before the stabbing took place.

Prosecutor Talai previously said during a hearing in May that the knife was part of a unique kitchen set belonging to Momeni’s sister and that analysis showed Momeni’s DNA was on the gun’s handle and Lee’s DNA was on the bloody blade.

Lawyers for Momeni said in court that the two men had a cordial relationship and that Momeni had no reason to kill him.

The comments from Momeni’s lawyers came during a preliminary hearing, where the prosecutor presents his evidence and a judge decides whether there is enough to go to trial.

Prosecutors have said Momeni, 38, planned the April 4 attack, in which Lee died on a deserted San Francisco street.

Lee created Cash App, a mobile payment service, and was the chief product officer of the cryptocurrency MobileCoin.

Momeni is expected to appear in court again on Thursday.