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Emaphepheni amasha asenkantolo, akhishwe ngesicelo samarekhodi omphakathi sehhovisi loMmeli Wesifunda, abashushisi bathi uMomeni no-Lee babesegunjini lehhotela e-San Francisco ngo-April 3, ngemva kokuba u-Lee ephuzile nabangane kuhlanganise nodadewabo kaMomeni. UMomeni ubuze u-Lee “ukuthi udadewabo ubesebenzisa izidakamizwa noma kukhona okungalungile,” kusho imibhalo. U-Lee utshele uMomeni ukuthi “ayikho into engalungile eyenzekile.”
Kamuva ngalobo busuku, amaphoyisa athi izithombe eziqaphile zazikhombisa uMomeni engena eMillennium Tower, okuyibhilidi le-condo elisezingeni eliphezulu lapho kuhlala khona udadewabo. Ngokwamaphepha, uMomeni ungene yedwa ebhilidini ngezithuba zabo-08:30, kwathi u-Lee wafika ngemuva kwamahora amane ngabo-12:30 ekuseni.
“Ividiyo ikhombisa ukushayela kweBMW endaweni emnyama necezile,” ngokusho kwemibhalo. La madoda amabili, ahlonzwe ngezimpahla zawo, abe esephuma emotweni.
“Ngemva kokuma eceleni komgwaqo cishe imizuzu emihlanu,” isibalo esibonakala sengathi i-Momeni “sibonakala sisondela ngokuzumayo” kumfanekiso obonakala sengathi u-Lee, imibhalo isola. Emizuzwini embalwa kamuva, u-Lee uthwetshulwa kwenye ikhamera “ehamba elimele.”
“Ngemva nje kwalokho, iBMW emhlophe isuka ngesivinini esikhulu,” kusho imibhalo. Kamuva amaphoyisa athole ummese wasekhishini oyisiliva onesibambo esimnyama kanye nensimbi engama-intshi angu-4 “okubonakala kunegazi kuwo” endaweni yokupaka eduze nalapho kutholwe khona u-Lee.
Ngokwamaphepha asenkantolo, ufakazi uchaze udadewabo kaMomeni njengoshadile, kodwa wathi “kungenzeka ukuthi ubudlelwano babusengcupheni.” Uhlobo lobudlelwano phakathi kukadadewabo ka-Momeni no-Lee alukacaci, nakuba umngane ka-Lee etshela amaphoyisa ukuthi bazana okungenani iminyaka emithathu noma emine.
Amarekhodi ocingo abonwe amaphoyisa abonisa ukuthi udadewabo kaMomeni wayethumele u-Lee umlayezo othi, “Bengifuna nje ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi wenza kahle ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi u-nima uze kuwe kanzima Futhi ngiyabonga ngokuba yindoda esezingeni eliphatha ngama-class Love you Selfish pricks.”
Lapho ebuzwa ngobudlelwano obungase bube phakathi kuka-Lee nelungu lomndeni wakwaMomeni ngesikhathi kunengqungquthela yezindaba ebibanjwe ngoLwesine, isikhulu samaphoyisa eSan Francisco uWilliam Scott sakuhosha, sacela ukubekezela ngoba “usemkhulu umsebenzi okufanele wenziwe.”
“Engingafuni ukukwenza wukukhipha imininingwane ezobuya izosihlupha, noma ukushushiswa kwaleli cala,” kusho uScott ngaleso sikhathi. “Ngiyakuqonda ukuthi kunzima kangakanani lokho futhi ngiyazi ukuthi wonke umuntu ufuna izimpendulo.”
Udadewabo kaMomeni nomyeni wakhe bavele ndawonye enkantolo ngesikhathi bezobhekana necala ngoLwesihlanu, ngokusho kwemibiko yabezindaba.
Omakhelwane besakhiwo sezimboni sikaMomeni esiguquliwe lapho abehlala khona e-Emeryville – idolobha lase-East Bay elizungezwe yi-Oakland ne-Berkeley – ngoLwesine bamchaze njengomakhelwane onomusa, onomusa futhi onomusa wokumema emicimbini, kanye nokugibela esikebheni sakhe.
Umakhelwane oseduze kanye nomphathi we-PR obhekene nezimo eziphuthumayo uSam Singer uthe ngezinye izikhathi uMomeni wayedlala umculo ngesikhathi esebenza, egcina i-pool table endlini yakhe ephakeme, futhi ekhipha amakhadi ebhizinisi akhangisa nge-IT yakhe.
Abaphenyi bokubulala basebenze “ubusuku nemini ukuxazulula leli cala,” kusho ummeli wesifunda saseSan Francisco uBrooke Jenkins engqungqutheleni yezindaba ngoLwesine. “Yize kwezinye izimo, sinomsolwa ngokushesha, bekungenjalo lapha,” wengeza, ngaphambi kokucacisa amacala abekwe uMomeni – ukubulala – kanye nezinsolo ezikhethekile ezibizwa ngokuthi “intuthuko” ngenxa yokuthi isikhali. kwasetshenziswa ummese.
Ukubulawa kukasomabhizinisi owaziwa kakhulu emhlabeni waseSilicon Valley kwanyakazisa izakhamuzi zaseSan Francisco ngesonto eledlule. NgoLwesine, amaphoyisa athi umsolwa uyamazi umufi. Abanye abantu – okuhlanganisa nomnikazi we-Twitter u-Elon Musk – basole ubugebengu edolobheni.
“Lokhu akuhlangene neSan Francisco,” kusho uScott ngoLwesine. “Lokhu kuhlobene nemvelo yomuntu.”
