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6 months, 1 week ago

Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence

LA Times

Karim Iskander, right, and wife Nancy Iskander, center, arrive for Rebecca Grossman’s sentencing on Monday in Van Nuys. “My pain is nothing compared to your pain — not even a fraction.” On Monday, Iskander spoke ahead of Grossman’s sentencing of the evening she rushed to the hospital after the crash. “She looked me in the eye,” Iskander said, her voice …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for murder of boys killed in crosswalk

LA Times

A judge on Monday sentenced Rebecca Grossman to 15 years to life in prison for the murders of two brothers she struck while speeding through a Westlake Village crosswalk four years ago, saying her actions were “reckless and unquestionably negligent.” After hearing Nancy Iskander, the mother of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, angrily ask for the sentence to …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Rebecca Grossman is a narcissist who deserves life in prison for boys’ murders, prosecutors say

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman, second from left, walks into court with her husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, left, and daughter, Alexis, in February. Instead of taking a “modicum of responsibility,” the wife of Grossman Burn Centers head Dr. Peter Grossman has blamed others, including the victims — wrongly claiming the boys were out of the crosswalk — their mother for walking with them …

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7 months, 1 week ago

D.A. removes Rebecca Grossman’s prosecutors, outraging parents of murdered boys

LA Times

Nancy Iskander and her husband, Karim, leave the Van Nuys courthouse in April 2022 during a preliminary hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman. The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office has taken the highly unusual step of removing the prosecutors who convicted Rebecca Grossman of double murder, outraging the parents of the two young boys she killed in …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Grossman’s daughter testifies Scott Erickson threatened her after she saw him hiding near fatal crash scene

LA Times

As deputies questioned Rebecca Grossman on the night of the crash that left two young brothers dead in Westlake Village, her then-lover was nearby, hiding behind a tree, Grossman’s daughter testified Friday. I was scared.” She said he gave her a warning: “Don’t tell anyone you saw me, or I will ruin you and your family.” Alexis Grossman’s tearful testimony …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Rebecca Grossman’s doctor husband defends wife accused of killing 2 children

LA Times

The husband of Rebecca Grossman testified Tuesday that he has ridden in the car with her hundreds of times and could not ever recall her speeding, despite testimony during her murder trial that shows she was traveling 81 mph in a 45-mph zone when two children were struck and killed on a residential street. California Liquor, Valium, speed and recklessness: …

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10 months, 1 week ago

Prosecution rests in Grossman hit-and-run murder case. Judge declines to dismiss charges

LA Times

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge denied a request by Rebecca Grossman’s legal team to dismiss murder charges against her in the 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two boys, as prosecutors rested their case Friday. California Rebecca Grossman floored gas pedal, struck 2 boys at ‘freeway speeds,’ investigators say Rebecca Grossman floored her high-powered Mercedes SUV on a quiet residential street, …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘I wish I had not looked away’: Grossman’s texts show she was distracted before crash

LA Times

A text message written by Rebecca Grossman, who is on trial for the murder of two boys killed in a car crash, reveals how the Hidden Hills socialite briefly turned her head while driving, distracted by a woman wearing inline skates. I wish I had not turned my head.” California Rebecca Grossman floored gas pedal, struck 2 boys at ‘freeway …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Boy’s body bore the imprint of Mercedes front grille, medical examiner says at Grossman trial

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A diamond-shaped pattern on the back and right thigh of an 11-year-old boy killed in a Westlake crosswalk matched the design of the front grille of a Mercedes SUV driven by Rebecca Grossman, according to testimony at the Hidden Hills woman’s murder trial. A medical examiner took the stand Tuesday and outlined harrowing details in the Sept. 29, 2020, deaths …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Where is Scott Erickson?’ Defense in Grossman murder trial seeks to pin blame on ex-Dodger

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman, right, holds her husband Peter’s arm as she exits Van Nuys Courthouse West on Jan. 23. Grossman’s lead attorney, Tony Buzbee, has throughout the trial taken every opportunity to argue it was Erickson’s black SUV — not his client’s white Mercedes — that first struck the children. His lawyer, Mark Werksman, said he does not plan to address …

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10 months, 4 weeks ago

Was it murder? Jury to hear gripping testimony about deaths of 2 boys in trial of L.A. socialite

LA Times

A Hidden Hills socialite struck two young boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk — an impact hard enough to cause severe front-end damage to her Mercedes. “We are very happy with the jury,” said Tony Buzbee, Grossman’s lead attorney, outside the Van Nuys courthouse. Buzbee argued in court last week that sheriff’s investigators never checked Erickson’s black Mercedes SUV for …

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11 months ago

L.A. socialite’s lawyer seeks to shift blame in killing of 2 boys in crosswalk: Hers wasn’t first or last car

LA Times

Despite massive front-end damage to a Hidden Hills socialite’s Mercedes SUV and witness testimony that she hit two young brothers in Westlake Village, her lawyer is expected to tell jurors that the SUV was one of many vehicles passing through the crosswalk at the time of the deadly incident and that authorities have wrongly focused on her. “When you throw …

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11 months, 1 week ago

‘Nobody stopped’: Who struck two brothers in a crosswalk? Murder trial begins for L.A. socialite

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman arrives at Van Nuys Courthouse for a hearing in April 2022. Jury selection began Tuesday in Grossman’s murder trial, stemming from a 2020 collision in Westlake Village that left two young brothers dead. According to a story first reported in the Acorn newspaper, prosecutors say Grossman and Erickson, 55, were driving separately from Julio’s restaurant to a nearby …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Lawyer for L.A.-area socialite charged with murder for running over two boys says crosswalk was a danger

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman leaves Van Nuys Courthouse during a break from her preliminary hearing in April. An attorney for Rebecca Grossman, the L.A.-area socialite charged with murder for running over two young boys with her SUV in a Westlake Village crosswalk, offered a preview of her defense Tuesday, disputing prosecutors’ allegations of her speed and calling the pedestrian crossing a known …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Murder charges upheld against Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman

LA Times

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss murder charges against Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman, whose vehicle allegedly struck two boys in a crosswalk while it was going more than 70 mph. Judge Joseph Brandolino rejected a motion to dismiss two counts of murder, finding there was probable cause to determine that Grossman acted with …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman to face murder trial in crash that killed 2 boys

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman arrives at the Van Nuys Courthouse for her preliminary hearing. “I believe the defendant went well beyond gross negligence.” Samuels ruled that Grossman was traveling 81 mph in a 45-mph zone and said that if two witnesses approaching the crosswalk in another car about the same time saw the two boys and their family crossing the street, as …

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2 years, 7 months ago

A speeding Mercedes. Two kids killed. Should a Hidden Hills socialite face a murder trial?

LA Times

A sign shows an image of Mark Iskander, 11, left, and his brother Jacob Iskander, 8, outside a Van Nuys courthouse on Monday, where a preliminary hearing was held for Rebecca Grossman, who is charged with murder and other counts stemming from a crash in Westlake Village in which Grossman’s Mercedes struck the boys in a crosswalk and killed them. …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Rebecca Grossman drove half a mile after fatally hitting two boys, seemed impaired, deputies testify

LA Times

A Hidden Hills woman drove nearly half a mile after fatally striking two boys on a Westlake Village road at high speed and told a deputy her Mercedes-Benz had become disabled after she “hit something,” according to testimony and video played during the third day of her preliminary hearing Wednesday. By the time another Los Angeles County deputy came to …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Rebecca Grossman’s SUV hit 81 mph before hitting two boys, didn’t stop, witnesses testify

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman arrives at Van Nuys Courthouse for the first day of her preliminary hearing Monday. Rebecca Grossman was tailing a friend’s SUV and driving as fast as 81 mph on a Westlake Village road before she fatally hit two young brothers in a crosswalk, witnesses testified Tuesday. Jake Sands, who was in Eftekhari’s front passenger seat, said Grossman’s Mercedes …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Will a Hidden Hills socialite face murder trial for running over two young brothers?

LA Times

Nancy Iskander, second from right, is consoled during a break from a hearing for Rebecca Grossman, who is charged with murder in a crash in Westlake Village that killed Iskander’s sons Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. In Monday’s hearing, Iskander described Jacob lying near the curb, and down the road, her son Mark with his “arm broken” and “blood coming …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson charged in connection with fatal crash

LA Times

Scott Erickson pitches for the Dodgers in May 2005. Erickson was charged with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving in connection to a crash in Westlake Village that killed two young boys. Former Major League Baseball pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged in connection with a hit-and-run crash in Westlake Village that killed two young boys, a media report said …

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3 years, 11 months ago

Woman faces murder charges following crash that killed two boys in Westlake Village

LA Times

Rebecca Grossman, left, has been charged with murder. A Hidden Hills woman faces murder charges for running over two boys in Westlake Village in September and then fleeing the scene of the crash, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Los Angeles district attorney’s office said it has charged Rebecca Grossman — the 57-year-old co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation — with two …

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Dead boys’ mother feels a ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence

Rebecca Grossman gets 15 years to life for murder of boys killed in crosswalk

Rebecca Grossman is a narcissist who deserves life in prison for boys’ murders, prosecutors say

D.A. removes Rebecca Grossman’s prosecutors, outraging parents of murdered boys

Grossman’s daughter testifies Scott Erickson threatened her after she saw him hiding near fatal crash scene

Rebecca Grossman’s doctor husband defends wife accused of killing 2 children

Prosecution rests in Grossman hit-and-run murder case. Judge declines to dismiss charges

‘I wish I had not looked away’: Grossman’s texts show she was distracted before crash

Boy’s body bore the imprint of Mercedes front grille, medical examiner says at Grossman trial

‘Where is Scott Erickson?’ Defense in Grossman murder trial seeks to pin blame on ex-Dodger

Was it murder? Jury to hear gripping testimony about deaths of 2 boys in trial of L.A. socialite

L.A. socialite’s lawyer seeks to shift blame in killing of 2 boys in crosswalk: Hers wasn’t first or last car

‘Nobody stopped’: Who struck two brothers in a crosswalk? Murder trial begins for L.A. socialite

Lawyer for L.A.-area socialite charged with murder for running over two boys says crosswalk was a danger

Murder charges upheld against Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman

Hidden Hills socialite Rebecca Grossman to face murder trial in crash that killed 2 boys

A speeding Mercedes. Two kids killed. Should a Hidden Hills socialite face a murder trial?

Rebecca Grossman drove half a mile after fatally hitting two boys, seemed impaired, deputies testify

Rebecca Grossman’s SUV hit 81 mph before hitting two boys, didn’t stop, witnesses testify

Will a Hidden Hills socialite face murder trial for running over two young brothers?

Former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson charged in connection with fatal crash

Woman faces murder charges following crash that killed two boys in Westlake Village