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WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. () — A state appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the conviction of socialite Rebecca Grossman, who was sentenced for killing two young brothers in a 2020 crash in Westlake Village.
The co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation was accused of speeding and hitting 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob, on Sept. 29, 2020.
Grossman was convicted Feb. 23, 2024, of two counts each of second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of hit-and-run driving in connection with the deadly crash.
She is currently serving a prison sentence of 15 years to life.
L.A. socialite Rebecca Grossman, who was convicted for the death of two young brothers in a hit-and-run crash in 2020, was sentenced to 15 years to life.
Prosecutors argued during the trial that Grossman and her then-boyfriend — former Dodger Scott Erickson — had been out for drinks earlier that evening and were heading toward her nearby home in separate vehicles when Grossman’s white Mercedes-Benz SUV struck the boys while they were crossing Triunfo Canyon Road with their parents in a marked crosswalk.
Sheriff’s officials said six family members were crossing the three-way intersection — which does not have a stoplight — in the crosswalk when the mother heard a car speeding toward them and both parents reached out to protect two of their children, but the two boys were too far out in the intersection and were struck.
The older boy died at the scene and his 8-year-old sibling died at a hospital.
Prosecutors said Grossman continued driving after striking the boys, eventually stopping about a quarter-mile away from the scene when her car engine stopped running.
The prosecution alleged that Grossman was speeding at 81 mph in a 45-mph zone just seconds before impact, and that data from the vehicle’s so-called black box showing that she was driving 73 mph at the time of the crash was reliable.
Grossman’s attorneys insisted during the case that it was Erickson who struck the boys first with his black SUV. Erickson was never called to testify in the case.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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