Witnesses said Rebecca Grossman appeared to be racing another luxury SUV being driven by her then-boyfriend when she crashed into two brothers at high speed, killing them.
A judge sentenced a California philanthropist to 15 years to life in prison for murdering two children in a hit-run while she was driving a Mercedes SUV at more than 80mph , prosecutors said.
Witness testimony indicated that before the crash Grossman “appeared to be racing” another Mercedes SUV that was being driven by her boyfriend at the time, Scott Erickson, a former pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, prosecutors wrote in the memorandum. Grossman was “at a bare minimum, ‘playing’ with him, in a deadly game of chase,” prosecutors wrote.
At her sentencing hearing on Monday , Grossman addressed her driving, saying: “I never saw anyone. I would have driven into a brick wall,”reported. Turning to Nancy Iskander, the boys’ mother, Grossman said: “My pain is a fraction of your pain,” the paper reported.Judge Joseph A.
James W. Spertus, Grossman’s lawyer, also expressed disappointment with the sentence. He said that he had asked the judge not to impose a sentence on the two murder counts and to instead sentence Grossman to six years in prison for the vehicular manslaughter counts. Grossman has appealed her conviction, Spertus said.
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