Her defense attorney is pinning the blame on the ex-Dodgers pitcher who was Grossman’s boyfriend at the time of the accident that killed two young boys in Westlake Village.
Cars pass by the crosswalk at the intersection of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive where Mark and Jacob Iskander were struck and killed by a vehicle in Westlake Village on Sept. 29, 2020.
Starting her presentation with photos of the two boys smiling, Castro said Grossman hit and killed “these two precious children” as they walked in a marked crosswalk. The prosecutor said the defendant “made the decision to drink” and “decided to drive at an excessively high rate of speed through her own neighborhood,” saying that an analysis of data from Grossman’s white SUV showed that she had been speeding at 81 mph just seconds before impact.
Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, were with their family Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, when they were struck and killed in Westlake Village by a Mercedes driven by Rebecca Grossman, the chairwoman of the Grossman Burn Foundation. The prosecutor acknowledged that there wasn’t a perfect investigation into the crash, but said that in the end “they got it right.”
Buzbee insisted that a separate vehicle — Erickson’s — went through the intersection 2 1/2 seconds before Grossman. Former major-league pitcher Scott Erickson was charged with reckless driving for his role in a crash in Westlake Village that killed two boys crossing a street on Sept. 29, 2020. Authorities say Erickson was racing Rebecca Grossman, who police say struck the boys. Erickson pitched for the Dodgers in 2005.
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