Philanthropist Gets 15 Years to Life in Hit-and-Run Murder of 2 Boys

[Anonymous]

Good. At least she didn't get out of jail free because she's rich.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/us/rebecca-grossman-hit-run-sentenced.html

A judge on Monday sentenced a California philanthropist to 15 years to life in prison for murdering two children in a hit-and-run collision in a crosswalk while she was driving a Mercedes sport utility vehicle at more than 80 miles an hour, prosecutors said.

The woman, Rebecca Grossman, 60, of Hidden Hills, Calif., west of Los Angeles, was convicted in February of two counts of murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death, prosecutors said.

Evidence presented at Ms. Grossman’s trial indicated that she had accelerated to 81 miles per hour from 73 m.p.h. just two seconds before she hit the two children, Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother, Jacob, 8, in a 45-m.p.h. zone in Westlake Village, Calif., on the evening of Sept. 29, 2020, Los Angeles County prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum.

Ms. Grossman also drank alcohol and took Valium before driving “to the point that she was impaired,” the memorandum said.

After Ms. Grossman struck the boys, she did not return to the scene or call 911, prosecutors wrote. She later claimed that Mr. Erickson had hit the children, even though there was “not a shred of evidence to prove this to be true,” prosecutors wrote.

[Anonymous]

Everyone is extremely upset that she only got 15 years. She may only serve half of that. The mom of the boys is devastated.

[Anonymous]

My God, what sort of monster mows down 2 little boys and drives away. She deserves to rot. 15 years for 2 homicides is a joke.

[Anonymous]

Instead of only paying the exact amount to the family for funerals and therapy she needs to transfer her assets to the mother of the boys. Hopefully there’s a civil suit.

One good thing, this woman will be devastated without her Botox and hair dye. Her life should be over just like the boys’ and their mother’s.

[Anonymous]

Sad how she was sending letters to the mom of the boys she killed. She sounds completely self-absorbed. Zero self awareness. Zero empathy or compassion.

[Anonymous]

A man would've gotten life.

[Anonymous]

She had a boyfriend as well and the husband stood by her? Bizarre.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sad how she was sending letters to the mom of the boys she killed. She sounds completely self-absorbed. Zero self awareness. Zero empathy or compassion.

She actually told the mom she was in more pain than her. Psycho

[Anonymous]

Hope she at least serves the full 15 years, she is scum.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A man would've gotten life.

Not always. Brian Schwartz guy from Columbia, Maryland went to a happy hour where his colleagues said they watched him down 7+ drinks. Then he got into his Mercedes and mowed down a 17 year old and left him dead in the road. He eventually turned himself in a few days later, but didn't admit to drinking so they couldn't get him on the DWI. He served one week in jail.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=1590045

After less than a week in jail and six weeks in a work-release program, the Columbia man who killed 17-year-old Esai Lopez of Gaithersburg in a hit-and-run collision last year has been transferred to home confinement to serve the rest of his one-year sentence.
The March 28 transfer of Brian Schwartz, 43, from a county work-release program to home confinement has left the Lopez family irate with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office for steering them toward a plea deal that could allow such an outcome.
Schwartz, who struck Lopez as he crossed Redland Road near Muncaster Mill Road with friends July 31, had been at a happy hour before the collision. He and three colleagues consumed 27 alcoholic drinks, according to police records. Schwartz did not admit to drinking, but his colleagues said the entire group was drinking, according to police records.

After hitting Lopez with his BMW, Schwartz fled the scene and replaced the car’s windshield before turning himself in to police three days later, according to police.

[Anonymous]

I love how they call her a “philanthropist” like it’s a job. She was an unemployed free-loader with a rich husband, that it sounds like she was not faithful to.

[Anonymous]

After Ms. Grossman struck the boys, she did not return to the scene or call 911, prosecutors wrote. She later claimed that Mr. Erickson had hit the children, even though there was “not a shred of evidence to prove this to be true,” prosecutors wrote.

At her sentencing hearing on Monday, Ms. Grossman addressed her driving, saying: “I never saw anyone. I would have driven into a brick wall,”

Such a gross human

[Anonymous]

Anyone remember they the young female lawyer who killed a teenager walking along Rt 7 at night after a law firm happy hour? She left the scene and reported that she hit a deer after the news came out about a hit and run. Then no one would cooperate with the police investigation. She immediately got pregnant. Then I don’t know what happened. I think the firm was Cooley in Reston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A man would've gotten life.

Not always. Brian Schwartz guy from Columbia, Maryland went to a happy hour where his colleagues said they watched him down 7+ drinks. Then he got into his Mercedes and mowed down a 17 year old and left him dead in the road. He eventually turned himself in a few days later, but didn't admit to drinking so they couldn't get him on the DWI. He served one week in jail.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/?p=1590045

After less than a week in jail and six weeks in a work-release program, the Columbia man who killed 17-year-old Esai Lopez of Gaithersburg in a hit-and-run collision last year has been transferred to home confinement to serve the rest of his one-year sentence.
The March 28 transfer of Brian Schwartz, 43, from a county work-release program to home confinement has left the Lopez family irate with the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office for steering them toward a plea deal that could allow such an outcome.
Schwartz, who struck Lopez as he crossed Redland Road near Muncaster Mill Road with friends July 31, had been at a happy hour before the collision. He and three colleagues consumed 27 alcoholic drinks, according to police records. Schwartz did not admit to drinking, but his colleagues said the entire group was drinking, according to police records.

After hitting Lopez with his BMW, Schwartz fled the scene and replaced the car’s windshield before turning himself in to police three days later, according to police.

Maryland. That’s the difference. After college I worked in criminal justice in Maryland for a few years. It was such a joke I switched careers. I had one guy on probation for his seventh DUI. I’m shocked crime isn’t worse there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love how they call her a “philanthropist” like it’s a job. She was an unemployed free-loader with a rich husband, that it sounds like she was not faithful to.

I find it funny too, most news organizations are just calling her a socialite and a narcissist.

One of her kids issued a statement that was complaining how everyone was mean to his family.