EXCLUSIVEIncarcerated California socialite Rebecca Grossman hit with civil lawsuit - as grief-stricken parents of boys she killed in hit-and-run seek to probe her $20 million fortune
The parents of two young boys killed by wealthy socialite Rebecca Grossman in a horrific hit-and-run car crash waited almost four years to see her convicted of murder and imprisoned for 15 years to life.
The parents of two young boys killed by wealthy socialite Rebecca Grossman in a horrific hit-and-run car crash waited almost four years to see her convicted of murder and imprisoned for 15 years to life. Now they’re going after her money.
In their unlawful death civil lawsuit against Grossman, 61, Nancy and Karim Iskander have filed a new motion asking a Los Angeles judge to let them probe the finances of Grossman - who’s estimated to be worth $20 million.
The cash damages they’re seeking are as yet ‘unspecified’ but when they’ve determined exactly how rich she is, they’ll be able to put a dollar figure on how much they want from her for the agony and suffering they’ve endured since losing their two beloved sons, Mark, 11, and eight-year-old Jacob.
‘In light of defendant Rebecca Grossman’s five felony convictions and all the evidence to date, there is a substantial probability’ that the Iskanders will prevail (win) on their claim, the still-grieving couple’s attorneys say in new court documents found by DailyMail.com on the fourth anniversary of the boys’ tragic deaths, September 29 2020.
Incarcerated California socialite Rebecca Grossman (pictured) has been hit with civil lawsuit by the parents of the two young boys she killed in a hit-and-run - who are now seeking to probe her estimated $20 million fortune
In their unlawful death civil lawsuit against Grossman, 61, Nancy and Karim Iskander (pictured together outside court in June) have filed a new motion asking a Los Angeles judge to let them delve into her finances before claiming cash damages
Mark iskander, 11, and eight year-old Jacob Iskander (pictured together in a family photo) were killed by Grossman during a hit-and-run incident four years ago on September 29, 2020
The Iskander’s motion for an order allowing them to examine Grossman’s ‘financial condition,’ condemns her conduct which ‘includes intentionally racing her vehicle at dangerous speeds while under the influence of drugs and alcohol and then later trying to flee the scene after she hit both boys….
‘Is this conduct vile, base and contemptible? Does this conduct have character of outrage frequently associated with crime? The answers are most assuredly YES.’
The Iskanders will have to wait until a hearing scheduled for April 17 next year when LA Superior Court Judge Huey Cotton will decide whether or not to grant them permission to delve into Grossman’s finances.
It was on February 23 this year, after a six week trial, that a jury found Grossman, 61, guilty of all five charges against her, two counts of second degree murder, two of gross vehicular manslaughter and one of hit-and-run resulting in death. She was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison.
Jurors didn’t buy her defense team’s contention that it was her boyfriend, ex baseball star Scott Erickson’s black Mercedes SUV - not Grossman’s white Mercedes - that was responsible for killing the Iskander boys as they walked across a marked crosswalk in Westlake Village, west of LA.
The two - who were dating while Grossman was separated from her husband, acclaimed plastic surgeon Peter Grossman - had been sharing margaritas earlier in the day and were racing each other at more than 70mph, with Erickson’s car just in front of Grossman’s, when the crash happened.
Nancy and Karim Iskander want to determine exactly how rich Rebecca Grossman is so that they can claim cash damages in compensation for the deaths of their beloved boys
Pictured: Rebecca Grossman appearing at court during her murder trial, along with her husband Peter Grossman and children Nicholas and Alexis
The wealthy Los Angeles socialite was convicted by a jury on February 23, 2024 of one felony count of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the boys deaths
Pictured: The Mercedes Grossman was driving when she struck and killed the Iskander boys as they walked across a marked crosswalk between Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive in Westlake Village on September 29, 2020
Erickson, 57, received only a slap-on-the-wrist reckless driving misdemeanor citation as a result of the accident.
But the Iskanders have named him as a defendant alongside Grossman in their wrongful death civil lawsuit, slamming him for racing with her on the day of the accident and saying his ‘despicable conduct played a substantial factor in causing the fatal collision.
Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson has hired attorneys to fight the Iskanders accusations
‘Erickson personally observed Grossman crash into the two children….but he kept driving and fled the scene…..he preferred to escape….he did nothing to help the two children, they continued.
Erickson - who played for six MLB teams, including the LA Dodgers, during his 15-year baseball career - has hired attorneys to fight the Iskanders’ accusations and he filed a motion to ’strike’ or cancel their complaint against him.
The motion to strike was rejected but Erickson is still vehemently denying wrongdoing, and now he’s battling with Grossman’s attorneys in the civil case over their efforts to subpoena his driving records from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
Erickson’s attorneys have filed a motion to ‘quash’ or nullify that subpoena request and Judge Cotton will rule on his motion at a hearing November 4.
If he loses in the jury trial the Iskanders are asking for, Erickson - once married to actress turned TV sportscaster and reporter Lisa Guerrero - could face a major financial hit.
Grossman tried to appeal her conviction - but was denied a new trial in June this year
The killer socialites husband Peter Grossman and children Nicholas and Alexis attended her murder trial earlier this year before jurors found her guilty of five felony convictions
Pictured: Nancy Iskander speaks outside Van Nuys Courthouse on Monday, June 10, 2024
But Grossman and her husband Peter - who is also named in the civil lawsuit as the owner of the white BMW that hit the boys and the one who pays the insurance on the vehicle - are a much wealthier targets for the Iskanders in their pursuit of cash damages as some compensation for the heart-rending loss of their two young sons.
Peter Grossman, 61, is medical director of Grossman Burn Centers, a multi-million dollar medial corporation with modern, state-of-the-art hospitals in West Hills, CA, Bakersfield, CA and Kansas City, Mo.
Mark and Jacob were just 11 and eight when they were killed by Grossman in 2020
Grossman Burn Centers was founded by Peter’s plastic surgeon father, Dr. Richard Grossman, who died at age 81 in 2014, leaving an estate estimated at more than $20 million.
The current centers - which specialize in the treatment and reconstruction of burn injuries - have cared for many wealthy and famous patients, including Jay Leno who went to Grossman when he was burned in a garage gas fire in 2022 and actress Anne Heche who suffered fatal burns in a fiery car crash the same year.
Texas-born Rebecca Grossman helped run the philanthropic wing of the family empire, the Grossman Burn Foundation, often hosting star-studded galas and fund raisers to help collect the funds to pay for the treatment of burn victims who are not so well off.
But outside the Grossman Burn Foundation, according to various published reports, she’s had a successful solo business career in medical marketing, technology and real estate, plus a guest host spot on ABC7 Eyewitness News.
All this - added to some shrewd investments - add up to an estimated personal worth of $20 million for Rebecca, who reportedly went to UCLA and has a degree in economics.
Grossmans address during her trial was a sprawling $7.6million mansion (pictured) complete with nine bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, in the star-studded Hidden Hills neighborhood
Pictured: Grossmans backyard in the home where she lived with her husband during her murder trial. She is now incarcerated at the Central California Womens Facility in Chowchilla
Grossman was sent to the notorious Twin Towers jail (pictured center-right) in downtown LA to await her sentencing. She has since been transferred to a prison facility in Chowchilla
After her 15-year sentence was passed, Grossman was transferred to the Central California Women’s Facility (pictured from above) in Chowchilla, around 250 miles northwest of LA
Before - and during - her murder trial Grossman was living with her husband in a luxurious, nine-bedroom, ranch-style Hidden Hills home worth around $9 million and located in a gated community that boasts near neighbors like Kylie Jenner and former Full House TV star Lori Loughlin.
But that quickly changed when jurors convicted her. The $2 million bail she had been free on for more than three years was immediately revoked and she was sent to the notorious Twin Towers jail in downtown LA to await her sentencing.
After her 15-year sentence was passed, she was transferred to the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla around 250 miles northwest of LA.
Last month, she was moved closer to home, to the California Institution for Women in Chino which is only about 40 miles east of downtown LA, making it much easier for her husband and their two teen children, daughter Alexis and son Nicholas, to visit her.
How does she feel about being forced to exchange her lavish lifestyle of privilege and wealth with a life behind bars?
‘I don’t think anybody would deserve this - there is no such thing as dignity when you are incarcerated,’ she reportedly said in a phone conversation with a friend, recorded when she was in Twin Towers jail.
Grossman killed Mark, 11, and Jacob, eight, during a hit-and-run incident in Westlake Village on September 29, 2020. The boys are pictured above in undated school photographs
