Prosecutors are asking the judge to sentence Grossman to 34 years to life in state prison, writing that she is “more than deserving” of the maximum term.
Rebecca Grossman, convicted in the deaths of two young brothers struck by her vehicle in Westlake Village in 2020, is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the former publisher of Westlake Magazine. Sentencing is set Monday in Van Nuys for Grossman Burn Foundation co-founder Rebecca Grossman, who wrote that she is “not a murderer” despite her conviction on second-degree murder and other charges stemming from a crash that killed two young boys in Westlake Village.
On Oct. 1, 2020, 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 on Sept. 29, 2020, by a vehicle in Westlake Village. Rebecca Grossman, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was convicted of second-degree murder, vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and hit-and-run driving in connection with the boys’ deaths. She awaits sentencing in Van Nuys on June 10, 2024.
A memorial is growing for Mark and Jacob Iskander who were killed after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk at the intersection of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive in Westlake Village, CA. Rebecca Grossman, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash and was released from jail Thursday morning.
Jeanne Wong places flowers at the memorial for Mark and Jacob Iskander who were killed after being struck by a vehicle in a crosswalk at the intersection of Triunfo Canyon Road and Saddle Mountain Drive in Westlake Village, CA. Rebecca Grossman, a co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was arrested on suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter in connection with the crash.
In the letter submitted with the defense’s sentencing brief, Grossman wrote, “As God is my witness, I did not see anyone or anything in the road. I swear to you, I would have driven my car into a tree to avoid hitting two little boys.” In their sentencing memorandum, Deputy District Attorneys Ryan Gould, Jamie Castro and Habib Balian wrote that the defendant’s actions since the night of the crash “show a complete lack of remorse and narcissistic superiority that leads to only one conclusion, that she is undeserving of any leniency.”
The deputy district attorneys contended that she “drove at extreme speeds on surface streets, was impaired and had both alcohol and Valium in her system,” and that the evidence presented during her trial indicated she “accelerated from 73 mph to speeds of 81 mph in a 45 mph zone just two seconds before the collision” and struck the boys while traveling at 73 mph.
In the letter to the Iskanders, Grossman wrote, “I wish God had given me the opportunity to give my life instead of that of Mark and Jacob’s,” and that she was “so sorry that I was portrayed as a monster to you.” The defense attorneys wrote in their motion that the judge could impose probation with a suspended state prison sentence, writing that “a probationary sentence is the only way to allow her to spend the rest of her life trying to make up for this tragedy.
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