Rebecca Grossman ‘tried to blame NASA and SpaceX after striking and killing two young brothers,’ as prosecutors brand her narcissist who should get long jail sentence

Killer socialite Rebecca Grossman tried to lay the blame NASA And SpaceX after she fatally struck two young brothers with her car, according to prosecutors.

The socialite, 60, was found guilty of murder in February in the 2020 hit-and-run deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, in Westlake Village, outside Los Angeles.

Earlier this week, a judge rejected her bid to overturn the murder convictions and get a new trial, with Grossman scheduled to be sentenced on June 10.

Prosecutors have argued that the fact that Grossman fled the scene makes her crimes particularly despicable. They say Grossman admitted in a letter to the boys’ parents that she remembered seeing a boy fall from the sky and hit her car.

Grossman reportedly claimed in the letter that she even contacted NASA and SpaceX because she thought something had fallen on her car. No further details about the bizarre behavior have been shared with the court.

Nancy and Karim Iskander, the parents of the two boys, said they received Grossman’s letter detailing the bizarre claim on March 13.

Killer Rebecca Grossman tried to blame NASA and SpaceX as she tried to escape responsibility for fatally striking two young brothers with her car, prosecutors say

Grossman also allegedly “conspired with a friend to contact the Iskanders by giving them a necklace” containing their sons’ birthstones and attempted to have them delivered anonymously last month.

Ahead of her sentencing on Monday, Grossman’s attorneys argued that she should receive probation as a punishment instead of jail time.

But prosecutors say she should receive two consecutive prison sentences of 15 years to life because they say she has shown no remorse and refused to accept responsibility for her actions.

If Grossman were to receive that sentence, Grossman would likely spend the rest of her life behind bars.

“The defendant’s actions from September 29, 2020 through today demonstrate a complete lack of remorse and narcissistic superiority, which leads to only one conclusion: that she does not deserve any leniency,” prosecutors Habib Balian, Ryan Gould and Jamie Castro said . reported by the Los Angeles Times.

“The defendant has consistently demonstrated through her actions that she deserves the maximum sentence.”

They added: ‘She has led a privileged life and clearly felt that her wealth and fame would buy her freedom.’

The Iskander boys, Mark and Jacob, 11 and 8, died at the scene of the accident after Grossman’s Mercedes struck them at high speed

Grossman allegedly “conspired with a friend to contact the Nancy and Karim Iskanders by giving them a necklace containing their sons’ birthstones.”

Prosecutors also allege Grossman induced her family to lie for her during her trial, including her daughter Alexis.

She has already been accused of using dirty tactics to overturn her convictions. Prosecutors previously said she told her husband and daughter from jail to track down jurors and find witnesses to try to get them to change their testimony and get Judge Brandolino to grant her a new trial.

Grossman also allegedly ordered her daughter Alexis to publicly release a sheriff’s deputy’s body camera video, which was sealed by the judge.

Even though Judge Brandolino sealed the jurors’ contact information, at least two jurors reported that three other members of the jury had been contacted by Paul Stuckey, a private investigator “for the family,” prosecutors said.

Grossman was separated from her husband at the time of the crash and was in a relationship with Scott Erickson, who her defense said was the one who hit the boys.

Grossman’s white Mercedes SUV is pictured shortly after the crash

The defense, for its part, has portrayed Grossman as a “humanitarian” who helped burn victims and survivors of domestic violence and grew up in Texas being abused and impoverished.

Her lead attorney James Spertus acknowledged that the Iskanders’ loss was “incalculable,” but added that the Grossmans experienced a different kind of loss.

Her lead attorney James Spertus acknowledged that the Iskanders’ loss was “incalculable” but added that the Grossmans experienced a different kind of loss

Grossman’s son Nick wrote in a letter to the judge: ‘Nothing compares to what the Iskanders are going through, but since the accident it feels like the world hates my mother and everyone is against our family.

“It’s like they just want the worst version of the story and never looked at who she really is and all the things she’s done her whole life, every day. They turned her into a monster.”

The jury found Grossman guilty on all counts in February: two felony counts each of second-degree murder and gross manslaughter, and one misdemeanor count of hit-and-run resulting in death.

Authorities said Grossman, the wife of prominent Los Angeles burn doctor Peter Grossman, fatally beat the brothers as they chased a car driven by then-lover Scott Erickson, a former pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Grossman was not charged with being under the influence, but former baseball player Royce Clayton testified that he joined her and Erickson at a nearby restaurant where Erickson had two margaritas and Grossman had one.

Prosecutors presented evidence that the data recorder in Grossman’s white Mercedes showed she was traveling at up to 80 mph (130 km/h) and hit the brakes, slowing her to 75 mph (120 km/h) less than two seconds before a crash that deployed her airbags .

Grossman’s lead attorney at trial, Tony Buzbee, repeatedly blamed Erickson for the deaths, suggesting that the retired baseball player’s car struck Jacob, threw him into a curb and then hit Mark, putting him in the path of Grossman’s Mercedes .

Prosecutors say she told her husband and daughter from jail to track down jurors and find witnesses to try to get them to change their testimony and get Judge Brandolino to grant her a new trial.

An attorney for Erickson has said the former baseball player denies contributing in any way to the tragedy. Erickson was initially charged with a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, but this was dismissed after he made a public service announcement.

Nancy Iskander testified that the black SUV did not hit her sons, but could have hit her and her 5-year-old son Zachary. She said she dove out of the way and pulled Zachary to safety.

The mother said she did not see Mark and Jacob get hit, but three eyewitnesses said they saw a white or light-colored vehicle hit the boys.

The wealthy socialite’s lawyers argued that she was entitled to a retrial because prosecutors presented “insufficient” evidence to find her guilty and “misled” the jury during her trial four months ago.

But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino rejected Grossman’s pleas on Monday, telling the court in Van Nuys, California, that he found prosecutors had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that she had acted with “implied malice.”

Gorssman’s attorney Spertus accused prosecutors of “misleading” Judge Brandolino by allowing the jury to hear “dishonest” testimony from a California Highway Patrol officer — who gave Grossman a speeding ticket for driving 90 miles per hour seven years before the Iskander boys’ fatal crash and warned her about it. Speeding can cause serious injury or death.

And he attacked prosecutors for claiming that Grossman was intoxicated at the time of the crash from drinks she had earlier in the day — even though she was not charged with driving under the influence.

“The impairment issue was so damaging,” he told the court. “The impairment evidence was misused by the prosecution. There was a lot of discussion about impairment in this trial, but this was not a DUI case.”