Rebecca Grossman’s teenage daughter took the stand Friday in her mother’s murder trial, telling the jury that former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson — Grossman’s then-boyfriend — confronted the girl shortly after the collision that killed two brothers in Westlake Village in 2020 and threatened to “ruin you and your family” if she spoke of seeing him that night.
Alexis Grossman, 19, testified that she spotted Erickson near the scene of the accident, hiding behind a tree. Soon after, the athlete burst into her house, angrily shouting, “Why did your mom stop? Why did your mom stop? … Why didn’t she just drive home?”
Rebecca Grossman is charged with two counts each of murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death in connection with the crash that left 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob, dead. The boys were allegedly hit by Grossman’s speeding white Mercedes-Benz SUV as they crossed a Westlake Village street with their family in September 2020.
Rebecca Grossman was being questioned by investigators after her car stopped near the accident scene when Alexis Grossman, who was parked nearby, saw Erickson hiding behind a tree, “poking his head out and looking to see what was going on,” the girl testified.
Shortly afterward, Erickson came to the house where Alexis was living with her mother, the teenager said from the witness stand in Van Nuys Superior Court.
“His face was red (and) I could smell alcohol on him,” Alexis Grossman said. “He was freaking out. I was scared that he might do something to hurt me or my family.”
The college sophomore said Erickson warned her not to tell anyone that she had seen him near the accident scene. She told jurors that the ball player had added that, “If you do, I’ll ruin you and your family.”
The prosecution alleges that Grossman was speeding at the time she hit the boys,…
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