By TERRI VERMEULEN KEITH
Jurors in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman are expected to begin deliberations at the Van Nuys courthouse Thursday morning, one day after prosecution and defense attorneys gave closing arguments in the case against the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation.
Deputy District Attorney Jamie Castro on Wednesday told the panel of nine men and three women that Grossman was speeding at 73 mph when she plowed into two young brothers in 2020 — while lead defense attorney Tony Buzbee countered that authorities failed to properly investigate the crash and determine who actually hit the boys.
Buzbee asked the panel why it didn’t hear during the trial from former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson, whom the defense contends was behind the wheel of a black Mercedes-Benz that struck the two boys first.
Meanwhile, Castro told jurors that the man described by the prosecution as Grossman’s boyfriend at the time was “absolutely reckless,” but that “there is not a shred of evidence that he hit them, not a shred.
Jurors are expected to get the case Thursday after hearing the prosecution’s rebuttal argument.
Grossman, 60, 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 the Sept. 29, 2020, crash in Westlake Village that left 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother Jacob dead.
“This was not a tragic accident. This was murder,” the prosecutor said Wednesday.
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