
Evil socialite who slaughtered two young brothers while racing her Mercedes makes entitled new demand from jail
Rebecca Grossman, 62, says she should not be tried in Los Angeles County after the parents of victims Jacob Iskaner, 8, and his 11 year-old brother Mark sued her for damages over the boys' September 2020 killings in Westlake Village, LA.
A new filing seen by the Daily Breeze said: 'This court is requested to issue an order changing the place of trial for this action because an impartial trial cannot be had in Los Angeles County and the nearby vicinities.'
Lawyers for Grossman, who is serving 15 years to life for two counts of second-degree murder, went on to claim that the 'impartial and sensationalized media reporting meant to invoke outrage'.
They added that the description of millionaire plastic surgeon's wife Grossman as a 'wealthy socialite' means she 'will not have a shot at an impartial jury unless venue for trial is moved outside of Los Angeles County to a neutral country.'
Grossman's legal team concluded their request by asking for a location 'where the same local media is not as invested in creating sensationalized content drawing upon such bias.'
In a further play for sympathy, Grossman's lawyers claimed her family had received death threats as a result of coverage of the case.
They also shared results of polling claiming that 44 percent of LA County residents recognized Grossman's name, while just 17 percent of those polled in neighboring Tulane County knew who she was.
A decision on whether to move the civil case will be made at a later date.
Grossman's latest attempts to shirk responsibility for her evil crimes will likely further outrage parents Karim and Nancy Iskaner, whose children died horrifically under the wheels of the blonde socialite's powerful Mercedes.
Mark and Jacob were killed after Grossman raced former Major League Baseball star Scott Erickson home from a margarita-fueled lunch.
The pair were lovers. Grossman's esteemed plastic surgeon husband Dr Peter Grossman claimed he and his wife were separated at the time.
But Dr Grossman was in court every day of her murder trial and at her June 2024 sentencing.
Grossman didn't stop after striking the boys with her Mercedes while doing 80mph in a 45mph zone, sending one of the youngster's broken bodies flying 250 feet into the air.
The socialite kept driving even after the car's air bags deployed and was only brought to a halt when its engine automatically shut off because of the damage the vehicle sustained.
Grossman claimed to have reached out to NASA and SpaceX to try and get satellite data after claiming she feared something had fallen on her car.
During her trial, her lawyer sought to create doubt by suggesting that it was actually Erikson who'd struck the brothers.
The outlandish assertion was made despite the obvious and devastating damage to the front of Grossman's Mercedes.
Grossman was even accused of getting her devoted daughter Alexis to perjure herself.
Alexis claimed on the witness stand that she'd witnessed her mom's lover Erickson hiding in a nearby bush as Grossman was arrested.
She also told the court that Erickson later threatened the family to keep quiet about his involvement - claims which prosecutors insist were completely fictitious.
Grossman was accused of trying to find out about jurors to sway them during her trial.
After being convicted, she pleaded for parole and managed to get a considerably shorter sentence than the 34 maximum a judge could have imposed on her.
She wrote a self-pitying letter to Mark and Jacob's parents and sent a necklace with the boys' birth stone to try and curry favor.
Even after being convicted and jailed, Grossman refused to take responsibility and continues to insist that she is the victim of a miscarriage of justice.
Grossman launched one appeal against her conviction shortly after her sentencing in June 2024 but was denied a new trial.
Another appeal was filed in April 2025. It insists that she did not flee the crash and that her mowing down of the two children does not meet the definition of murder.
The civil suit, originally filed in Van Nuys Superior Court in January 2021, names both Grossman and her former lover Erickson, 56.
Grossman's husband Peter, 61, is also named in the suit as the owner of the Mercedes that hit the boys and the one who paid the insurance on the vehicle.
The Grossmans are estimated to have a $20 million fortune and the Iskanders case against them will almost certainly result in an enormous payout.
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