Ex-Dodger denies seeing Rebecca Grossman kill young brothers with her SUV - BERITAJA

In the days aft she killed 2 boys successful a Westlake Village crosswalk pinch her SUV, Rebecca Grossman ne'er admitted culpability successful the clang to her person Scott Erickson, contempt grounds from different witnesser saying she did, the ex-Dodgers pitcher testified from the guidelines Wednesday.

Erickson, who was driving his AMG Mercedes successful beforehand of Grossman’s achromatic Mercedes connected Sept. 29, 2020, said he ne'er saw what happened successful his rear-view reflector aft he dodged the 2 brothers, Mark and Jacob Iskander, ages 11 and 8.

He was testifying for a 2nd time successful a wrongful decease civilian proceedings revenge by the Iskanders against him and Grossman, who was convicted of second-degree execution successful the boys’ deaths and is serving 15 years to life successful prison.

During the trial, 1 of Erickson’s friends, retired awesome leaguer Royce Clayton, told jurors that the pitcher called him and told him he narrowly avoided the boys while walking astatine a precocious complaint of velocity but saw Grossman’s car deed them. On Wednesday, Erickson denied it.

“I didn’t spot it; I had to presume that,” Erickson said, aft he’d noted he saw the beforehand of Grossman’s SUV was damaged.

Under aggravated questioning by Brian Panish, the lead lawyer for Nancy and Karim Iskander, the boys’ parents, Erickson denied Grossman ever admitted responsibility complete 4 years of communicating pinch him done WhatsApp, successful personification and over the phone.

“I don’t cognize if she told maine she deed the boys,” Erickson testified.

Mark, left, and Jacob Iskander.

The 58-year-old World Series victor said that he and Grossman, 62, some returned to the crosswalk aft the deadly incident truthful she could look astatine the scene, but neither of them discussed what she did there.

Initially, Erickson denied connected the guidelines ever asking Grossman what happened. He later said he simply could not callback what she told him, beyond “she said she ne'er saw the 2 boys.”

In his first time of grounds connected Monday, Erickson testified he was connected the telephone pinch Grossman aft the collision and asked, “Did you spot the boys?”

Grossman replied, “The boys ...” and hung up, Erickson told jurors.

Rebecca Grossman, center, pinch hubby Dr. Peter Grossman and their girl extracurricular a courthouse successful Van Nuys connected Feb. 14, 2024.

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According to testimony, Erickson and Grossman were drinking margaritas astatine a section cantina earlier the brace sewage into their respective vehicles and headed to Grossman’s location to watch a statesmanlike debate.

Erickson and Grossman were driving separately down Triunfo Canyon Road successful Westlake Village erstwhile Mark and Jacob crossed the thoroughfare pinch their mother and younger relative astatine Saddle Mountain Drive. Nancy Iskander, astatine the criminal trial, testified that she began to transverse connected inline skates pinch her youngest son, Zachary, adjacent to her connected his scooter. Mark, connected a skateboard, and Jacob, besides wearing inline skates, followed a small complete an arm’s magnitude behind.

Sheriff’s investigators testified Grossman was driving astatine speeds of much than 70 mph erstwhile she deed the boys. But Erickson insisted that, while he was walking successful beforehand of her, he was doing about 50 mph. The civilian title accuses the brace of racing that day, but Erickson told jurors they were not.

Nancy and Karim Iskander, parents of the 2 young boys killed successful a crosswalk by Rebecca Grossman, speak pinch media connected June 10, 2024.

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After the collision, the information strategy connected Grossman’s Mercedes SUV turned disconnected the vehicle, which came to a extremity one-third of a mile down the road. Testing showed her blood-alcohol contented was 0.08% — the ineligible limit successful California — 3 hours aft the crash, according to grounds astatine some trials.

Erickson testified he ran backmost to the area aft parking astatine his then-lover’s lakeshore house, came upon Grossman’s smashed Mercedes and past watched for “three hours” arsenic she was detained and yet handcuffed, but conceded he ne'er told immoderate serviceman about his role.

Panish, seeking to show a shape of lies, sewage Erickson to admit he did not really cognize really agelong he was watching Grossman aft the lawyer informed him Grossman was taken into custody aft 2 hours astatine the scene, not three.

The questioning was portion of an effort by Panish to represent Erickson arsenic an unreliable witnesser pinch an intoxicant problem. During grounds Monday, Erickson admitted do drinking regular for the past 10 years and that he had a martini complete luncheon during the assemblage action information of the existent trial.