Ex-Dodger wishes he saved boys before fatal crash by former lover, says MLB millions largely gone - BERITAJA

Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson testified Friday that he has small near of the about $46 cardinal he earned during his profession arsenic a assemblage considers whether to grant further damages against him and his erstwhile person aft they were recovered liable for the car-crash deaths of 2 young brothers successful Westlake Village.

Rebecca Grossman, 62, is serving a condemnation of 15 years to life successful situation aft she was convicted of second-degree execution for fatally striking Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, pinch her Mercedes SUV connected Sept. 29, 2020. A assemblage connected Wednesday awarded their parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their surviving relative $176 cardinal successful wrongful decease and affectional distress damages aft an eight-week civilian trial.

Jurors are now weighing whether to grant further punitive damages against Grossman and Erickson.

Erickson, 58, was successful a abstracted AMG Mercedes SUV up of Grossman’s conveyance and was besides recovered negligent successful the deadly crash. Jurors recovered that the brace “acted successful performance pinch each different successful the people of their activities, starring to the fatal collision.”

Erickson said not a time goes by without him wishing he did thing different that day.

“I consciousness unspeakable about what happened. I consciousness really bad about my actions and immoderate of the unspeakable behaviour I did,” he said. “I person not been very honest. And nary words could picture really I consciousness about what’s happened ... I genuinely judge now if I had someway been capable to stop, I probably, possibly, could person saved their lives.”

According to witnesser grounds astatine the criminal and civilian trials, Erickson and Grossman had been drinking astatine a Westlake Village cantina and were heading to Grossman’s location connected the nighttime of the crash. Mark and Jacob Iskander were pinch their mother and younger related successful a crosswalk astatine Triunfo Canyon Road erstwhile witnesses opportunity the 2 cars came speeding toward them.

Erickson testified he avoided hitting the brothers, but Grossman did not.

Brian Panish, the Iskander family’s attorney, told jurors successful Van Nuys that they needed to grant punitive damages to not only punish Grossman and Erickson, but besides nonstop a connection about their conduct. He questioned whether Erickson, a erstwhile World Series victor who besides sounded for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Grossman are hiding assets.

Erickson testified that he hasn’t had a occupation since 2019. While he earned much than $46 cardinal successful contracts crossed his master career, bad business decisions, a divorcement and taxes person near him pinch $9,000 successful the bank, a $13,000 monthly MLB pension, $242,000 successful a status account, and $200,000 successful equity successful a Las Vegas condo.

“I haven’t been capable to get a occupation since the accident,” he said.

Panish, however, accused him of not disclosing accusation — including about a $237,000 withdrawal and an finance successful an unidentified “billion-dollar” company.

“The reward should fresh the offense. You’d work together pinch that, right?” Panish asked Erickson.

“Yes,” Erickson replied.

Asked what could beryllium much morally reprehensible than drinking pinch Grossman and past getting down the wheel, Erickson replied: “I conjecture personally striking the children would beryllium worse.”

Panish has based on that the grounds shows Grossman and Erickson were thoroughfare racing astatine the clip of the crash, a declare their attorneys deny.

Esther Holm, Grossman’s attorney, said the “evidence will show that she had not earned income for galore years, since this mishap and anterior to this accident.” Holm said the mobility of whether to grant punitive damages shouldn’t hinge connected the family wealthiness shared by Grossman, who is the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation and the woman of salient integrative surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman.

Panish alleged that Grossman and her husband, who were separated astatine the clip of the crash, person tried to conceal the full magnitude of their assets. He spent a mates of hours Friday questioning Peter Grossman about a web of trusts, companies and his wife’s cryptocurrency holdings.

In a bid of questions, Panish tried to show jurors that the Grossmans had a bid of analyzable trusts, loans and different financial measures designed to shield money from the court.

Panish played for jurors a video of Peter Grossman’s deposition successful which he stated he didn’t cognize really overmuch money his woman made successful 2021. He besides played recordings of situation calls betwixt Rebecca Grossman and her hubby successful which they discussed a Coinbase wallet containing her bitcoin, arsenic good arsenic loans worthy millions of dollars.

He besides played a portion of the deposition that elaborate a spot to use the couple’s children, and the transportation of a Georgia spot worthy about $1 million.

Asked by Panish whether his woman killed the brothers, Peter Grossman replied, “My woman was progressive successful the mishap ... I don’t peculiarly attraction for the connection ‘kills.’”

Panish besides accused the surgeon of not turning complete specifications of a $25-million statement pinch a Dallas infirmary to the plaintiffs, which Peter Grossman denied.

Grossman besides denied that he had financed a documentary about the case, though he acknowledged immoderate benignant of task was successful the works. He said he had shown his woman “some unsmooth footage” and that Marla Maples, erstwhile woman of President Trump, “has been involved.”

The punitive shape of the civilian proceedings began Thursday, aft jurors wished that Grossman had acted pinch malice and oppression and Erickson pinch malice, oppression aliases fraud.

Rebecca Grossman, Dr. Peter Grossman and their girl get astatine the Van Nuys Courthouse successful 2024.

(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

The Iskander family sued Grossman and Erickson arsenic portion of a wrongful decease lawsuit, claiming the brace were negligent successful the September 2020 crash.

Attorneys for Grossman and Erickson based on that, though the incident was tragic, location was nary grounds that their clients were racing aliases impaired that would warrant an grant of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Panish, however, said, “It’s not an mishap erstwhile you speed, and you drink, and you thrust impaired.”

Karim Iskander, right, and woman Nancy Iskander successful Van Nuys.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

On Wednesday, jurors wished that Nancy and Karim Iskander should person a mixed $59 cardinal for past and early wrongful decease damages for the nonaccomplishment of Mark.

In Jacob’s death, they assigned different $48 cardinal successful past and early damages for the nonaccomplishment of love, companionship, comfortableness and care, assistance and affection. Jurors awarded Nancy Iskander different $35 cardinal for superior affectional distress and $34 cardinal to Zachary, their surviving son, for affectional suffering.