She said “if the Mercedes system hadn’t disabled her car, she would be in her garage right now” which implies that if the car had been able to continue on, she would have gone right home instead of waiting for the police. She was intending to leave the scene of an accident that killed two children! What a piece of garbage
Garbage is to GOOD of a name for her, and the Hurt, Trumer and Suffering she has caused that Family is unforgettable for them,PLEASE HOPE She will get Life as she would be the type to go and do it all again 😢
@@hydrostatic8048Yes. Wealthy people are beyond reproach. I have been up, and I have been down. However, most poor folks don't have a sense of entitlement. They're too busy trying to survive. I am actually a mathematical physicist, and have studied magnetohydrodynamics while in grad school. Hydrostatic systems were examined during the first week ...
There is still a very good chance that she won't even go to prison in the first place. That is, if all of this plays out the way I think that it will. They will drag this thing out as long as they can. Eventually the charges might even be overturned as well. These people have a lot of money. And time.
She got the prosecutors removed before her sentencing and her lawyers want a retrial. Money can buy you out of murdering children. Let's hope the verdict is NOT overturned and she goes to prison for the MAX of 34 years.
The family, especially the mother of those precious boys, deserves justice! Grossman is guilty of DUI with an accident and two deaths!! 2 counts of 2nd degree murder aren't harsh enough!!
Hey lady! That’s not how things work with a trial. A jury is, as far as is possible, impartial. Heard of that? Understand that? Jurors listen to THE EVIDENCE. Heard of that? Understand that? They did this in YOUR TRIAL and BASED ON ALL THE EVIDENCE BEFORE THEM found you GUILTY of KILLING TWO YOUNG BOYS. In YOUR CAR WHICH YOU WERE DRIVING AT HIGH SPEED. The boys and their mother were on the pedestrian crossing. You know, that place where DRIVERS are mandated and expected to stop to allow pedestrians to SAFELY cross the road. THIS FAMILY DID NOT STAND A CHANCE. But you chose, by deliberately speeding, to put yourself in the situation WHEREBY YOU CRUELLY TOOK THE LIVES OF TWO TREASURED LITTLE CHILDREN. SHAME SHAME SHAME ON YOU. But it’s all about YOU YOU YOU isn’t it 🤮 Good luck with sentencing 😁 Your antics to date with your trying to get out of your sentence BY SERIOUSLY DEVIOUS AND ILLEGAL METHODS will come in handy when the sentencing judge is making their decision. Boo Hoo Baby 😂😂😂
Why on earth would the jurors be on your side… a jury of crack heads wouldn’t be on your side….this lady is insufferable from coasting through life feeling special.
The jurors are not supposed to be on any side plus the fact that her defense attorneys as well as the prosecution are part of the jury selection process.
“The jury was the worst jury ever. They were not on my side from the start”. Um…. That’s a GOOD jury. They are no supposed to be “on your side”. They are supposed to be impartial.
Jury tampering?? Using your 19 year old to try to find some evidence to get you off. Her poor children hopefully they learn that their actions have consequences from seeing their mother take her punishment.
Facing life in prison because of an accident? What about the ones that have killed thousands of kids knowing what they were doing e.g. Bush, Obama, Netanyahoo, etc.?
It's pathetic that it took nearly 3 years from the incident to her sentencing. She is 60 years old, this delay is notable for someone wealthy enough to be free on bail.
These 2 people were in their 30s or 40s, and they were acting like 19-year-olds in their first car out of high school, racing like fools, I truly hope that her influence and stature as a socialite with connections and what not don't let her squeeze out of any responsibility or have her sentence reduced, that would be absolutely tragic
I was hit by someone drag racing and drinking. They were charged with vehicular assault. But only convicted of reckless driving, because my injuries were not considered severe enough to meet the element of the crime of causing long term disability. Because I got lucky, they were convicted of the lesser crime. Since I flew through the air and landed on the sidewalk, I logically should have been killed or paralyzed. A doctor who witnessed the accident came to see me in the hospital because he was so glad he had not witnessed a death, as he had expected. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
I survived my car split in 2 at the drivers seat. Been a believer in Jesus ever since.♥✝🙌 Hope you are too. B/C this world’s going to Hell in a hand basket, real quick now.⌛ *Jesus is everyone’s Only Hope.* ✝
I hoe you are doing well and have healed. I hope you are stronger now, and understand the importance of live and joy, and the amazing feeling of it. Glad you’re here with us .💕
The guy that hit u was prolly offered a plea deal involving lesser charges. Its about convictions not justice sadly. And so few ppl know how it really works. Not guilty ppl suffer and very guilty ppl get off lite
What a horrible tragedy. Those boys had their whole lives before them. I cannot imagine the sorrow & grief of the family. She & her lawyers are despicable.
A defence Lawyers job is to make sure the Prosecution does theirs. People can successfully appeal a conviction based on an ineffective defence. No one wants that.
The implication that none of the unpleasant consequences of her actions would have happened if her car hadn’t disabled itself after the wreck is just disgusting. What a POS.
Seems like she's actually saying (in front of everyone there) she would have driven off after hitting/killing children. And these are the people who get money and easy lives. I will never understand.
@@JPage-fj7mbit’s shocking it’s like she really admitted it without any care that that is both highly illegal and highly deplorable to flee the scene after murdering two people
@@erichughes284Do not blame the victims. This tragedy occurred on September 29, 2020 during the first year of Covid and people were mostly locked down in their homes and children were not going to school. They were sitting at computers all day long doing school on Zoom. The Iskander family went out for an evening of healthy, necessary exercise and being together. There were many other people out enjoying some fresh air in the same area that evening. The only person to blame for this tragedy is Rebecca Grossman.
Yes. The children's mother started waving at the 2 cars when they were still at a distance racing and overtaking each other. And yet this narcissistic road monster never stopped and slowed down only at the last minute. RIP, Little Ones!
When my sister and I were in high school she witnessed a drunk maniac in a Mustang strike and slaughter a teenager on a dirt bike who was going around a bridge abutment on the side of the road. Drunk man in the Mustang's speed was over 100. My sister stopped and saw that the boy's abdomen was ripped wide apart, intestines strewn all over the curb where he lay- with part of his head missing. She had screaming nightmares for a year, was a witness at his trial, and at the end of the year enrolled in nursing school. She spent her whole adult life healing as a highly skilled critical care and surg nurse. She's now retired as am I, I a retired biomedical electronics engineer. Be well, Dr. Grande and thank you :)
@@david-dj8or I'll be seeing her in the next couple days and I'll ask her. I'd rather not blindside her with a question like that in a text or of the blue. Lol. Thank you for your comment :) I'll get back to you
I live on a residential street with a 25 mph speed limit, with lots of kids in the neighborhood. It is not uncommon to see cars using our street as a short-cut traveling in excess of 50-60 mph. Too many people think of their cars as toys for high speed thrills.
if a kid gets struck and the body is found TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY FEET away from the point of impact, that car is going REALLY fast; no excuses, absolutely the worst kind of reckless driving I have ever heard of.
I can’t believe she was arrogant enough to admit that after the collision. I had to go back and re-listen to that part. Did she really admit she was mad her car wouldn’t let her flee the crime scene?! What a dips#!t
How horrible to kill 2 kids, drive that fast in a residential area. She had no remorse & was cold, manipulative, aggressive, typical of a narcissist. Hope she gets a harsh sentence. Thanks Dr G😊💕💕
Mandatory life with possibility of parole after 15. At best she would be out in 2039 at 75. She probably won't get parole the first time due to the lack of remorse. She has a few aggravating factors: Age of victims, two victims, lack of remorse, expressed intent to hit and run. So it might be Life With chance at parole after 20-30. Mitigating factors : Rich, White and woman.
No accountability from this woman..imagine that. She effed around, took out 2 sweet boys, then plays victim. Typical for today's standards. I wish every vehicle had black boxes to record data like the Mercedes. I demand personal accountability! And she should live out her days in solitary with only pictures of those kids glued to the walls of her cell. Truly tragic loss of those kids. 😭😡
“Today’s standards”??? Don’t make me bring up atrocities of the past just to show you how lazy your comment is. Lazy thinkers of every generation have said the same thing.
@@ronalda1000 She had Valium in her system and chose to race with alcohol in her system! It's likely her already disposed supremacist personality was further enhanced by the alcohol. The surname Grossman suggested that her (non)sense of "victimhood" is genetic!
I think pretty much every vehicle DOES have black boxes to record data. You just don't hear about it because it's rarely reported on or accessed except for serious accidents. My 2003 (21 year old vehicle) Chevy pickup had it. I only found out after I was seriously injured in a head on collision and during the investigation by my lawyer he had to get my permission for the police to get the data off my black box, and it wasn't cheap either. Had to pay several hundred dollars to get the data. Maybe not as indepth data as they record nowadays, but it did show exactly how fast my vehicle was going at time of impact and leading up to it as well as braking data.
@@gregorylubbers8533 An '03? Cool. Well, it should at least be made well known that every vehicle has one...maybe that would make people a bit more accountable.
That's not her maiden last name. It's her husband's last name whose family founded Grossman burn center and saving ppl's lives. Jay Leno was treated there. Of course, Rebecca was not saving lives. She just was married into this.
Can you imagine the horror that mother lived through that day and what she saw and her one child still barely alive. She will NEVER BE THE SAME EVER AGAIN
Ya instant death is far easier than almost death suffering until the end. Any sane person would be traumatized by seeing a kid go down like that. Cant imagine what the mother of said child went through.
can you imagine that a person can just think of her own skin after what she did not even smart enough to shut up about saying she would be in her garage if the car didnt disable itself!!!!??? she is the devil and the most horrible person ever born .your cat is beautiful😻
This is probably the most saddest story I’ve ever heard this year. Those poor babies. And that woman was never sorry for what she did. Horrible woman. I feel sorry for the mom. May those poor babies rest in peace
Tapping her brakes says to me she saw the family in the crosswalk. She needs to spend the rest of her greatly privileged life in prison with inmates having knowledge of her crime.
They were fine jurors. She was high on val. and alcohol, drove like a maniac & took no responsibility for her actions that left a boy with insane pane until he passed away and his brother too. RIP young children. Let her socialize behind bars for many years.
@@purplelove3666 15 years to life, is a pretty solid sentence for a crime like this. She is 61 at the moment so there is a good chance she is never getting out.
These very much grown people were just racing down a residential street for fun ? What ? They both need to sit in prison with the other common criminals for life. I can't imagine the horrific pain the poor parents went thru -still going thru.
I feel so desperately sad for the boys' whole family: the two siblings they left behind and the devoted and dignified parents two have more humanity and decency in every atom of their body than this 'socialite' witch and her whole family. What vile people.
Even as a child free woman this is nauseating and absolutely heart breaking. I can't imagine what a mom would be going through. It makes me feel incredible rage thinking about what she did to that family and those little boys.
@@allycook3926the mother would have a harder time because instead of grabbing her kids and getting out of the path she put her hand up to stop the speeding cars
Actually WITNESSING 2 of your 3 sons dying in such a horrific way RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY EYES is something that no mother should ever face. The pain is surely immeasurable!
Excellent analysis, Dr. Grande. Your breakdown of the tragic event was excellent and noteworthy. Keep up the great work. Your sensible non dramatic discussion of the event is also very well dilevered.
Legal cases can be protracted and painfully slow for those seeking justice. That is a sad fact, imo. They require patience and persistence. I feel so badly for the family here that has to endure the trauma of loss of the two sons and brothers, and then the trauma of a prolonged wait for justice, which can be retraumatizing, especially in light of the devious perp who is remorseless. Worst of all is the loss of those two beautiful young boys' lives. They would be alive today, but for the folly of that selfish and stupid woman's reckless actions. . .
This woman took 2 lives, both under the age of 10. 40 years is not justice. At a minimum she took over 100 years from those 2 boys. I'd say 50 years to life in prison with no early release on the first 50.
@@marshafick4006 Well her attorney said she can get paroled in nine, and since she was in prison when sentenced, and if she’s been in there since this happened, then she’ll be out in six, supposedly the judge felt if he ordered the sentences consecutively that would be too long since it wasn’t on purpose
We raised our kids in the Conejo Valley. We sold out in 2022 with zero regret. So many people. So many cars. Big, wide boulevards. More money around than brains. And everybody on the gas as hard as they can go. No enforcement in sight. I once went to a community meeting in my unincorporated neighborhood. A CHP officer was present and opened his time at the meeting with “I’m not taking any questions about speed enforcement. Everyone has speed enforcement complaints.” I stood up and walked out.
After that that no more than 3 days ago I was at an intersection where two people Stone ass ran the red light while a cop was sitting in the turn lane to make a left turn. Nothing. I originally came from Colorado where if you didn't signal for a turn or even a lane change you would get pulled over and ticketed most likely. But down here where I live now you practically have to drive your car into a cop to get their attention and a possible ticket.
It would be interesting to find out why they didn't enforce the speed limits, maybe they know it's not effective against the rich as a deterrent? As a poor I hate that citation fees are not based on wealth. I think they should be a percentage value of the vehicle you are driving.
This video is making me tear up. I have a 5 year old little brother, I don't know what I'd do if I lost him in such a horrific and avoidable way. I hate reckless drivers!
She lived up to her last name. She's atrocious. Both she and her absurd boyfriend could have wiped out an entire family, but thanks to the mom's quick actions, took out two kids instead. Rebecca needs to never see daylight, due to her refusal to take responsibility, and the boyfriend should have gotten at least five years for reckless driving and child endangerment. That family has to deal with the loss forever.
Yes. Without his participation, there may not have been quite this level of recklessness. They were both playing a game with potentially deadly consequences. He got lucky, though.
Agreed about all of that. Especially that the bf should also do time. Just because he didnt hurt anyone doesnt mean he should be free from all charges. Awful😢
The fact is she didn't give a dam about who she killed. She needs to be locked up for the rest of her life. I hope the family goes after every penny she has. I pray for peace for family having to deal with this.
I think the fact that she admitted that, if she could, she would have been a hit and run driver indicates that she believes she's somehow above the law. Yet I bet if she'd read about a couple of teenagers behaving in the same idiotic and dangerous way, she would have joined in the general condemnation.
@@thereseember2800 at the end of the day we are responsible for our own actions. He could have hit them but he didn't. Lots of people do stupid things while driving that could end terribly but if they're caught by the police they get the required punishment for that specific offence. He of course should have legal action taken against him for what he did and almost hitting them but not for anything the other car did.
There's something so California about this story: glamour, wealth, plastic surgery, Mercedes, infidelity, drugs, and complete disregard for fellow human beings.
You forgot victim complex lol At least someone like her can't keep her mouth shut and the more she talks the more she incriminates herself. She's literally adding years onto her sentence every time she speaks.
I live within a few miles of where this tragedy took place. Everyone I know has been appalled by her and the way she's handled the horrific loss she alone caused. Maybe it sounds "Hollywood", I don't know, but please don't disparage Californian's as a group, it's untrue and unfair.
@@ItsKrma00ahaha yeah I’ve literally nothing to do with any of those things and neither do most people I know… people just love to opine about California…
Scott absolutely should have been charged and convicted as well. She would not have been racing if she had no one to race. He was an active participant.
Now that you put it that way. I see your point. ---- IF Scott was NOT ''breaking the law'' by speeding on a 45-mph residential street, nobody would be dead. She was following his lead. HE chose to speed, and the dumb blonde followed. He saw the kids and swerved out the way in seconds. Grossman had NO clue kids were crossing because his vehicle was her blind spot. SOON as he swerved his car, she saw them but it was way too late to swerve her vehicle out the way.! - Eskander family needs to sue. They will be entitled to millions..!!!
@@FLeigh12Here's the deal though. I noticed that there are traffic devices above the crosswalk (traffic lights). What was the status there? Were the drivers trying to beat the light change?
She's 60, which almost makes it worse since most people gain some depth and insight with age. She seems to have lived her life in a bubble where negative consequences for irresponsible actions don't exist...at least not for her. It's uncommon for a person to live that long without experiencing loss or tragedy of some sort; perhaps her self-absorption is so complete, she just didn't notice or care enough to learn from the experience.
I can’t believe they did not revoke her phone privileges after her outrageous behavior, trying to get her family to lie, and her attorneys jury tampering.
I know most people are just talk especially on the internet so you see lots of 'if that was me'... but it's amazing it doesn't happen more often. Especially if you lost your whole family or close to. I don't think I could ever let it go.
Out of all your videos, this one made me so sick to my stomach that I struggled to finish it. I can not imagine the pain and mental anguish they are going through. It hurts my heart so badly. Good bless this family and good bless us all. 💖🙏💖
Imagine everybody in America were as decent, as intellegent and educated as Todd is. What a great country it could be My very best wishes from Cologne/Germany to you, Todd! Great work - EACH TIME!
"No recollection because he was traumatized." Dr. Grande is great at adding a little comic relief without disrespecting the horrendous nature of whatever case he's analyzing. R.I.P. Iskander brothers!
When I was a kid I was crossing a cross walk with my grandmother. The next I knew my grandma grabbed me and pushed me backwards hard. As she did that a huge car came flying through the cross walk. She literally saved my life that day. Or I would have been one those poor children.
Geez, at the very least she should be charged with jury tampering. What an arrogant woman. And btw, valium will intensify the effects of alcohol so she was definitely driving under the influence.
"Scott may have been a baseball player, but it was the defense who struck out. They threw a curveball by never bothering to call Scott as a witness. Evidently, the jury felt that the defense did not step up to the plate." Great usage of analogies.
My heart breaks for the parents who lost their two of their babies, especially the mother who was there, feet away, when it happened. I can't imagine how horrifying that would be. And with having happened back in 2020, and here in 2024, Rebecca Grossman is just now being sentenced next month. That's so many years to not know if the victims will get some kind of justice. Sounds like Rebecca has drawn out this case with all the witness tampering, just further showing how little she cares about the emotional suffering of the parents and other children who lost their family that day.
A friend of mine was left permanently disabled, has lifelong almost unbearable and constant pain and suffering and was nearly killed when a person was test driving a high performance car for a magazine she worked for. My friend and her husband had gone for a drive in the beautiful winding roads of Napa County, CA near Lake Berryessa when this woman crossed over the double line and hit them head-on at high speed. At least this woman expressed great regret and apologized. If my friend had been a couple of inches taller, she would have had massive head injuries. I can’t imagine that mother’s heartache losing two sons almost in an instant. People are so crazy reckless and life is so fragile. I hope this woman stays in jail for the rest of her life.
Crazy how life can change in the blink of an eye. Prayers to the boys and their family. This is horrific. She sounds like the most horrible person you have ever talked about. Possibly.
For context, Mark was found 254 feet from the crosswalk. A football field goal to goal line, is 300 feet. From one goal line, his body would have landed across the 50, landing at the 15 yard line. Over 80 mph on a city street, intoxicated, drugs in her system, speeding away, blames her boyfriend, blames the kids claiming they were outside the crosswalk...yeah 85 yards from impact. And she wants mercy AND GOT IT. The judge's only regret is missing out on an attractive woman in an OPEN MARRIAGE.
This happened close to where I live. I’m just sickened by this woman’s selfish, irresponsible behavior. I hope she does spend 40 years in prison, she deserves that and more!!
Tbf, she’s 60… she doesn’t have 40 years left. I also have the benefit of now knowing she only got 15-life on the charges the other day, not consecutive… effectively 1 sentence for both boys 😟 And still no sign of any remorse from her!
She has no shame. Actually SAYING she only was caught due to her Merc being disabled?! Trying to get loverboy to take the fall?! (with no damage to his car) Enlisting her daughter to tweak justice?! Attempting to tamper with the jury?! No expressed sorrow for the boys and family?! Sociopathic Monster lacking the horsepower to pull off an escape from the law!
40yrs sounds harsh, but the fact she has no remorse is even harsher. I feel so sad for the mother that was able to save one child but lost two, the pain and second guessing will likely troubler her for her lifetime. She would have wanted to save them all.
In the UK she'd get maximum 14 years and be out in about 7 for the same offence. However the boyfriend would not have got off free with it and would have been charged. This goes on all the time here and we have as you put it 'narrow ass' roads. It's a big issue here in that killer drivers don't get long enough and aren't banned for life either. I do think 40 years is excessive only because I think she could change her thinking and learn remorse long before then. I'd say 20 years is long enough.
She didnt mean to kill these children ofcourse. But the main point is her absolute lack of remorse, empathy, shame, disgust at herself. No human emotions whatsoever
So the boyfriend was in the racing up to his neck. If the mother had not been quick enough to grab her youngest child and leap back towards the footpath they too would have been killed by his car. He then took off from the scene of a double fatality which he had had such a major part of causing. And he got off with being on the telly saying "oopse"? He ought to have been charged with accessory to 2nd degree - is that a thing? And he also ought to have been charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in which he was involved.
You are very right but in this case I think her and the boyfriend were just very arrogant ppl,nothing to do with alcohol,I think she would have pulled this crap sober.They were both grandiose in a my Mercedes is better than yours attitude,didn't care about anyone in danger at all.
Update: Grossman’s sentencing has been delayed to June 10th, 2024. In the meantime, she is allowed to have a phone in jail where she is supposedly trying to coerce witnesses in order to get a new trial. $ and privilege do help!
Those four tickets are just the times Rebecca was caught. And in my own experience I’ve been pulled over and given a warning but no ticket. You know she probably had a bunch of warnings. And then there had to be so many times she just never got caught. She is so entitled and it ended up killing two babies. The fact that she’s not taking ANY accountability-even in her own mind-and is teaching her daughter that behavior and mindset, is beyond infuriating.
Been following this story since it occurred as it happened near my home. Each update in our local paper brought me to tears for the parents of the two boys. As a parent, it is unfathomable to think of your children being killed in this way or any way. The parents witnessed their children dying, it still makes me cry to imagine the horror.
The lover should have been charged and jailed. He was lucky, he was complicit in the race and barely missed the Mom and other child. He should have been charged as accessory to the crime.
