Rebecca Grossman found guilty of killing 2 boys in L.A. County hit-and-run

COLMAN AND TIMESHARE COW BEEN IT HAS BEEN 3 AND A HALF YEARS SINCE A SPEEDING MERCEDES RAN DOWN 2 YOUNG BROTHERS IN A CROSSWALK IN WESTLAKE VILLAGE TONIGHT AFTER YEARS OF DELAYS THE VERDICT IS IN THE MCDADE WAS AT THE COURTHOUSE WHEN THE VERDICTS CAME DOWN SHE JOINS US LIVE WITH THE EMOTIONAL REACTION. MARY BETH. >> YEAH, MIKE INJURE REALLY WAS JUST A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY ON ALL COUNTS HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE TODAY AND AFTER THESE GUILTY VERDICTS WERE READ WORLD GROSSMAN WAS CUFFED AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. NOW AS FOR THE BOY'S MOTHER WILL SHE STOOD AND SHE SMILED AT THE JURY AND THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND SHE TELLS US THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY CAN NOW FINALLY LET THE HEALING PROCESS BEGIN. >> MY FAMILY. BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR 3 AND A HALF YEARS WE'VE BEEN WAITING TOO. TO TRUST THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST GETTING OF GOD. NANCY IS CANDOR EXPRESSED HER GRATITUDE THAT SOCIALITE REBECCA GROSSMAN WAS FINALLY FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING HER 2 SONS. >> AND THANK THE PROSECUTORS AND THE JURY FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK WE HAVE A JUSTICE SYSTEM YOU CAN TRUST FROM OUR EXPERIENCE. IT'S NOT A JUSTICE SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE GET AWAY WITH THINGS ON COLOR OF THEIR SKIN OR THEIR WEALTH GROSSMAN THE CO-FOUNDER OF THE GROSSMAN BURN FOUNDATION KILLED 11 YEAR-OLD MARK AN 8 YEAR-OLD JACOB DURING A HIT AND RUN CRASH IN WESTLAKE VILLAGE BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020. PROSECUTORS SAY SHE WAS SPEEDING AND IMPAIRED EVERY DAY IN COURT HERE FELT LIKE I AM ATTENDING THE FUNERAL OF THE BOYS AGAIN. AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS OF TESTIMONY IT TOOK JURORS ONLY ABOUT 9 HOURS TO COME BACK WITH THE VERDICT WE HAVE BEEN WE THINK. MISTER GROSS MEANT TO APOLOGIZE. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND. >> SHE'S >> CHOSE TO FIGHT TO THE ROSSMAN GAVE NO REACTION WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ, HOWEVER HER TEENAGE DAUGHTER STREET AND HER TEENAGE SON TREMBLED THE 2 CLUNG TO THEIR FATHER, PETER GROSSMAN, WHILE LEAVING THE VAN NUYS COURTHOUSE. TRYING TO BLAME GROSSMAN'S BOYFRIEND AT THE TIME FORMER PITCHER SCOTT ERICKSON SAYING IT WAS HIS SUV THAT HIT THE BOYS AS THE 2 LEFT A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN SEPARATE >> AMAZED AND GLAD DESPITE MAKES EQUIPMENT TO SYSTEM WHAT TO YOU KNOW FIND THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. >> AND FOR EACH OF THOSE SECOND-DEGREE MURDER CHARGES WHILE THEY EACH CARRY 15 YEARS TO LIFE BEHIND BARS AS FOR THE HIT AND RUN RESULTING IN DEATH THAT CARRIES A MINIMUM OF 2 YEARS. NOW AND SPEAK WITH PROSECUTORS AFTER COURT TODAY. I WAS ASKING JUST HOW LONG WILL SHE SERVE BEHIND BARS AND HE SAYS THAT IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHETHER THE JUDGE HAS OR SERVE THOSE MURDER CHARGES. CONCURRENTLY HER SENTENCING NOW IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 10TH FO

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Published: Sat Feb 24 2024