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Socialite's attempt to appeal conviction for murders of two young boys in 2020 hit-and-run is denied

KCLU | By Caroline Feraday
Published March 17, 2026 at 12:18 PM PDT
A woman glances pensively at the camera as she departs a courtroom surrounded by attorneys.
Caroline Feraday
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Rebecca Grossman is on trial for murder in connection with the deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander in 2020.

Rebecca Grossman's conviction for killing Mark and Jacob Iskander has been upheld.

The woman who was convicted of the murders of two young boys after she ran them down on a Westlake Village Crosswalk in 2020 has had her conviction upheld.

Socialite Rebecca Grossman’s request for an appeal against her conviction for the murders of 11-year-old Mark and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander was denied on Tuesday.

Mark and Jacob Iskander were hit and killed by a speeding motorist as they crossed on a marked crosswalk in Westlake Village in September 2020
Nancy Iskander
11-year-old Mark and Jacob Iskander, 8, were using a marked crosswalk in Westlake Village when they were hit by Rebecca Grossman's speeding car, in September 2020.

Grossman was found guilty in 2024 of two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, and one count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death after she drove at over 80 miles per hour on a residential street after an afternoon drinking with her boyfriend, Scott Erickson.

The co-founder of the Grossman Burns Foundation is currently serving a sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
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Caroline Feraday
Caroline joined KCLU in October 2020. She won LA Press Club's Audio Journalist of the Year Award for three consecutive years in 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Since joining the station she's also won 11 Golden Mike Awards, 8 Los Angeles Press Club Journalism Awards, 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards and three Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for Excellence in Writing, Diversity and Use of Sound.

She started her broadcasting career in the UK, in both radio and television for BBC News, 95.8 Capital FM and Sky News and was awarded by Prince Philip for her services to radio and journalism in 2007.

She has lived in California for twelve years and is both an American and British citizen - and a very proud mom to her daughter, Elsie.
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