Authorities said Rebecca Grossman, wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, fatally struck Mark Iskander, 11, and brother Jacob, 8, while speeding.
Prosecutors said Rebecca Grossman was driving a sport utility vehicle at more than 80 miles an hour just before she struck and killed Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother, Jacob, 8, in a crosswalk.
Southern California socialite Rebecca Grossman, who was convicted of second-degree murder and other charges stemming from a crash that killed two brothers as she sped through a crosswalk four years ago, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison on Monday.
LOS ANGELES — A judge on Monday sentenced Rebecca Grossman to 15 years to life in prison for the murders of two brothers she struck while speeding through a Westlake Village crosswalk four years ago, saying her actions were “reckless and unquestionably negligent.” After hearing Nancy Iskander, the mother of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander, angrily ask for the sentence .