{"id":23333,"date":"2026-05-02T00:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/23333\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T00:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T00:45:17","slug":"scott-erickson-saw-rebecca-grossmans-car-hit-boys-royce-clayton-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/23333\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Erickson saw Rebecca Grossman’s car hit boys, Royce Clayton says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Former Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton took the stand in Rebecca Grossman\u2019s wrongful death civil trial on Friday, recalling how he learned the Grossman Burn Foundation co-founder had fatally struck two boys with her car in a Westlake Village crosswalk.<\/p>\n

With tears in his eyes, Clayton testified that ex-Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson told him he saw Grossman run over the two brothers in his rearview mirror as she tailed him at a \u201chigh rate of speed\u201d in her Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know if he used the word racing, but they were traveling at a high rate of speed. She was directly behind him, and he said as he came up to this crosswalk, he saw the children,\u201d Clayton said inside the Van Nuys courtroom, where both Grossman and Erickson are on civil trial in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Jacob and Mark Iskander.<\/p>\n

On Sept. 29, 2020, Nancy Iskander was crossing the street in Westlake Village with her sons, 5, 8 and 11 years old, in tow.<\/p>\n

As they crossed, Iskander was able to pull her youngest son out of the way, but Jacob and Mark were hit and launched into the air.<\/p>\n

According to testimony at her criminal trial, Grossman had been drinking with Erickson, her boyfriend at the time, and Clayton at a restaurant. Grossman and Erickson were headed to her home to watch a presidential debate that evening when the crash occurred.<\/p>\n

She is serving 15 years to life in prison after being convicted of second-degree murder.<\/p>\n

\"Iskander <\/p>\n

On Friday, Clayton, a longtime friend, recalled receiving a dramatic call from Erickson moments after the collision. Clayton testified that Erickson told him that he and Grossman were \u201cflying down\u201d Triunfo Canyon Road when he swerved to avoid two boys in the crosswalk. <\/p>\n

Under questioning from the Iskander family\u2019s attorney, Brian Panish, Clayton acknowledged that Erickson said he saw Grossman hit the boys.<\/p>\n

Recalling the conversation, the former shortstop choked up with emotion and buried his face in his hands. Panish asked Clayton to recall how Erickson had described their driving, to which Clayton replied, \u201cracing or driving fast. What does it matter?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rebecca <\/p>\n

Rebecca Grossman, left, at the Van Nuys Courthouse. (Irfan Khan \/ Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n

(Irfan Khan\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

The Iskander family is suing Grossman and Erickson, arguing they are civilly liable for the boys\u2019 deaths and were racing while drunk.<\/p>\n

On the stand, Clayton told jurors the three drank margaritas at Julio\u2019s Agave Grill. They each had been driving to Grossman\u2019s lakeside home when the accident occurred. .<\/p>\n

Clayton said Erickson, his friend for 30 years, called him after the crash and told him he got to Grossman\u2019s home, then ran back to the scene and found Grossman\u2019s smashed car and her with the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wasn\u2019t himself, as I can only imagine going through what he witnessed,\u201d Clayton said, adding that he suggested to Erickson he get an attorney. <\/p>\n

\"Karim <\/p>\n

Karim Iskander and wife Nancy Iskander at the courthouse. <\/p>\n

(Brian van der Brug\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n

Clayton said he drove by the scene and saw Grossman\u2019s smashed car and her sitting on the curb. Clayton testified he never saw Erickson, who told him he was watching from behind a bush on the side of the road. <\/p>\n

Clayton told jurors he believes Erickson should be held accountable. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe right thing to do would have been to stop,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Under questioning, Clayton said he did not believe Erickson and Grossman were impaired when they left Julio\u2019s. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton took the stand in Rebecca Grossman\u2019s wrongful death civil trial on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2129,1344,12505,7582,12674,3853,5389,12504,2124,14262,8,1742,14261,9,5381,7,14263,1349],"class_list":{"0":"post-23333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-stories","8":"tag-attorney","9":"tag-boy","10":"tag-brian-panish","11":"tag-car","12":"tag-clayton","13":"tag-crash","14":"tag-crosswalk","15":"tag-erickson","16":"tag-family","17":"tag-former-shortstop","18":"tag-headlines","19":"tag-home","20":"tag-jacob","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-rebecca-grossman","23":"tag-top-stories","24":"tag-wrongful-death-civil-trial","25":"tag-year"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@news\/116502221503024219","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}