Family whose children were killed by World Series champion's former lover awarded $176 million

The household of 2 Los Angeles children who were killed by a metropolis socialite was awarded $176 cardinal by a jury.

Rebecca Grossman, the estranged woman of salient Dr. Peter Grossman, was recovered blameworthy of second-degree execution successful the deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, respectively, aft striking them with her conveyance astatine astir 80 mph successful September 2020.

Grossman had medicine drugs and intoxicant successful her strategy astatine the clip of the 2020 crash, prosecutors told Fox News Digital.

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Rebecca Grossman walks with her husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, and their girl to the Van Nuys Courthouse successful Van Nuys, California. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times)

Although she was joined to a salient Los Angeles surgeon, Dr. Peter Grossman, she was racing her boyfriend, erstwhile MLB pitcher Scott Erickson, location from a restaurant. Each of them was driving Mercedes-Benz SUVs supra 70 mph, and Grossman fled from the scene.

Both were recovered negligent successful the crash.

The boys were walking with their youngest member and mother, who some avoided the crash. The parent said she grabbed the youngest lad and dove retired of the mode of Erickson's car.

Rebecca Grossman, wearing a burgundy blazer, enters Van Nuys Courthouse successful West Van Nuys, California, accompanied by her daughter. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Erickson started 364 of his 389 games pitched, pitching to a 4.59 ERA with a 142-136 record. He pitched for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees.

Erickson made a sanction for himself with the Twins, winning the World Series with them successful 1991 and finishing successful 2nd spot successful Cy Young Award voting that season, falling abbreviated of Roger Clemens. Erickson spent six seasons with the Twins and 7 with the O's earlier abbreviated stints with the others.

Grossman was sentenced to 15 years to beingness successful 2024.

Scott Erickson pitches for the Minnesota Twins against the Oakland Athletics during a Major League Baseball crippled astatine the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum successful Oakland, California, circa 1991. (Focus On Sport/Getty Images)

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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino rejected a petition from prosecutors that Grossman beryllium sentenced to 34 years to life, saying specified a lengthy word is "just not warranted here," Fox Los Angeles reported. He said the children's deaths were an "unimaginable loss," but helium noted Grossman's deficiency of a transgression grounds and philanthropic history. 

Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.

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