Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson threatened to ‘ruin’ daughter of LA socialite lover after he hid in bushes near deadly hit-and-run scene: report
Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson allegedly threatened the daughter of his LA socialite lover to keep quiet when the teen spotted him hiding in a bush near the scene where two young brothers were fatally struck in a hit-and-run
Alexis Grossman, 19, testified that she spotted Scott Erickson lurking in the shadows as police questioned her mother Rebecca Grossman after the former-lovers street race turned tragic, resulting in the deaths of 8-year-old Jacob Iskander and his brother, Mark Iskander, 11 on Sept. 29, 2020.
She then recalled Erickson frantically confronting her after he barged into the family home a little while after the crash
“Why did your mom stop? Why did your mom stop?” Grossman claimed during a testimony on Friday, according to the LA Times. “He seemed very angry. He was frantic. I could smell alcohol on him. He was freaking out. I was scared.”
During his panic-stricken rage, Erickson allegedly told the teen, “Don’t tell anyone you saw me, or I will ruin you and your family.”
Grossman explained to the jury that she was out to meet a pizza delivery when she spotted her mother’s white Mercedes and police cars and bolted to her mother’s side.
“I ran out toward her. I was screaming, ‘Mommy, mommy,” Grossman added but was stopped from getting to the 60-year-old by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy.
As she turned around to leave, Grossman says she saw Erickson pop up from his hiding spot in some bushes behind a tree before the two looked at each other, the outlet reported.
“He was poking his head out and we made eye contact,” Grossman said.
Rebecca Grossman faces two counts of second-degree murder for their deaths and could receive up to 34 years in prison for her alleged role in the deadly incident in Westlake Village.
Her lawyers were using Alexis Grossman’s testimony to strengthen their defense claiming Erickson’s black Mercedes SUV was the car that initially struck the boys and not Grossman’s white Mercedes.
The pair is accused of drinking at a nearby restaurant before Grossman tailed Erickson as they flew past the crosswalk on Triunfo Canyon Road at Saddle Mountain Drive, where Nancy Iskander was crossing with her three sons.
The socialite’s breathalyzer test following the crash showed a blood-alcohol content of 0.076%, according to the newspaper.
She was also found to have Valium in her blood.
The younger Grossman was questioned by Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Gould why she never told the deputy at the scene that she saw Erickson hiding.
“I wish I had because, if I had, we wouldn’t be here right now,” she replied.
Alexis Grossman only revealed the sighting when she told her then-separated parents in 2021, as her mother’s attorneys advised, at the time, to not tell anyone.
Later that year, Grossman was questioned if Erickson visited the family’s Westlake home that night and she recalled her saying no.
“I wasn’t trying to protect anyone,” Grossman said Friday. “He was a big guy, a baseball player … I was scared.”
