Socialite Gets 15 Years to Life for Killing Young Brothers in Hit-and-Run

A California socialite was sentenced Monday to 15 years to life in prison for killing two children as she sped through a crosswalk in 2020.

Rebecca Grossman, the wife of a well-known Los Angeles burn doctor, was convicted in February over the hit-and-run deaths of Mark Iskander, 11, and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino said during the sentencing hearing that Grossman had been “reckless and unquestionably negligent.”

The philanthropist had been convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, and a felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in death. Brandolino sentenced her to two concurrent 15-to-life sentences along with another concurrent three-year sentence for fleeing the scene of the crash, according to the Los Angeles Times.

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