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"A married socialite had a boozy lunch with her former LA Dodgers star lover before getting into her Mercedes SUV and fatally hitting two boys, prosecutors will claim.
Rebecca Grossman, 60, was charged with second-degree murder over the September 29, 2020 crash that killed Jacob Iskander, eight, and brother Mark, 11.
Jury selection began on Tuesday for her trial in Van Nuys, LA county. She insisted her car did not hit the boys and denied driving at 81mph.
Her alleged lover Scott Erickson was said to be driving a separate SUV after their lunch at Julio's in Westlake Village.
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Grossman's murder charges are unusual as there was no charge of driving under the influence.
Her on-site breathalyzer test showed a blood alcohol content of 0.076 percent - slightly below California's legal limit of 0.08 percent.
A blood sample taken three hours after the crash registered at the 0.08 percent mark.
Prosecutors will argue in court that Grossman was also on Valium and was impaired when she got behind the wheel.
Grossman - whose husband Dr Peter Grossman is a renowned plastic surgeon, leading the prestigious Grossman Burn Center -
will argue in her defense that a vehicle was in front of her, and that vehicle hit the boys, exonerating her and Erickson."
Jury selection began on Tuesday in the Los Angeles country trial of Rebecca Grossman, charged with second-degree murder over the September 2020 death of two young boys.
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