DEATH BY MERCEDES: $$$ Socialite Mows Down Brothers, Ordered to Sit for Deposition in Wrongful Death Suit

Summary

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Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

Episode: DEATH BY MERCEDES: $$$ Socialite Mows Down Brothers, Ordered to Sit for Deposition in Wrongful Death Suit
Date: September 21, 2025

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Episode Overview

In today’s episode, Nancy Grace and her panel analyze the tragic case of Rebecca Grossman, a wealthy socialite convicted of killing two young brothers, Mark and Jacob Iskender, in a residential Los Angeles suburb by driving her Mercedes while intoxicated. Grossman, currently serving a 15-to-life sentence, is demanding her civil wrongful death trial be moved due to media coverage. The episode meticulously reconstructs the fatal incident, examines Grossman's background and ongoing legal maneuvers, and discusses systemic issues with DUI enforcement and privilege.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Incident: Tragedy in Westlake Village

• The Fatal Night (02:29–06:28):
  • On a September evening, the Iskender family—parents and four children—were crossing a well-marked crosswalk.
  • Grossman, allegedly racing her Mercedes after a “boozy lunch” with her lover, struck Mark (11) and Jacob (8), killing both.
  • Eyewitnesses and police reported that one child was carried 100 feet on the hood before being run over; Grossman fled until her car broke down a mile away.
  • Nancy Grace: “Can you imagine coming up on the scene and seeing a little helmet, a child’s scooter, and crime scene tape?” (04:47)
• Victims’ Family: Both parents were present, able only to save two other children as the car approached.

2. Crime Scene & Recklessness

• Position of Crosswalk (06:44–09:02, 13:48–16:36):
  • The route featured a downhill slope, but panelists agree: crosswalks are placed intentionally for visibility.
  • Cheryl McCollum (MADD): “You’re not supposed to put a crosswalk at the top of a hill. You want people to see it for safety.”
  • The crash occurred before dark; six visible pedestrians, including a stroller, were in the crosswalk.
• Lack of Skid Marks: Police and experts emphasized there were no skid marks, suggesting Grossman made no effort to stop.

3. Grossman's Actions and Arrest

• Flight and Arrest (18:10–22:59):
  • Grossman continued driving after the collision and only stopped when her Mercedes became disabled.
  • Cheryl McCollum: “She made the conscious choice to do more damage to that baby than to stop and render aid.” (19:24)
  • Grossman was arrested for suspicion of DUI and vehicular manslaughter.

4. Alcohol Involvement and Prior History

• DUIs & Evidence (21:15–33:25):
  • Grossman was reportedly intoxicated, and police stated she tested over the legal blood-alcohol limit.
  • Jo Scott Morgan (forensics): “She struck those boys at such speed, the front end looked like it hit a telephone pole.” (31:28)
  • Grossman had a history of reckless driving, including a prior 2012 accident where she ran a red light going 65 in a 40.
  • The panel stresses the importance of immediate toxicology for successful prosecution.
  • Recurring theme: privilege and influence may help wealthy suspects evade accountability, unless evidence is robust.

5. Civil Trial and Legal Maneuvering

• Demand to Change Venue (13:53–16:06; 42:44–44:32):
  • Grossman’s legal team argues that media coverage makes a fair trial in LA County impossible—polling shows high awareness of her name.
  • Nancy Grace: “You’d have to be living under a rock in a cave on the other side of the world with earmuffs on not to know who Rebecca Grossman is. That does not mean they cannot be impartial.” (13:53)
  • Panel doubts her claim, drawing comparisons with other high-profile trials.

6. Privilege and Public Persona

• Community Standing (25:30–27:53):
  • Audio montage highlights the Grossman family’s philanthropic reputation (Grossman Burn Center/Foundation).
  • Mark Klaas (Class Kids): “The nonprofit world is full of hypocrites… [She] plowed down two little boys, bumped one off her hood, then ran over him… This is a woman with no conscience.” (28:18)
• Panel’s Frustration: Suspects high-profile and wealthy defendants are often painted as benevolent by media and society, complicating justice.

7. Aftermath and Systemic Issues

• Victim Impact (23:14–24:18):
  • Panelists discuss the unimaginable trauma for the Iskender family, particularly the parents who witnessed the deaths.
• DUI Enforcement Gaps (29:48–41:29):
  • Experts stress a lack of field sobriety tests and delayed toxicology can jeopardize DUI convictions, especially with influential suspects.
  • Jo Scott Morgan: “If you don’t know the BAC at that moment in time, you’ve lost it forever.” (33:07)
• Pattern of Recklessness: Grossman reportedly never acknowledged guilt or apologized; the panel repeatedly calls her a “sociopath” rather than “socialite.”

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Nancy Grace on Privilege (13:53): “You’d have to be living under a rock in a cave on the other side of the world with earmuffs on not to know who Rebecca Grossman is. That does not mean they cannot be impartial.”
• Cheryl McCollum on Moral Responsibility (28:19): “She plowed down two little boys, bumped one… then ran over him again… This is a woman with no conscience.”
• Nancy Grace on Blame (42:44): “I’m really more worried about the two dead boys than anybody’s reputation.”
• Dr. Angela Arnold on Diagnosis (43:13): “I think they should be calling her a sociopath… Why do we have to be describing this woman a socialite?”
• Mark Klaas on Repeated Offending (40:25): “[These were] conscious decisions by a woman who’s probably done that hundreds of times and doesn’t really care about the safety of anybody else.”
• Cheryl McCollum on Accountability (44:32): “Forgive everybody around her. This is solely on her. She chose to drink. She chose to drive. She chose to try to cover it up… She is a sociopath.”

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Important Timestamps

• 02:29 – Episode introduction and case outline
• 04:07–06:09 – Incident details and panel introductions
• 08:11–09:26 – Family routine contextualized; imagining tragedy
• 10:18–11:54 – Scene aftermath and initial responses
• 13:53–16:06 – Grossman’s civil trial venue demands
• 16:36–17:18 – DUI, crosswalk analysis, and speculation on driver distractions
• 18:10–22:59 – Eyewitness account, arrest details, and panel outrage at flight
• 25:30–27:53 – Media portrayal and Grossman Burn Foundation legacy
• 29:48–31:28 – DUI investigation challenges and Mercedes crash analysis
• 40:25–41:01 – Panel on conscious choices and repeat offending
• 43:13–43:42 – Psychiatric perspective: sociopath, not socialite
• 44:32 – Closing statement on accountability

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Tone & Language

Throughout, Nancy Grace’s tone is blunt, urgent, and deeply sympathetic to victims. Panelists echo her indignation, focusing on the injustice, the trauma to the family, and the systemic failures that enable such tragedies. The language is plainspoken, passionate, and unfiltered—matching the emotional intensity of the topic.

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Summary

This episode is a sobering and thorough examination of the Iskender boys’ wrongful deaths at the hands of Rebecca Grossman, underscoring both the individual and systemic failures that intersect privilege, DUI, and pedestrian safety. The panel rigorously dissects the events, the suspect’s behavior, and the obstacles faced in seeking justice, while refusing to let Grossman’s social status obscure her culpability. The closing plea: keep focus on the victims and demand true accountability.

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Transcript

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[Ray Caputo]

An.

[Nancy Grace]

Evil millionaire socialite who slaughters two little boys while racing her Mercedes in a residential area after a boozy lunch, now makes an incredibly entitled demand from behind bars. Good evening, I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories. Thank you for being with us. The socialite, I'll never forget her name, Rebecca Grossman, who is convicted of murdering two little boys, two brothers with her Mercedes while racing her Mercedes with her lover after a drunken and booze soaked lunch demands her civil trial be moved because of quote, sensationalized coverage of the crimes. She insists she should not be tried in LA county after the parents of Jacob, 8 and Mark, 11 brothers, sued her for damages after the boys were run down in Westlake Village there in la. Now, according to court documents we've obtained, she says, Grossman says this court is requested to issue an order changing the place of trial because an impartial trial cannot be had in LA county and nearby Vic Vicinities. She's serving 15 to life for two counts of second degree murder and she is claiming other people are biased. Okay, what do we know about the case? So many questions. Let's start it off. Listen. Just after 7pm on a September evening.

[Commercial Announcer]

Jacob and Mark Iskender, their siblings and parents go for an evening stroll to a nearby lake. The boys enjoy rollerblading and skateboarding. The six member family is heading home, crossing in a crosswalk at a three way intersection when mother Nancy hurts a speeding car barreling their way. The mom says her husband and daughter were further away from the street.

[Ray Caputo]

She tries to signal to the two.

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SUVs heading their way to slow down. She tried to pull the children back, only managing to grab one of them, a five year old, and dive out of the way. Jacob and Mark, who were farther out.

[Nancy Grace]

In the crosswalk, are hit.

[Commercial Announcer]

Mark Iskender dies at the scene. Jacob dies later at the hospital. According to police, mark was thrown 254ft.

[Nancy Grace]

254Ft. Can you imagine that? Coming up on the scene and seeing a little helmet, a child's scooter and crime scene tape. With me, an all star panel to break it down and put it back together again. First of all, founder of Class Kids Foundation, Mark Class. You can find [e-mail] and that's with a K. Kathleen Murphy, North Carolina trial lawyer. You can find her at nc ncdomesticlaw.com renowned psychiatrist. Joining us out of Atlanta, Dr. Angela Arnold at AngelaArnoldMD.com, founder, director of the Cold Case Research Institute, former president of Mad Georgia Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Cheryl McCollum, professor, forensics, Jacksonville State University, author of Blood Beneath My Feet on Amazon and star of a new series on the true crime network, Poisonous Liaison, Joseph Scott Morgan. But first to the lead news anchor, WDBO Ray Caputo. Ray Caputo, two brothers dead and one fell swoop. One just nine years old, the other just 11. What happened?

[Ray Caputo]

Well, Nancy, this was a really hot day. This happened in Westlake Village, California. It's about an hour west la, depending on the traffic. And it's a hot day. And the family goes out. Jacob in March. They're 8, 11. They're with their mom and their dad, two other siblings, and they're simply crossing the street.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay, hold on. Just let me understand something. It's okay. They're with their whole family. It's not like the children were in the middle of the road riding their scooters. They're in a crosswalk with their family, correct?

[Ray Caputo]

Yes, A well marked crosswalk.

[Nancy Grace]

You know, I'm under. I want to understand where. This is Mark Class, founder of Class Kids Foundation. Where is Westlake Village? Where is that in California?

[Cheryl McCollum]

Well, it's several hundred miles from where I am, but I've been through Westlake and it's a suburb of Los Angeles.

[Nancy Grace]

You know, when you say a suburb of la, having lived out in LA during Dancing with the Stars, that could mean anything. I mean, it could be a beach area, it could be a rural area, it could be farming land, because California is so diverse. But a good hour outside of LA in my mind means suburbs. People that will drive an hour to get to work in LA through that God awful traffic. So we're talking about a suburb of la which is full of beautiful country called Westlake Village. We're talking about Mark and Jacob. They're 9 and 11 years old and they're with their entire family, including mommy and daddy. So back to you, Ray Caputo. I think I heard you say they were in a crosswalk, correct?

[Ray Caputo]

Yeah, it was a crosswalk.

[Cheryl McCollum]

This is a suburb, so it wasn't.

[Ray Caputo]

A heavily congested area. When you think of law downtown Los Angeles, it's a concrete jungle. It wasn't like this. There was a lot of hills though, and it was residential. And they were in a crosswalk. They're doing what a lot of families do on a Tuesday night when it's hot out. You want to get a little exercise.

[Nancy Grace]

You know, I, I take Lucy and John David, we get the dog, fat boy, and we walk all the time, practically every day, rain or shine. And it's usually about that time when they're done with school and I'm through with work and everything is calming down from all the craziness during the day. And I'm just imagining this family, you know. Ray Caputo, you said the whole family was there. How many of them were there?

[Ray Caputo]

Well, there was at least two siblings. And I know that one of them was in a stroller. So there was the mom and the dad and you can imagine that you, the child and the streamer is getting the most attention, they're getting pushed around. But, you know, everybody was there. Mom and dad were with the kids and it was just there. They got six of them, including the.

[Nancy Grace]

Boys, the Whole family together. You know, when I go with the whole family together somewhere, I feel more safe because we're all there together. I've got the children with me. My husband's there. We're all focused on keeping the twins safe at all times. Take a listen to Chris Holmstrom at KCAL9. It was just before dark.

[Commercial Announcer]

A family of six was walking across.

[Nancy Grace]

This crosswalk when tragedy struck. Captain Salvador Becerra with the LA County Sheriff's Department describes what happened next.

[Ray Caputo]

The family were in a marked crosswalk, clearly marked. As she realized there were two cars speeding her way. She was able to reach out and grab one of her children off of.

[Nancy Grace]

A razor scooter, pull her.

[Ray Caputo]

Pull the child back with the stroller. With another child in a stroller as the car entered the intersection and hit.

[Nancy Grace]

The other two boys. There's six people, including two adults and a stroller. How could you not see that? It wasn't even dark yet. To Ray caputo, did the two boys, 9 and 11, die right there on the scene where they raced to the hospital? What happened?

[Ray Caputo]

Oh, it's just terrible, Nancy. Well, one of the boys died at the scene. He was carried on the hood of the car for about 100ft and then the car stopped and the little boy flew off. And then he was. He was ran over the other child.

[Nancy Grace]

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Slow down. What did you just say?

[Ray Caputo]

Unfortunately, the woman hit the little one little boys and carried him a hundred feet. And then he flew off the car and she ran him over.

[Nancy Grace]

Wait, wait, wait. Right there. So it's not dark yet. They're in a crosswalk. There are six people, including two adults and a stroller. That accounts for three people. So there were three others. That is a group. How can you miss a group? People just. Let's just pretend that the driver come over a hill and hit them, which I don't believe is the case because under the rules of the road, just like where you put a double line, you're not supposed to cross on a double line or pass anybody. You wouldn't put a crosswalk right there as coming up over hill because it's too dangerous. So as if you couldn't see them a mile away. We learned from witnesses that one of these two little boys was carried on the hood of the car for 100ft.

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[Cheryl McCollum]

Well, there was a crosswalk.

[Ray Caputo]

You gotta imagine a T. And there's a road that's coming down a hilly, very hilly road coming down into there, and then there's a crosswalk. So my assumption is. Is. Is that, you know, that might have played into it. It says that she was on this road, and I believe that she may have taken a turn where there was a stop sign. It just kept ripping through it because she was going really fast. And I've seen this on a map, and I can understand how someone who's intoxicated, just out of their mind, not paying attention to the road.

[Nancy Grace]

If you're coming down a road, like you're saying there's a hill coming down, you can see down. It's not as if she was coming up a hill, and then suddenly you're in a crosswalk and there are people in the middle of it. Cheryl McCollum, you're the former president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Georgia, help me out here, Nancy.

[Ray Caputo]

There were so many things this woman did wrong before that accident.

[Nancy Grace]

I'm just talking right now about the crosswalk. Crosswalks are there in that spot for a reason. So you can see it.

[Ray Caputo]

Correct. But not somebody that's drunk. It could very well be she was fiddling with the radio. It could be that she was going through her purse.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay, speaking of that, take a listen to anchor Suzanne Marquez with Tina Patel, CBS la.

[Commercial Announcer]

We have more breaking news. A driver has been arrested after a crash last night in Westlake Village that killed two children. CBS 2's Tina Patel is live with the latest on this investigation. It's heartbreaking developments this morning.

[Nancy Grace]

Tina, it really is. One boy died here at the scene. The other one was taken to the hospital and we just learned that he also passed away. Now the sheriff's department is not releasing the ages of those boys or saying whether they are related. But you can see the news of the tragic death has hit this community. Many are coming now to leave flowers. Oh, yeah. They weren't releasing a lot of information and now we know why. Take a listen to Mary Beth McDade, KTLA 5. Grossman, who's married to a prominent plastic.

[Commercial Announcer]

Surgeon, Peter Grossman reportedly hit one boy who rolled up onto her hood.

[Nancy Grace]

She reportedly slammed on her brakes so.

[Ray Caputo]

He'D roll off and then she ran him over.

[Commercial Announcer]

Deputies reportedly caught up with Grossman about.

[Ray Caputo]

A quarter mile away in her white.

[Commercial Announcer]

Mercedes, which had front end damage and arrested her.

[Nancy Grace]

Rebecca Grossman was arrested for vehicular.

[Ray Caputo]

She's been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter and was arrested for for dui.

[Commercial Announcer]

The Iskanders are well known in their.

[Nancy Grace]

Westlake Village and church communities. So Rebecca Grossman was driving that white Mercedes married to a prominent plastic surgeon, Peter GROSSMAN. Now, Cheryl McCollum, former director of Mad MADD Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Georgia, did you hear that? That reportedly hit one boy and he flew up onto her hood. She kept going about 100ft and slammed on brakes so the boy would roll off, then ran over him and did not stop. She kept going. Did you get that in the news report from KTLA 5?

[Ray Caputo]

Think about that, Nancy.

[Nancy Grace]

The cops didn't find her for a quarter of a mile.

[Ray Caputo]

But Nancy, think about the fact that she's already hurt him severely by running over him and killing his brother. She makes the choice of getting that child off the hood of her car and ran over him in order to flee and get away. She made the conscious choice to do more damage to that baby than to stop and render aid.

[Nancy Grace]

Joining me right now, I want to go straight out to Dr. Angela Arnold, [e-mail] what in the world would make you keep going after you hit a child? It reminds me of a case I covered on Court TV a while back. And the defendant's name was Shantae Mallard. She hit a man in the street, then with him on the hood, stuck on the hood, she drives all the way to her home, pulls her car into the garage, closes the garage and leaves him on the windshield to die. He could have been saved in the time she sat there going, wow, am I going to get in trouble for this? She left the guy impaled on the hood while he died. Here you've got this woman, according to eyewitnesses, carried the little boy on the hood of the car 100ft, slammed on brakes, the boy fell off, then she ran over him.

[Ray Caputo]

So it's, it's such a horrific act, Nancy, that, that most of us cannot understand. But to me, it speaks to something deeper that is. That is wrong with this woman on top of her alcohol addiction, apparently.

[Nancy Grace]

Well, let's talk about that for a moment. I want to find out from you, Ray Caputo, wdbo, why alcohol is being thrown around. How come we don't think she was just, let's just say street racing or joyriding or in a hurry. How did alcohol get into the mix?

[Ray Caputo]

Well, that's what the deputy said. What? They found her about a mile down the road. Nancy, this is the scary part. We see this a lot with people who have money. They, they know what happens when, when things go sideways. If you hit somebody and you're drinking, the best thing to do is get the heck away from the scene, apparently, and not be seen until you sober up. This woman's car breaks down a mile away and that's when she's busted. If she would have got away, I would almost guarantee that they'd be mounting a defensive. I wasn't drinking. Now, also, you mentioned street racing. She was apparently street racing, too. She was traveling at a high rate of speed and she was drinking. I mean, what a host of factors. And you wonder why something went wrong here.

[Nancy Grace]

Well, I'll tell you how I learned that DUI driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs was part of this because she, this renowned prominent member of the community, husband, is a high profile plastic surgeon. She was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and DUI after smashing her speeding Mercedes into brothers mark and Jacob, 11 and 9, Westlake Village. She only stopped a mile and a half away when her engine cut out. Cheryl McCollum, former director of Mad Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Georgia. She didn't pull over and call police. She was only stopped because of car trouble.

[Ray Caputo]

She did nothing to help this family. She did nothing to help the two little boys. She did nothing to render aid help in any way. She didn't even go to a pay phone and call 911 anonymously to get help there.

[Nancy Grace]

You know, Cheryl suffering The sudden and criminal death of somebody you love sticks with you forever, as you all know, having dealt with so many crime victims. But this mother and father were right there. One son died on the scene, Cheryl, and the car kept going.

[Ray Caputo]

What that must be like for them. I mean, Huck used to race bmx. And I can play right now in my head the worst wreck he ever had. And he was fine. But as a mother, you just, you know, play it over and over and over. What they must be living with. Watching their two children mow down, one killed at the scene. One you have hope for for a moment. And then that snatch from you too, because this woman decides she wants to drink and street rape. You're not Talking about a 17 year old kid that makes a stupid decision.

[Nancy Grace]

Believe it or not, wealthy socialite Rebecca Grossman, accused suspect number one in mowing down two little boys out walking with their family, gets a courtroom victory. But what happened when the boys lost their lives? According to police, this woman, Rebecca Grossman, prominent in her community and wealthy, not only mowed the two little boys down in front of mom and dad, but kept going. She was charged with suspicion of voluntary manslaughter and dui. I want you to take a listen to our cut number now. You may recognize some of these voices. This is a montage of all the coverage about how fantastic this woman and her husband were. So many of us at ABC News know about the work that the Grossman Byrne foundation has done to provide so much care, new life for women, women, children, people around the United States and the world in need of that urgent medical care.

[Cheryl McCollum]

I just wanted to take a moment of your time this evening to say a few words about the Grossman Byrne Foundation. This extraordinary organization is making a huge difference around the world.

[Nancy Grace]

Another miracle at the Grossman Byrne center.

[Cheryl McCollum]

Here in Southern California. The Grossman Byrne foundation has launched a campaign to stop the violence carried out against women around the world.

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[Nancy Grace]

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[Ray Caputo]

A hit and run.

[Nancy Grace]

People who live nearby hope this crash will be a wake up call for drivers to slow down and for the city to do more to protect pedestrians. You know, I want to go to you, Mark Klaas, founder of Class Kids foundation to protect Children. Have you ever seen cases where the public doesn't get all the details? Where a lot of the facts surrounding the case are kept under the rug? For instance, what is this woman's blood alcohol? They're not even saying that they'll confirm it was a hit and run. She was arrested about a mile away. Yes, it was a hit and run. I don't need a crime scene reconstructionist to tell me that. Mark Glass.

[Cheryl McCollum]

You know, Nancy, the nonprofit world is full of hypocrites. It's full of wealthy people who sit on boards of nonprofit organizations for no other reason than they can talk about themselves at cocktail parties and give each other awards for the great work that they do. And I think Cheryl can attest to that. She knows the nonprofit world as well. And I think that's exactly what we have here.

[Ray Caputo]

Now, they can.

[Cheryl McCollum]

They can talk about how wonderful Mrs. Grossman is and all of the great things she's done. But she's also the woman who plowed down two little boys, bumped one of them off of the hood of her car, then ran over him again so that she could escape responsibility. This is a woman with no conscience. This is a woman with no morals. This is a woman who most certainly does not belong behind the driver's seat of a car.

[Nancy Grace]

Cheryl McCollum. I know that she's charged with suspicion. DUI. Now, you know the case will be ruined if they did not do an appropriate blood alcohol content test on her. A blow test. That is the end of a DUI case. If you let her off the hook from that blow test at the scene, you can't prove at trial she was dui. So they have her charged with suspicion. Dui? Why would they have charged her with that?

[Ray Caputo]

Cheryl, there must be some Evidence either they could smell alcohol on her breath, there was evidence in the car of a bottle or something like that. But Nancy, the other thing they're missing, they don't have the traditional things you would have with an accident like this. They're not going to have skid marks. She didn't stop.

[Nancy Grace]

Good point, good point.

[Ray Caputo]

So there's so many things they can't get her accurate speed. They may not have an accurate VA fix. They may not have it.

[Nancy Grace]

We do know this though, Cheryl. Now this is good news for the prosecution if they take the case all the way, if they don't get over impressed with money and prominence. Jo Scott Morgan, the professor of forensic Jacksonville State University and death investigator. The cops have broken down and told us that this socialite Rebecca Grossman did test over the legal limit. Explain.

[Cheryl McCollum]

Yeah, the legal limit depending upon where you are is generally going to be in a range of about.015 that that region right there and it's going to go to significant impairment and that is your motor function. How can you make judgments? But this is, this is one of the problems going back to what Max said just a second ago with her. You know, this woman has a history of driving while intoxicated. This is my question. If she is addicted to alcohol, her tolerance level is going to be much higher. So there are people that have a dependency upon alcohol that can still function be up, you know, whereas you or I might have a drink, couple glasses of wine or something and we're out like a baby. This woman might go through two or three bottles of wine. So be upright and functioning. So it's, it's kind of a hit or miss. They need to have done this early on.

[Nancy Grace]

Okay now hold on, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Look at the front end of her Mercedes. You can see [e-mail] yeah, yeah if.

[Cheryl McCollum]

I could address that. Yeah, if I could address that. This is a full size Mercedes sedan, Nancy. And you know, Mercedes, one thing they're known for, it's not just a luxury car. They're known as being a safe car, well built. And Nancy, it looks like she ran into a damn telephone pole. It's a center mass strike. And just so people at home will understand, if you imagine that great big Mercedes symbol that sits right in the center of the grill, that's gone. And not only that, the hood itself is crushed in. This gives us an indication that when she struck these two little boys as you mentioned just a second ago, in front of their parents, mind you, she was traveling at such a high rate that at least because I don't have all the data from the scene, it gives the appearance that she hit a fixed object. Nancy, Not. Not some, you know, non anchored person like these two children. She hit something at such a high rate of speed, it literally collapsed the front of that car. I don't see how the airbags kept from deploying. And if you look at that image real quick, she did try to flee. The only reason she didn't get away. If you take a real close look at that image on Crime Online, you'll see that there are fluids that have poured out of the bottom of this thing. So it disabled the vehicle. My guess is, as Ray had alluded to earlier, is that if she could have put as much distance between her and that event that that homicide, then you would have had time for the blood alcohol to metabolize in her system. She would have gone. And this has happened numbers of times with high profile people over the years. If you don't have that science to back it up, if you don't know what the ba is at that moment in time, you've lost it forever.

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[Ray Caputo]

Cheryl McCollum Nancy, what you're going to have is you're going to have the police go. They've got to go back. They've got to get video from every ring camera. If they have the Flock system, they've got to get that video. They've got to trace her action backwards. Where did she drink? How much did she drink? Where did she get it from? Did she pay for it? Was it already at home? Was she at a bar when.

[Nancy Grace]

Yeah, they're going to retrace all of their her steps, at least I hope.

[Ray Caputo]

They are, that they've got to, Nancy, because they don't have anything else because again, they know the blood alcohol is going to be contested. They know that they're going to have a fight on their hands. So they've got to go back and show, just like you used to do, that this crime didn't occur at 9:47pm or 6:45. This crime occurred at 2:00 clock when she took her first drink. It occurred at 3:15 when she took the next one. It occurred at 5:60 when she had her third one. And then she chose to get in the car after five or six or a bottle. And that's what they've got to show the importance of that. They've got to go back and show every speeding ticket. They've got to show every failure to maintain lane. They've got to show every DUI she's ever had. Even if they reduced it to, you know, whatever they might have reduced it to, reckless driving or such, you know, we all know reckless driving usually is a DUI that's been reduced. They got to look at every single one, every single time her prominent husband has saved her. They've got to go talk to friends and said, hey, how many cocktail parties does she throw? How often do y' all know her? You know, it's going to be critical.

[Nancy Grace]

That they trace her steps that day.

[Ray Caputo]

Amen.

[Nancy Grace]

Because Mark Klaas, I mean, have you ever heard accident used in DUI's? It's no accident, Mark class, because as Cheryl McCullum was saying, you start in the day drinking. You decide to get your car keys. You decide to walk out to your car after you've been drinking. You decide to insert the key in the ignition and start the car, put it reverse and then drop. There you go. All those were conscious decisions, Mark class.

[Cheryl McCollum]

They were conscious decisions by a woman who's probably done that hundreds of times and doesn't really seem to care about the safety of anybody else, feels that she's privileged enough that she can do.

[Ray Caputo]

What she wants when she wants and.

[Cheryl McCollum]

Have some kind of a sterling reputation and a lot of money to fall back on.

[Nancy Grace]

Straight out to Kathleen Murphy, North Carolina trial lawyer at the scene. We've seen so many celebrity walk a straight line test, touch your nose test, say the ABC's test. What other tests are performed at the scene or supposed to be performed when cops suspect dui?

[Ray Caputo]

Well, obviously the markers are a breathalyzer. She could refuse the Breathalyzer. She refuses the breathalyzer. They'll take blood work at the hospital or wherever she's incarcerated. I would suppose they can do the field sobriety tests, such as heel, toe. They also can take other steps to determine whether or not they're drinking. Such as? Alcohol bottles in the car. The smell of alcohol on that lady's breast.

[Nancy Grace]

We do know that this prominent socialite, Rebecca Grossman, was involved in an accident 2012, where the other driver claims she ran a race red light, driving over 65 in a 40 mph zone and plowed into the back of his car. The driver passed away later from ill health, but the insurance report includes his detailed description of the crash. Now, in that case, we know that Insurance paid out $100,000 in a settlement with Grossman. She was injured in that, too. So what, if anything, do we know about her history? Right, Caputo?

[Ray Caputo]

Well, Nancy, she's not a good driver, that's for sure. I mean, you can only speculate that. That that's connected to this. I. I mean, I don't know for sure, but it seems to be that the writing was on the wall for Ms. Grossman, that she had plenty of.

[Cheryl McCollum]

Opportunity to fix, you know, some of.

[Ray Caputo]

The issues that she had in her life. But, you know, she didn't. And here we are. This tragedy was avoidable. It was something that shouldn't have happened. And now this family living with us for the rest of their lives and, you know, this. Grossman's life is done, too, pretty much. Her reputation is gone.

[Nancy Grace]

I'm really more worried about the two dead boys than anybody's reputation. Dr. Angela Arnold. What about the people surrounding her? I mean, according to a Daily Mail report, quote, she's a reckless driver, the socialite charged with killing two young boys in dui. Hit and run, previously totaled another driver's car after, quote, speeding through a red light. And then she sued him, even though she ran into the back of his car.

[Ray Caputo]

You know, Nancy, I don't believe that they should be calling her a socialite. I think that they should be calling her a sociopath. That is what this woman is at the. At the core of who she is. She is a sociopath. Why do we have to be describing this woman who has hit and killed two children and has absolutely no remorse, instead of a socialite. Socialite, we should be calling her a sociopath today, because that is.

[Nancy Grace]

I'm just wondering. I mean, Cheryl McCollum, director of MAD Georgia, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Everybody around her. I mean, are they enabling her drinking and driving way in.

[Ray Caputo]

Nancy, I think the most important thing is forgive everybody around her. This is solely on her. She did this. This is nothing new behavior. She chose to drink. She chose to drive. She chose to try to cover it up. She chose to try to hide her face. Now she has chosen not to reach out to the family and apologize. She has chosen to do all of these things that show exactly who she is. And I think that last statement was dead on accurate. She is a sociopath.

[Nancy Grace]

Demands from behind bars A wealthy socialite who runs down two little brothers racing her Mercedes after a boozy lunch. Makes new demands from behind bars. What's next? A special pillow? A down duvet? A vegan dinner? Special yoga classes for you? What? What do you want? Woman 2 Boys are dead and you're whining. As always, our prayers with the victim's family at this hour. And we wait as justice unfolds. Goodbye, friend.

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