{"id":645784,"date":"2026-05-02T22:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645784\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:56:19","slug":"ex-mlb-pitcher-dined-in-malibu-less-than-24-hours-after-lover-mowed-down-brothers-court-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/645784\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-MLB pitcher dined in Malibu less than 24 hours after lover mowed down brothers, court hears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former MLB player Royce Clayton spotted ex-Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson chowing down on a burger and enjoying a beer in Malibu less than 24 hours after Erickson watched his then-lover, Rebecca Grossman, mow down two young brothers<\/a>, according to a chilling courtroom testimony.<\/p>\n

Clayton, 56, took the stand Friday in a civil trial against socialite Grossman and Erickson, who are facing a wrongful death lawsuit for the horrific Sept. 2020 deaths of 11-year-old Mark and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander.<\/p>\n

The pair were allegedly racing as they drove off after a boozed-up lunch<\/a> when Erickson swerved to avoid the kids and their mother Nancy, who were walking in a crosswalk in Westlake Village, California.<\/p>\n

Rebecca Grossman, center, is serving 15 years to life in prison. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n

While Erickson avoided a collision, Grossman didn\u2019t, plowing into the children and fled the scene. <\/p>\n

Clayton battled to maintain composure as he told the Los Angeles courtroom about Erickson\u2019s alleged behavior in the immediate aftermath of the hit-and-run<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Clayton told jurors he joined Erickson, 58, and Grossman, 62, for drinks at Julio\u2019s Agave restaurant in Westlake Village earlier in the day, per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All three of them were supposed to head back to Grossman\u2019s place, but when he called Erickson for directions, he was told not to come. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a horrible accident. You can\u2019t come,\u201d Erickson allegedly said, according to the testimony. <\/p>\n

Clayton broke down in tears as he recalled Erickson allegedly told him that he and Grossman were \u201cf\u2013king flying\u201d during the crash.<\/p>\n

Grossman\u2019s Mercedes is seen after the horrific crash. Lost Hills Sheriff<\/p>\n

\u201cHe swerved and kept going.\u00a0He went to her house [Grossman\u2019s nearby lakeside home]\u2026.and decided to jog back to the scene of the accident,\u201d Clayton claimed when Brian Panish, the lawyer representing grieving parents Nancy and Karim, asked about the call. <\/p>\n

After Erickson swerved, he allegedly looked in his rearview mirror and watched Grossman \u2014 who was convicted of murder and is serving 15 years to life<\/a> \u2014 hit the kids, Clayton said.<\/p>\n

But Erickson, who got off scot-free after his reckless driving charge<\/a> was dropped, allegedly wasn\u2019t fazed for long.<\/p>\n

Clayton told the court he saw Erickson dining at a Malibu restaurant less than 24 hours after the boys were killed.<\/p>\n

Royce Clayton testified for the civil trial on Friday. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was eating a hamburger and having a beer,\u201d\u00a0he\u00a0told jurors.<\/p>\n

Erickson also allegedly nonchalantly texted Clayton the day after the crash, he said in court. <\/p>\n

\u201cHey dude\u2026I\u2019m drinking your last IPA you left here at the house\u2026Nothing to worry about,\u201d the message allegedly read, per the Daily Mail. <\/p>\n

The married Grossman and Erickson were allegedly having an affair at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n

Her husband, renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman, is also named in the lawsuit because she was driving his Mercedes when she killed the boys.<\/p>\n

Scott Erickson, left, is also a defendant in the civil suit. Getty Images for The Buoniconti Fund To Cure Paralysis<\/p>\n

Nancy and Karim Iskander are demanding tens of millions, per their lawyer. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Iskanders are demanding \u201ctens and tens and tens of millions,\u201d their lawyer said, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n

During the civil trial, Erickson\u2019s defense team has called the crash a \u201chorrible, tragic accident\u201d and boldly alleged she did not see the boys in the crosswalk when she hit them.<\/p>\n

They also fiercely denied she was impaired at the time, as the Iskanders have alleged.<\/p>\n

Erickson has also been trying to free himself of blame in the lawsuit \u2014 with his attorneys arguing he was not drunk and he did not hit the children.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Grossman, Erickson and the Iskanders did not immediately respond to requests for comment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former MLB player Royce Clayton spotted ex-Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson chowing down on a burger and enjoying a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":645785,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,41292,48240,2462,481,591,85,3780],"class_list":["post-645784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-car-crashes","tag-hit-and-run","tag-lawsuit","tag-los-angeles","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/645785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}