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Former Minnesota Twins pitcher Scott Erickson was initially charged with reckless driving after a 2020 crash killed two younger boys in Southern California. The victims had been brothers aged 8 and 11.
When Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies questioned Rebacca Grossman the night time of the deadly wreck, Erickson might have been hiding close by, in keeping with new testimony from Grossman’s daughter.
Alexis Grossman instructed jurors that Erickson smelled of alcohol when he arrived on the household’s dwelling a while after the deadly incident. She added that Erickson had made threats associated to sharing particulars of his whereabouts with authorities. “Do not inform anybody you noticed me or I’ll break you and your loved ones,” Alexis stated Erickson instructed her.
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Scott Erickson, #19 of the Minnesota Twins, seems to be on earlier than a baseball recreation in opposition to the New York Yankees on June 1, 1993 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York. (Mitchell Layton/Getty Photographs)
Rebecca Grossman is charged with two counts of second-degree homicide, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one depend of driving inflicting demise. The protection contends that Erickson, not Grossman, initially struck the 2 brothers whereas they had been in a crosswalk on Triunfo Canyon Highway.
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Erickson and his representatives have persistently denied that the previous Main League Baseball star was concerned in any wrongdoing. The reckless driving fees in opposition to Erickson had been dropped after he made a public announcement concerning the significance of secure driving.
Rebecca Grossman, heart, heads to the Van Nuys Courthouse in West Van Nuys, California, together with her husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, left, and daughter. (Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Occasions through Getty Photographs)
Alexis was on her option to choose up a pizza supply order when she noticed police automobiles surrounding her mom’s automobile. Moments later, she stated she noticed Erickson hiding behind a close-by tree.
“He caught his head out and we made eye contact,” Alexis testified. She finally left the scene and went to her household’s dwelling in Westlake Village. She stated Erickson went to the home a short while later.
Scott Erickson, quantity 15 choose of the Los Angeles Dodgers, pitches in opposition to the Atlanta Braves at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California on Might 15, 2005. (Nick Laham/Getty Photographs)
Alexis added that in 2021, she determined to tell her mother and father that she noticed Erickson the night time of the deadly accident. Tony Buzbee is the lead legal professional representing Grossman within the case. Prosecutors have alleged that Buzbee engaged in proof practices that might be thought-about unethical.
Buzbee additionally represented quite a few plaintiffs who filed lawsuits in opposition to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for sexual assault and different inappropriate conduct throughout therapeutic massage periods.
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Grossman and Erickson are believed to have been touring in separate automobiles on the time of the crash after consuming alcoholic drinks at a restaurant. Grossman and Erickson had been additionally believed to be courting on the time.
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Chantz Martin is a sports activities author for Fox Information Digital.
