meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Dr. Phil Podcast

Fatal Accident Inside The Rebecca Grossman Case

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Education, Society & Culture

4.313.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In September 2020 in Westlake Village, California, a speeding SUV struck and killed two young brothers in a crosswalk. The driver Rebecca Grossman claims it was a tragic accident, but she was found guilty of two counts of murder and sentenced to 15 years to life. Now her husband speaks out, sharing her remorse, regrets, and what they say is her truth. 

Thank you to our sponsors:

NMLS 182334, https://nmlsconsumeraccess.org APR for rates in the 5s start at 6.196% for well qualified borrowers. Call 888-841-1319, for details about credit costs and terms. Or https://americanfinancing.net/Phil

Chapter: Don’t wait! If you’re on Medicare or will be soon, reach out to Chapter. Call: (352)-845-0659 or go to https://askchapter.org/ to learn about your Medicare options and get help finding ways to save money.



See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

She was certainly convicted in the court of public opinion well before she was convicted in the court of law.

0:07.0

Rebecca's case in the media, it wasn't told, it was sold.

0:13.0

On September 29th, 2020 in Westlake Village, California, 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his eight-year-old

0:25.1

brother, Jacob, were crossing the street with their family when they were both fatally struck

0:31.2

by a white Mercedes driven by Rebecca Grossman, a well-known Los Angeles philanthropist. Black Box data showed Grossman's

0:40.8

SUV was traveling at speeds reaching 81 miles an hour at the time of the crash in a 45-mile-an-hour zone.

0:49.6

Prosecutors say she barely hit the brakes before impact and then drove for more than a quarter of a mile before stopping.

0:57.0

She was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence,

1:04.0

and one count of hit and run causing death and sentence to 15 years to life in prison.

1:13.0

Now, Rebecca's husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, joins me and says,

1:17.3

while this was a horrific tragedy, it was a tragic accident, not second-degree murder,

1:32.1

and says there is so much evidence that the court ignored and that the evidence that was presented is just not necessarily factual at all.

1:40.9

They dispute that the car was traveling at that speed and that so much of the information

1:48.1

that should have been before the jury never got before the jury. So we're going to talk

1:55.4

about this and see what the rest of the story truly is here.

2:03.6

Dr. Grossman, thanks for sitting down and talking about this.

2:06.6

On its face, it sounds like cut and dried

2:13.6

that your wife was speeding through a residential area at twice the speed limit,

2:22.9

ran down two kids in a crosswalk,

2:26.4

and went on another quarter of a mile before she stopped.

2:30.1

And according to prosecutors only stopped then because the car shut down because the bags deployed and it shut down.

2:41.8

But then when you dig in deeper and you look at black box information, it showed the car was traveling at over 45 miles an hour.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Phil McGraw, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Phil McGraw and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.