Former MLB player Royce Clayton broke down on the stand while testifying in the civil trial against Rebecca Grossman and ex-Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson.
Saturday, May 2, 2026 7:36AMFormer Major League Baseball player Royce Clayton took the stand Friday in the wrongful death civil trial against, the socialite convicted in the 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in Westlake Village.
Clayton testified that his friend and former Dodgers pitcher Scott Erickson told him he saw Grossman run over the two brothers in his rearview mirror. In the criminal case, Grossman's attorney insisted it was Erickson who hit the boys. Erickson was never called to testify in that case but has been named in thebrought forward by the Iskander family. The Iskander family's attorney argues he shares responsibility.
Clayton said he received a call from Erickson telling him that he and Grossman were speeding down the road when he swerved to avoid the two boys in the crosswalk.
"She was directly behind him, and he said as he came up to this crosswalk, he saw the children... ," Clayton said before he broke down on the stand. Grossman, the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was sentenced in June 2024 to 15 years to life in prison for the boys' deaths. She was convicted of two counts each of second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence and one count of hit-and-run driving.
Prosecutors say Grossman and Erickson, her then-boyfriend, had been out drinking before the deadly September 2020 crash. They were in separate vehicles heading toward Grossman's nearby home when prosecutors say she was speeding and struck the victims. Copyright © 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.
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