Former Main League pitcher Scott Erickson mentioned his hundreds of thousands are gone because the jury weighs his monetary destiny within the deadly crash involving two younger boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk in 2020.
Jurors should now determine whether or not to weigh punitive damages towards each Erickson and his ex-lover Rebecca Grossman after they have been discovered negligent within the loss of life of 11-year-old Mark and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander.
A jury awarded $176 million to the Iskander household on Wednesday, discovering each the previous skilled baseball participant and the Los Angeles socialite accountable for the lethal crash that killed the brothers.
Throughout his testimony on Friday within the punitive part of the trial, the ex-Dodger mentioned his almost $46 million earnings from his Main League Baseball profession are virtually gone.
Erickson advised jurors that he hasn’t labored in years, the Los Angeles Instances reported.
“I haven’t been in a position to get a job because the accident,” he advised the courtroom.
His MLB profession led to 2006, that together with a divorce, taxes and different unhealthy choices has left him with little greater than $9,000 within the financial institution, per the report.
Nonetheless, Erickson nonetheless has $242,000 in a retirement account, fairness in a apartment in Las Vegas value $200,000, and a $13,000 pension month-to-month from MLB, per the report.
Grossman, who was convicted of homicide for killing the 2 younger boys together with her automotive throughout a chase with Erickson, was sentenced to fifteen years to life in jail in 2024.
The previous MLB pitcher was driving a separate automotive close by that day, elevating questions on whether or not the pair had been dashing collectively. Erickson, nonetheless, was by no means charged.
The ex-Dodger lastly addressed the tragedy when he took the stand final month within the wrongful loss of life trial.
He testified that he sped up when he noticed two younger boys within the crosswalk moments earlier than they have been fatally struck in 2020.
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“I stepped on the gasoline for in all probability two or three seconds to get via, as a result of I believed that was the most secure course of,” Erickson advised the Van Nuys courtroom on Could 13.
Throughout his testimony Friday, prosecutors questioned him about admitting his guilt for his half within the lethal crash six years later.
“It took a jury verdict so that you can come clear and admit below oath that you just precipitated the deaths, you have been a part of it and also you coated it up for nearly six years, appropriate?” Lawyer Brian Panish mentioned, per ABC7.
“Sure, that’s appropriate.” Erickson replied.
The previous skilled baseball participant additionally advised the jury he now believes if he might’ve stopped, the Iskander brothers can be alive at this time.
“I really feel horrible about what occurred. I really feel actually unhealthy about my actions and a number of the horrible conduct I did,” he mentioned, per the Instances report.
“I’ve not been very sincere. And no phrases can describe how I really feel about what’s occurred … I actually consider now if I had someway been in a position to cease, I in all probability, presumably, might have saved their lives.”
Simply after 7 p.m. September 29, 2020, the boys have been crossing Triunfo Canyon Highway with their mom and youthful brother when witnesses noticed automobiles racing towards them.
Erickson, behind the wheel of a black SUV, reached the crosswalk first. Moments later, Grossman, his girlfriend on the time, allegedly plowed via in her white Mercedes, hanging and killing the youngsters.
Grossman, co-founder of the Grossman Burn Basis and spouse of plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman, was allegedly driving 73 mph in a 45-mph zone when the crash occurred.
Nancy Iskander, the mom of the 2 boys, mentioned she grabbed her youngest son and dove out of the best way of Erickson’s SUV earlier than seeing Grossman’s car pace via the place Mark and Jacob had been standing.
In March, the California appeals courtroom rejected Grossman’s remaining bid to overturn her conviction and saved her behind bars with no early launch and no reprieve.
