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Ex-Dodger makes shocking financial claim as jury weighs further punishment in fatal Grossman crash 50%
By Katie Jerkovich0%
6/6/2026, 5:14:04 PM
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Former Major League pitcher Scott Erickson said his millions are gone as the jury weighs his financial fate in the fatal crash involving two young boys in a Westlake Village crosswalk in 2020.
Jurors must now decide whether to weigh punitive damages against both Erickson and his ex-lover Rebecca Grossman after they were found negligent in the death of 11-year-old Mark and 8-year-old Jacob Iskander.
A jury awarded $176 million to the Iskander family on Wednesday, finding both the former professional baseball player and the Los Angeles socialite liable for the deadly crash that killed the brothers.
During his testimony on Friday in the punitive phase of the trial, the ex-Dodger said his nearly $46 million earnings from his Major League Baseball career are practically gone.
“I haven’t been able to get a job since the accident,” he told the courtroom.
His MLB career ended in 2006, that along with a divorce, taxes and other bad decisions has left him with little more than $9,000 in the bank, per the report.
However, Erickson still has $242,000 in a retirement account, equity in a condo in Las Vegas worth $200,000, and a $13,000 pension monthly from MLB, per the report.
Grossman, who was convicted of murder for killing the two young boys with her car during a chase with Erickson, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison in 2024.
The former MLB pitcher was driving a separate car nearby that day, raising questions about whether the pair had been speeding together.
Erickson, however, was never charged.
The ex-Dodger finally addressed the tragedy when he took the stand last month in the wrongful death trial.
He testified that he sped up when he spotted two young boys in the crosswalk moments before they were fatally struck in 2020.
“I stepped on the gas for probably two or three seconds to get through, because I thought that was the safest process,” Erickson told the Van Nuys courtroom on May 13.
During his testimony Friday, prosecutors questioned him about admitting his guilt for his part in the deadly crash six years later.
“It took a jury verdict for you to come clean and admit under oath that you caused the deaths, you were part of it and you covered it up for almost six years, correct?”
Attorney Brian Panish said, per ABC7.
“Yes, that’s correct.”
Erickson replied.
The former professional baseball player also told the jury he now believes if he could’ve stopped, the Iskander brothers would be alive today.
“I feel terrible about what happened.
I feel really bad about my actions and some of the terrible behavior I did,” he said, per the Times report.
“I have not been very honest.
And no words can describe how I feel about what’s happened … I truly believe now if I could have somehow been able to stop, I probably, possibly, could have saved their lives.”
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