Southern California socialite Rebecca Grossman will ask judge for new murder trial

Rebecca Grossman, the socialite convicted of killing two brothers in a Westlake Village crash, will ask for a new trial Monday.Grossman, 60, will make the request after hiring a new defense attorney following her conviction in February, when a Van Nuys jury found her guilty of two counts of second-degree murder for the Sept. 29, 2020 crash that killed Mark Iskander, 11, and Jacob Iskander, 8.

A written opposition to the defense's motion by prosecutors states that the judge 'clearly instructed the jury with all applicable and appropriate law' and 'the overwhelming direct and circumstantial evidence clearly demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty.

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