The Brief

LOS ANGELES - A woman sentenced to prison for the murder of two young boys is fighting to prevent the victims' family from obtaining depositions from her husband and daughter as part of a civil lawsuit.

What we know:

Rebecca Grossman, co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, was sentenced to 15 years to life for the 2020 hit-and-run deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander.

Her lawyers are now arguing in civil court that her husband, Dr. Peter Grossman, has been sufficiently deposed, and that deposing her daughter, Alexis Grossman, would cause her further trauma due to her chronic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

The boys' parents and brother are the plaintiffs in the suit, which is scheduled for trial in January 2026.

The backstory:

The criminal case concluded with a

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