Ex-Dodger wishes he saved boys before fatal crash by former lover, says MLB millions largely gone

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Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson testified Friday that he has little left of the roughly $46 million he earned during his career as a jury considers whether to award further damages against him and his former lover after they were found liable for the car-crash deaths of two young brothers in Westlake Village.Rebecca Grossman, 62, is serving a sentence of 15 years to life in prison after she was convicted of second-degree murder for fatally striking Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, with her Mercedes SUV on Sept.29, 2020.

A jury on Wednesday awarded their parents, Nancy and Karim Iskander, and their surviving brother $176 million in wrongful death and emotional distress damages after an eight-week civil trial.Jurors are now weighing whether to award additional punitive damages against Grossman and Erickson.

California The family of Mark and Jacob Iskander, 11 and 8, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Rebecca Grossman and Scott Erickson claiming negligence in the fatal crash that killed the two brothers.Erickson, 58, was in a separate AMG Mercedes SUV ahead of Grossman’s vehicle and was also found negligent in the deadly crash.Jurors found that the pair “acted in concert with each other in the course of their activities, leading to the fatal collision.”Erickson said not a day goes by without him wishing he did something different that day.

“I feel terrible about what happened.I feel really bad about my actions and some of the terrible behavior I did,” he said.

“I have not been very honest.And no words can describe how I feel about what’s happened ...

I truly believe now if I had somehow been able to stop, I probably, possibly, could have saved their lives.”According to witness testimony at the criminal and civil trials, Erickson and Grossman had been drinking at a Westlake Village cantina and were heading to Grossman’s home on the night of the crash.Mar...