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DA accuses LA woman who killed 2 boys in crosswalk of ‘illegal conduct’ from jail, her legal team of jury tampering

Rebecca Grossman, with husband Peter Grossman and daughter Alexis, heads into Van Nuys Courthouse on Feb. 14, 2024.

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors want Rebecca Grossman’s access to jailhouse phones cut off after they say she encouraged illegal conduct and her team attempted to tamper with jurors who convicted her of double murder.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Ryan Gould and his colleague Jamie Castro filed a motion Monday that detailed several jailhouse calls Grossman had with her daughter and husband since her Feb. 23 conviction for killing two young brothers in a crosswalk while speeding on a residential Westlake Village street.

According to court documents, Grossman told her daughter, Alexis, to make public a deputy-worn body camera video that had been sealed by the judge and to direct another person to talk to the judge about a new trial. She also encouraged tracking down witnesses

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