Rebecca Grossman has lodged an appeal of her murder conviction for gunning down two young brothers as she was being transferred to California state prison to begin her sentence, DailyMail.com can reveal.
The convicted murderer ran over Mark Iskander, 11, and his brother Jacob, 8, while speeding after a boozy lunch with his lover on the night of September 29, 2020.
A jury found her guilty in February of two felony counts each of second-degree murder and felony vehicular manslaughter, and one felony count of hit-and-run resulting in death.
The socialite was sentenced to 15 years to life behind bars on June 10, but could be eligible for parole in as little as seven or eight years.
After being housed in the famous Twin Towers prison in downtown Los Angeles, Grossman was transferred on Wednesday to the Central California Women’s Facility, the largest women’s prison in the state, DailyMail.com has learned.
Socialite-turned-pariah Rebecca Grossman has filed a notice of appeal for her second-degree murder and hit-and-run convictions.
Records show Grossman was transferred to the Central California Women’s Facility (pictured) on Wednesday to begin her sentence of 15 years to life in prison.
Sources said Grossman was placed on suicide watch during the first days she was locked up in the Twin Towers after a jury found her guilty of two counts of murder in February.
The Twin Towers jail includes a “correctional treatment center,” or medical ward, where female inmates with mental health issues are housed.
During a shocking moment at his sentencing, Grossman admitted that he had thought about suicide and wished God had taken his life.
“He knows that if he had seen anyone, he would have thrown me against the brick wall,” a hysterical, sobbing Grossman told the Iskander family. ‘He wanted God to take my life. I don’t know why God didn’t take my life.
She continued: ‘I would like Him to take my life. And if he could give my life right now and say to God, “Could you bring back Mark and Jacob?”, she would tell God to take my life. Very sorry!’
Grossman, who co-founded a renowned burn center with her husband, plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman, went from glitzy galas and fundraisers with Hollywood elites to sleeping in the largest jail in Los Angeles County, known for its “barbaric” and overcrowded conditions.
Rebecca Grossman had been languishing in the hell of the Twin Towers Correctional Center before her transfer.
A disgusting man killed brothers Mark Iskander, 11, and Jacob, 8, while speeding after a boozy lunch with his lover on the night of September 29, 2020.
In February, a jury found Grossman guilty of speeding up to 81 mph while behind the wheel of a white Mercedes and then slowing to 73 mph less than two seconds before the collision.
Court records seen by DailyMail.com show that Grossman filed his notice of appeal on the day of his sentencing, and the court officially did so on Thursday.
Nancy Iskander, mother of the two murdered children, criticized the high-society sentencing, claiming the judge treated their deaths as “one child” even though they had lost “two different lives.”
The heartbroken mother said she wants to see Grossman show remorse for the deaths of her children in a hit-and-run.
‘My plan is to visit her in prison, in a few months or maybe a year, and I will ask her that question directly. I’ll say, “Are you able to say, ‘I’m sorry for killing them?’ This will allow me to forgive, because I need to get over what she has done,” she told Fox News.
During the trial, prosecutors presented evidence that the data recorder in Grossman’s white Mercedes showed she was accelerating at 81 mph and braked, slowing to 73 mph, less than two seconds before the collision.
After fatally striking the brothers, who were in a crosswalk, Grossman fled the scene.
Nancy Iskander, the mother of the two slain children, sharply criticized the judge for the lenient sentence and said she plans to visit Grossman in prison to see if she is remorseful.
Grossman, before the judge handed down his sentence, told the court that he did not flee the scene, but rather stood by his car for 20 minutes and was in a “state of denial.”
Prosecutors have repeatedly said the socialite has shown no remorse for her crimes, and Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino, during sentencing, called Grossman’s actions “reckless and unquestionably negligent.”
In early June, a judge rejected the child killer’s bid to have her murder convictions overturned and be granted a new trial.
The wealthy socialite’s lawyers argued that she was entitled to a retrial because prosecutors at her trial four months ago presented “insufficient” evidence to convict her and “misled” the jury.
But Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino rejected Grossman’s claims on June 3, telling the court in Van Nuys, California, that he had found that prosecutors had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that she had acted with “implied malice.”
