Rebecca Grossman asks court to approve lawyer despite conflict

Three months after she was convicted of killing two young brothers in a horrific hit-and-run crash, Rebecca Grossman was back in court on Friday, assuring a judge that she wants to keep her new defense attorney, even though he has a ‘potential conflict of interest.’

During this hearing at Van Nuys court, northwest of , the focus was not on the wealthy socialite herself, but on her attorney, James Spertus, who is asking Judge Joseph Brandolino to overturn her second degree murder convictions and grant her a new trial.

Spertus is also representing LA Assistant District Attorney Diana Teran who was recently arrested and charged with 11 felony counts of using confidential sheriff’s records illegally.

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