Following the next hearing, the body cam footage will be released showing how carelessly the accident was handled on the street, the negligent actions and incredibly inappropriate comments that were made by the Sheriffs during this serious investigation. In trial, the body cam footage of the field sobriety test and the recorded 911 call will be presented.
The body cam footage of the interrogation of Rebecca Grossman on the night of the accident by Officers David Huelson and Travis Kelley is missing some footage, has no time code and was cut into two segments.
Officer Rafael Mejia (one of the main officers named and recently found guilty in the Vanessa Bryant case for sharing photographs and then destroying evidence) took the stand in the Grossman preliminary case and perjured himself by stating that he was the first on the site and that he had left the accident site prior to the Field Sobriety Test (FST) being performed. However, it was a female first on the site (captured by helicopter video footage). Mejia is later caught in the background of the body-cam footage of the field sobriety test while aggressively telling Grossman's (then) 16 year-old daughter, who rushed to the site, to "Go home, your Mom's had too much to drink," prior to learning that the breath and alcohol tests were under the legal limit. A false narrative was immediately formulated.
After the police informed Grossman that children in the street may have been involved in the accident, she became clearly shaken and emotional. She verbally showed great concern for the children and pleaded numerous times to the officers to call her husband who was a doctor and could help. The prosecution asked not to show this part of the body-cam footage in the preliminary hearing because it would go against his argument of her having no concern for human life. Why conceal evidence that is factual? Isn't truth the most important aspect of this case? The public deserves to know. This body cam footage will be revealed in court.
In the preliminary hearing, the prosecution was allowed to present fourteen witnesses, whereas the defendant, Grossman, was allowed to present only one, prohibiting the most critical of their witnesses to testify at all. Hence, the 995 court appeal was limited to only what was included in the preliminary hearing. The Judge ruling on the appeal has no access to any other evidence or facts other than what was allowed in the preliminary hearing.This causes a gross violation of justice and fairplay.
Everything the public and the media know about this case was presented at the Preliminary Hearing, which is a legal proceeding designed to favor the prosecution. At the hearing, the prosecution is not required to “prove” its case and there is no jury present, so they can—and do—make sensational allegations to try and sell their case to the judge. Predictably, the tabloid-style news picked up on these sensational narratives with unbridled enthusiasm.
Some of the key witness reports that throw the prosecution’s narrative into question are now conveniently “missing.” Additional evidence including original video footage is missing/erased.
False statements about the accident were made blatantly by the Sheriff’s. Some have been publicly walked back; others remain in the public narrative about this case. All of these false statements will be shown in trial.
Evidence was moved and staged at the accident site for the photographs taken by Sheriffs (among the same officers involved in the Vanessa-Kobe Bryant case) and then they were immediately released to the media. The proof will be shown in court.
Yes, Grossman's vehicle was clearly one vehicle involved in this accident and we do not dispute this evidence. However, important details that occurred in the seconds prior to the impact will be released in trial that bring further understanding. The story that the prosecution is forcing to cover up an incredibly poor and unethical investigation is far from the truth.
Rebecca Grossman was prohibited from reaching out to the family, by both the DA and the civil attorneys, for over a year and a half after the accident. She had left a bouquet of roses and a letter at the site, and visited the memorial several times. She continued writing letters to the parents and was finally allowed to send a letter earlier this year. She grieves heavily for their loss everyday.
To make matters worse, a local newspaper intent on creating rage and click-bait to primarily increase followers by only reporting the prosecution's side even though they have had access to all of the evidence on this site, continues to report false information. They were even sent the police report with witness statements from the night of the accident. Every writer on the story (including the first writer, who also moved to Tennessee shortly after charges were filed) and one that followed, chose to conceal critical facts of the case. There has been no accountability or journalistic integrity. Researching or googling the writers' backgrounds before taking what they write as the gospel truth will help to avoid having to read fake news stories and the community publications that thrive on creating chaos within the community they serve. Are these tactics really designed to help the family find closure and heal, or is prolonging their suffering the goal to increase readers and social media following?
FACT: Appeals are bootstrapped because the defense is not supposed to argue the discovery revealing the "truth", only the "evidence at light that is being charged by the government." Furthermore, in preliminary hearings, the defense may not argue that witnesses are lying. Credibility is not an issue at a preliminary hearing. Instead, the judge is instructed by law to accept the testimony of Commonwealth witnesses as true because the judge simply evaluates whether there is enough evidence (factual or not) for the Commonwealth to proceed to trial. Furthermore, hearsay is allowed by the prosecution, however, disallowed by the defense.
The magistrate overseeing the preliminary hearing had a fractured spine, was in a back brace and made incredibly inappropriate comments resulting in her sealing all conversations that took place in private chambers. Often it was even difficult to comprehend what was being said during the proceedings. The magistrate also violated court rules by going into a private room with the parents of the victims. The biased comments made, insults to the defense team and the coaching of both the Asst DA and witnesses was evident from the first day of the hearing.
FACT: Twenty minutes prior to the accident, Grossman was sitting with a member of the athletic faculty of a local high school where her children attended along with another friend. The three were sitting on the patio of a nearby restaurant. Six additional athletic faculty members from the same high school (who were there before Grossman's arrival and there after Grossman's departure 45 minutes later) were seated at another table close to them. The two individuals seated with Grossman left the restaurant at the same time as Grossman (all in three different vehicles) and were eventually driving to the same destination where a family member of Grossman's was waiting to help prepare dinner.
The prosecution alleges that Rebecca Grossman suddenly possessed a malignant heart and had no regard for human life on that 3.5 minute drive from a parking lot to where the accident took place.
The story being told to the public and by the public on social media is not based on facts. There is no villain. There were many factors that all collectively played a role in a terrible accident and in a split second of time many lives were tragically changed forever. If anyone has information on the other vehicles shown in the video, please call the number listed above.
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