This year, The Current Report is turning its focus to the Rebecca Grossman case, a tragedy that has since exposed serious failures in both the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s investigation and the broader judicial system.

Our investigative series goes beyond the headlines, cutting through emotion, media spin, and political agendas to uncover what really happened on the night of September 29, 2020, and what subsequently played out inside the courtroom.

Drawing on exclusive access to sealed records, transcripts, and eyewitness testimony, this series reveals how evidence was suppressed, narratives were manufactured, and politics and media influence converged to secure a conviction. It exposes glaring contradictions in witness testimony, judicial rulings that handcuffed the defense, and striking admissions by judges that undermine the very foundation of the murder verdict.

But this investigation is not just about one defendant. It is about a system that failed. From the deliberate omission of Scott Erickson’s role in the deaths of Mark and Jacob Iskander, to the suppression of evidence suggesting multiple vehicles were involved, to civil suits that documented known road dangers, and the troubling ties between prosecutors and social media activists, the Grossman case shows how justice in Los Angeles can be bent to serve politics, perception, and power.

This series underscores The Current Report’s commitment to investigative journalism that holds institutions accountable. In a case where the line between truth and narrative was deliberately blurred, our work seeks to illuminate what the jury never heard — and what the public was never meant to know.