The most explosive moment of the trial didn’t happen today, it happened Friday when former MLB star Royce Clayton took the stand and effectively ended his 30-year brotherhood with Scott Erickson.
Clayton didn't just show up to testify; he showed up to hold his former friend accountable. He recounted a phone call he received from Erickson just 10 minutes after the 2020 crash that killed the Iskander brothers.
According to Clayton, Erickson admitted, "We were f***ing flying."
The testimony turned devastating when Clayton described Erickson's account of the impact: Erickson allegedly swerved to miss the boys himself, then looked in his rearview mirror and watched Grossman’s Mercedes plow into them.
When asked why he was turning on a lifelong friend, Clayton broke down in tears, telling the jury that as a father, he simply couldn't square his conscience with someone who would see that and keep driving.
On Monday, May 4, the trial shifted from emotional eyewitness accounts to the cold, hard data of the crash. Attorneys spent the morning back-and-forth with accident reconstruction experts, trying to determine if Erickson’s high-speed "swerve" to avoid the boys actually blocked their view of Grossman’s oncoming Mercedes.
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Published: May 4, 2026. No major post-publication update has been logged.
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