They also want Brandolino to move Grossman to a part of the jail system with no access to phones or visitors, except for her attorneys, and where her mail is checked.

“While in custody, the defendant immediately began using her phone privileges to engage in wholly improper conduct or potentially illegal conduct. These calls include admissions to violating the court protective order regarding the disclosure of evidence on the internet and to the press,” Gould and Castro said in the filing.

“These recorded phone calls also document numerous potential criminal conspiracies, such as requests to disclose more protected discovery, discussion of various attempts to interfere with witnesses and their testimony and attempts to influence his honor in regards to sentencing.”

Phone calls made from people incarcerated at Twin Towers jail and other L.A. lock-up facilities are recorded by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

In a conversation on Feb. 23, the day of Grossman’s conviction, she told her daughter: “I want you to unblock the videos.”

Alexis Grossman replies, “I will.”

Dr. Peter Grossman, Rebecca Grossman’s husband, then interjects: “Everything you want us to put out, honey, let us know. We’re going to put it all out.”

To which, Grossman replies: “I want you to put everything out.”

Prosecutors allege the exchange refers to body cam footage from a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in the aftermath of the 2020 crash scene. The video was on a web page associated with Grossman’s defense but removed after prosecutors informed the judge, who sealed all evidence not shown at trial.

Gould also alleges that Grossman told her husband to reach out to a KTTV-Fox 11 news reporter to whom they sent the video. “Talk to her about is she going to play that,” Grossman said in a Feb. 24 conversation.

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