Name |
Lizzie Grubman |
Height |
5'2 |
Naionality |
American |
Date of Birth |
30 January 1971 |
Place of Birth |
New York City, New York, USA |
Famous for |
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Elizabeth S. "Lizzie" Grubman (born January 30, 1971) is an American publicist. She is the daughter of multi-millionaire entertainment lawyer, Allen Grubman, and his wife, the late Yvette Grubman. She gained notoriety in July 2001 when she drove her SUV into a crowd of people outside a Long Island nightclub, injuring 16 people. After being asked by security guards to remove her father's leased Mercedes from a fire lane, she backed the vehicle into the crowd, apparently in a fit of pique. She fled the scene, and was later charged in a 26-count indictment, for felony crimes including assault, driving while intoxicated, and reckless endangerment, but escaped long-term imprisonment by a plea bargain. Grubman had been facing up to eight years in prison. The 2005 reality show PoweR Girls from MTV centres around a group of young publicists, working for Grubman's PR firm. Her mother, Yvette, who had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for many years, died of ovarian cancer.