Lizzie Grubman

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grubman (born January 30, 1971) is an American publicist. She is the daughter of entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and his wife, the late Yvette Grubman. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D7153DF931A15753C1A963958260 WEDDINGS; Eric Gatoff and Lizzie Grubman] , "The New York Times". Accessed September 10, 2007.]

Grubman is well-known as a publicist for celebrities, founding her own company in 1996, and has represented Britney Spears, Jay-Z and the Backstreet Boys.cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-expert-grubman_x.htm|title=Accident expert says Grubman intentionally ran down people in 2001|publisher=USA Today|date=2004-04-27|accessdate=2007-09-10] The 2005 reality show "PoweR Girls" on MTV centered around a group of young publicists working for Grubman's PR firm. [cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/power_girls/series.jhtml|title=Power Girls|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2007-09-10] [cite web|last=Sternbergh|first=Adam|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/11259|title=Lizzie Grubman’s Star Vehicle|publisher=New York|date=2005-03-07|accessdate=2007-09-12] The title is a reference to a 1998 cover story in "New York" magazine, that profiled Grubman and several of her rivals, noting that "Lizzie was clearly the most powerful girl of all."cite web|url=http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/5017/index1.html|title=Reversal of Fortune|publisher=New York|date=2001-07-30|accessdate=2007-09-10]

Grubman attended New York City prep schools Horace Mann School, Lenox School and Dwight School. She attended Northeastern University; reports conflict as to whether she graduated. In 1995, she married Eric Gatoff, an associate at her father's law firm. She married Chris Stern on March 17, 2006, and gave birth to their first child, a son named Harrison Irving Stern, on December 12, 2006.

2001 SUV incident

On July 7, 2001, Grubman drove her SUV into a crowd of people outside a nightclub in the Hamptons, injuring 16 people. After being asked by security guards to remove her Mercedes from a fire lane, she backed the vehicle into the crowd and was later charged in a 26-count indictment, for felony crimes including second-degree assault, driving while intoxicated, and reckless endangerment.cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/grubman/071702_ctv.html|title=Grubman's gamble: Beat the DWI|publisher=Court TV|date=2002-07-17|accessdate=2007-11-24|quote=Grubman's lawyer, Stephen Scaring, said the defense will focus on disproving the driving while intoxicated charge a grand jury returned last September against the 31-year-old celebrity party organizer.... Grubman was also indicted for felony charges of vehicular assault and second-degree assault] Grubman had been facing up to eight years in prison, but only served 37 days in jail and received five year's probation after reaching a plea bargain.cite web|last=Hamm|first=Liza|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20004256,00.html|title=Lizzie Grubman Gives Birth to Baby Boy|publisher=People|date=2006-12-14|accessdadte=2007-09-10]

The trial garnered widespread media coverage [cite web|last=Ripley|first=Amanda|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,167589,00.html|title=Rage Of The Hamptons|publisher=Time|date=2001-07-15|accessdate=2007-09-10] [cite web|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/elizabeth_s_grubman/index.html?s=oldest&offset=30&|title=Times Topics: Elizabeth S. Grubman|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2007-09-10] not because of the particular circumstances of the crash, but because of what Richard Johnson, editor of the "New York Post"'s Page 6, referred to as "the overreaching drama of class warfare." [cite web|last=Martin|first=Rick|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E05EED7153BF936A25754C0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=NOTICED; A Publicist Scorched By Fires She Fanned|publisher=The New York Times|date=2001-07-15|accessdate=2007-11-24] Grubman was alleged to have made an inflammatory statement before striking her victims with her vehicle: "Fuck you, white trash". [cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/news/grubman_docs/conlon1.html|publisher=Court TV|title=Reproduction of State Supreme Court Complaint, filed by the victim Scott Conlon|date=2001-07-16|accessdate=2007-11-24|quote=In particular response to the request of the plaintiff, in his capacity as security supervisor at the aforesaid Conscience Point Inn, for the defendant LIZZIE GRUBMAN to move the motor vehicle, the defendant uttered the statement: 'Fuck you, white trash'.] Later, allegations arose that she received "special treatment"cite web|last=Springer|first=John|url=http://www.courttv.com/trials/grubman/070202_ctv.html|title=A year after Hamptons horror, publicity princess could be poised for a plea deal|publisher=Court TV|date=2002-07-02|accessdate=2007-11-24] at the hands of police, who did not perform a Breathalyzer test, despite allegations (and later, criminal charges) that she was intoxicated at the time of the incident. [cite web|url=http://www.courttv.com/news/grubman_docs/conlon1.html|publisher="Court TV"|title=Reproduction of State Supreme Court Complaint, filed by the victim Scott Conlon|date=2001-07-16|accessdate=2007-11-24 See page 2, items 10, 11, and 12.]

Grubman has claimed that the SUV incident was an accident. [cite web|last=Gregorian|first=Dareh|url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/08172007/news/regionalnews/finally__the_last_of_lizzie_regionalnews_dareh_gregorian.htm|title=FINALLY! THE 'LAST' OF LIZZIE"|publisher=The New York Post|date=2007-08-17|accessdate=2007-09-10] An expert hired by the plaintiffs in a civil case against her who reconstructed the accident based on data from the car's "black box" stated that in his view her actions were likely intentional. [cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-04-26-expert-grubman_x.htm|title=Accident expert says Grubman intentionally ran down people in 2001|publisher=USA Today|date=2004-04-27|accessdate=2007-09-10]

References

ources

* [http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/features/5017/ Profile in New York magazine]

External links

* [http://www.grubmanpr.com/home/default.asp Official site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1122431/ Lizzie Grubman] at the Internet Movie Database