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Compiled from Times wires Charges against Gumbel's son droppedProsecutors have dropped charges against TV host Bryant Gumbel's 23-year-old son, who was arrested early Thursday in Manhattan on suspicion that he attempted to steal a purse. Bradley Gumbel was expected to be released Friday, his lawyer said. Police said the victim was grabbed from behind by a man who also reached for her purse. Officers drove the woman around the neighborhood to see if she could identify her assailant. She pointed out Gumbel, police said. He was charged with attempted robbery. Publicist pleads guilty in hit-and-runLizzie Grubman, a New York publicist with a star-studded roster of clients, pleaded guilty Friday in a hit-and-run crash that injured 16 people outside a Hamptons nightclub. The judge indicated that Grubman, 31, will receive two months in jail, 280 hours of community service and five years' probation. Grubman, who pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and leaving the scene of an accident, had faced a maximum sentence of seven years behind bars if convicted of all 26 charges in the original indictment. She remains free on bail pending formal sentencing on Oct. 23. According to witnesses at the Southampton club, Grubman became upset on July 7, 2001, when a bouncer asked her to move her Mercedes SUV from a fire lane. The bouncer, Scott Conlon, said Grubman called him "white trash" before slamming her SUV into reverse and driving into the crowd. Grubman was one of Manhattan's highest-profile publicists, with clients that at times included singer Britney Spears, rappers Jay-Z and Wu-Tang Clan and Sony Music chairman Tommy Mottola.
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