Riverhead, N.Y. ? Lizzie 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, would 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 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, claimed Grubman called him “white trash” before slamming her SUV into reverse and driving into the crowd.

With 16 people injured outside the now-closed Conscience Point Inn, Grubman was whisked away in another vehicle. Police later tracked her down. The victims were treated for injuries ranging from broken bones to cuts and bruises.

Grubman, daughter of entertainment attorney Allen Grubman, was one of Manhattan’s highest-profile publicists, with clients that included singer Britney Spears, rappers Jay-Z and Wu-Tang Clan, and Sony Music Chairman Tommy Mottola.

She also had been charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a misdemeanor, but that was among the other charges dropped. Grubman has insisted she was sober and the crash was an accident.

Grubman left the courthouse Friday surrounded by bodyguards, family members and friends. Unlike last month when she tearfully apologized outside court, she kept her composure as she made a brief statement.

“I just want to say once again I’m so sorry for the people that I hurt in the accident and I apologize to their families,” she said.

She still faces at least eight lawsuits seeking millions of dollars.