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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

10 questions about Tiger Woods' car crash

As rumors swirl and the golf star refuses to meet with police investigating his Friday morning car accident, BettyConfidential is searching for answers.
- Kathy Campbell, BettyConfidential.com
In case you missed it, golf star Tiger Woods was involved in a single-car accident early on Friday morning when his SUV plowed into a fire hydrant and a tree. Tiger, who was reportedly pulled from the wreck by his wife (who told police she broke the window with a golf club to get to him), drifted in and out of consciousness after the accident, and was treated for cuts to his lips at a local hospital. Police have ruled out alcohol as a factor, but they are still investigating the incident and charges are pending. Tiger and his wife, Elin Nordegren, have so far refused to speak to police and the golfer released a brief statement about the crash on his website yesterday. News outlets have been buzzing about what led to the accident, which occurred in the same week that the National Enquirer reported that the 33-year-old has been cheating on his wife of five years. We have some questions of our own.

1. Where was Tiger going at 2:30 in the morning? Surely not to the local mall to be first in line for the Black Friday sales…

2. Why have Tiger and his wife, Elin, canceled three interviews with the Florida Highway Patrol who are investigating the accident? If they have nothing to hide, why not speak to authorities?

3. Did Elin change her story of what happened after the accident?
TMZ reports that Elin told the first cops on the scene (from Windemere Police Department) that she saw her husband had hit a hydrant and tree and then went back inside the house for a golf club to use to try and get him out of the car, but the website claims she told a very different story to the Florida Highway Patrol. Having seen pictures of the car, which has most of its damage at the front, I don’t understand why she couldn’t have just opened one of the four doors to get to him instead of smashing a window.

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4. Did Tiger crash his car because he was distracted by his wife chasing him with a golf club and smashing windows as he tried to drive away? The Windemere police chief stated that Elin shattered the rear window of the car after the accident to get to Tiger, but a spokeswoman for the Highway Patrol says they want to know why both back passenger windows of the Cadillac Escalade were shattered. TMZ reported that Tiger told someone after the crash that his wife started attacking his car with a golf club in a jealous rage over a National Enquirer report that he was cheating on her.

5. Were Tiger’s facial lacerations caused by the accident (as he has stated), or from a domestic dispute with his wife (as TMZ claims Tiger told a friend)? The police reportedly want to see if Tiger’s cuts and bruises to decide if are consistent with the car accident — the airbag reportedly didn’t deploy and there was no blood on the steering wheel.
5. Were Tiger’s facial lacerations caused by the accident (as he has stated), or from a domestic dispute with his wife (as TMZ claims Tiger told a friend)? The police reportedly want to see if Tiger’s cuts and bruises to decide if are consistent with the car accident — the airbag reportedly didn’t deploy and there was no blood on the steering wheel.

6. Why has Rachel Uchitel, the woman who reportedly had an affair with Tiger, hired high-powered Hollywood attorney Gloria Allred to represent her? Uchitel has denied the report and claimed that she doesn’t even know the woman who spoke to the Enquirer, despite the tabloid publishing pictures of Uchitel and the woman (a blonde named Ashley Samson) out partying together.

7. Was Tiger referring to something apart from the car crash in his statement on his website? On Sunday afternoon, Tiger posted a statement saying, “This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.” How does one make sure a car accident doesn’t happen again?

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8. Why hasn’t Tiger announced plans to sue the National Enquirer or ask for a retraction if the report about him having an affair isn’t true? Tiger has million of dollars in endorsements — could they be jeopardized by reports of him engaging in immoral behavior? And how can Rachel and Tiger explain photos of her checking into his hotel in Australia. Coincidence? Really? OK, I have one more question: Did Elin sign a prenup?

9. Why didn’t Elin call 911? Tiger says his wife “acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She was the first person to help me.” Yet it was a neighbor who called 911, and reported seeing Tiger lying on the ground unconscious in front of his house.

10. Will Tiger appear at his golf tournament later this week?
He is scheduled to host the Chevron World Challenge at Thousand Oaks, Calif., from Wednesday, December 2 — Sunday, December 6.

Kathy Campbell is BettyConfidential’s Executive Managing Editor.


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  • __A_YAHOO_USER__'s Avatar
    Posted by __A_YAHOO_USER__ Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:29am PST

    WHAT TIGER???? MORE LIKE CHICKEN S#$%!!!! ANOTHER IDIOT WHO HAVE MUCH AND CAN'T CONTROL DICK. MEN UP DUDE!!!!

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  • annie's Avatar
    Posted by annie Mon Nov 30, 2009 4:05pm PST

    Hmmmm... Looks like Tiger sunk his putter in the wrong Calloway Bertha and got hit in the rough. Ho Hum. Another narcissic billionaire media star sport w----. Let's see him chip his way out of this one!

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  • Matt's Avatar
    Posted by Matt Tue Dec 1, 2009 9:46am PST

    I dont care what he did, (unless he tried to assault her) she has no excuse to assault him with a weapon. That behavior is unacceptable, and if she is found guilty she should go to jail!

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  • Ann's Avatar
    Posted by Ann Tue Dec 1, 2009 12:45pm PST

    Just another case of who knows what... Like Tiger says... it is his and his wifes business. Leave it at that... It is a private matter, not something that the world needs to know about. I am sure they can resolve what ever problems they are having,.. if they are having any at all. If this was just a regular person on your street, you wouldn't give two hoots, but because it is Tiger!!!!!! Everyone has to jump to conclusions. Is it really any of our business??

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  • annie's Avatar
    Posted by annie Tue Dec 1, 2009 3:11pm PST

    Actually, Ann, as you can see, MarryForeignWomen has it all figured out, has tried it in a court of law and has found the party that is guilty. Amazing. He has even begun the sentencing of the wife. All whilst sitting front and center on SHINE.

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  • opiniononly's Avatar
    Posted by opiniononly Tue Dec 1, 2009 3:46pm PST

    Man, who the heck really cares? I agree with Ann, it's private business between the two of them. As for me, I have always gotten a kick out of how the folks I've known who gossip and pry the most and love to dish about complete strangers like they are bffs, get so upset when local folks they actually know start gossiping about their private lives. Suddenly, the nosy one starts ranting about how their privacy is being invaded and everyone should just mind their own business.

    Get a life, stop examining those of complete strangers. Celebrity or not, who cares?

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  • Dubs's Avatar
    Posted by Dubs Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:22pm PST

    Maybe Kathy Campbell needs her own paparazzi to invade and stalk her private life until she realizes that the shoe might not fit the other foot, having lies and rumors about her private life plastered over other blog sites and publications.

    Ms Campbell I'd get that lawyer of yours on speed dial so when Tiger's people send Betty Confidential a cease & desist order for publishing myopic falsehoods and speculation about his private life. Your employers might just cave in and find it easier to just fire you and not deal with the legal fees incurred by the obvious lack of judgment which your media outlet pride themselves on.

    Nothing is more satisfying than watching the celebrity vampires who wreck so much havoc on others turning on each other, getting their own comeuppance.

    Wooden stakes and garlic for everyone woohoo.

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  • Dubs's Avatar
    Posted by Dubs Tue Dec 1, 2009 5:25pm PST

    BTW great post opiniononly. Hypocrites usually have the frailest of glass houses yet they choose to throw stones out of them.

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  • Roberta's Avatar
    Posted by Roberta Wed Dec 2, 2009 5:19pm PST

    I hope Tiger & Elin work all this out, everyone should back off and let them have there privacy. Just because they are celebraties, every busy body has to jump on the band wagon and make the worst of it, I guess that's how these people thrive, GET A LIFE...............

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  • PAR MAN's Avatar
    Posted by PAR MAN Wed Dec 2, 2009 7:01pm PST

    HELLO EVERYONE, IT IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR, LET HIM ALONE. HE IS HUMAN JUST LIKE US, RICHER BUT HUMAN JUST THE SAME. DUHHHHHHH

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