Woods gets traffic ticket, fine for car accident
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December 3, 2009, Thursday
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TIGER Woods, the world's top golfer, was slapped with a traffic ticket for careless driving on Tuesday, four days after driving his Cadillac SUV into a fire hydrant and a tree outside his Florida home.
No allegations of domestic violence were leveled against Woods, a powerhouse marketer and perhaps the world's richest athlete with a fortune estimated at US$1 billion, and the investigation into his accident last Friday has been closed, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
"The investigation has determined that Mr Woods is at fault in the crash," FHP Major Cindy Williams told a news conference in Orlando.
Williams said no criminal charges would be filed against Woods. He could be fined up to US$164 and points against his driver's license.
Woods has declined to speak to police about the accident, leaving questions about the circumstances of the accident in the early hours of last Friday. Amid a swirl of speculation over the details of the incident, media reports have suggested Woods had argued with his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, that night.
"There are no claims of domestic violence by any individual," FHP Sergeant Kim Montes said.
Citing injuries from the accident, Woods pulled out from the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, this week, an event he has hosted for nine years.
Woods said in a written statement on Sunday called irresponsible the "false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me."
Celebrity-watching media outlets have suggested Woods and his wife had argued before the crash, and the National Enquirer tabloid has reported Woods had an extra-marital affair. The woman named in that report has denied it.
Also, according to Us Weekly, Jaimee Grubbs said she was 21 when she was approached by Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub, on April 13, 2007 - which would have been five days after he finished second at the US Masters and two months before the birth of his first child. The magazine said the meeting "progressed into a clandestine on-and-off affair" that lasted nearly three years.
A lawyer for the next-door neighbors who called emergency services on the night of the accident said on Tuesday that Woods' injuries did not appear to be from a beating but were consistent with a car accident.
No allegations of domestic violence were leveled against Woods, a powerhouse marketer and perhaps the world's richest athlete with a fortune estimated at US$1 billion, and the investigation into his accident last Friday has been closed, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
"The investigation has determined that Mr Woods is at fault in the crash," FHP Major Cindy Williams told a news conference in Orlando.
Williams said no criminal charges would be filed against Woods. He could be fined up to US$164 and points against his driver's license.
Woods has declined to speak to police about the accident, leaving questions about the circumstances of the accident in the early hours of last Friday. Amid a swirl of speculation over the details of the incident, media reports have suggested Woods had argued with his Swedish wife, Elin Nordegren, that night.
"There are no claims of domestic violence by any individual," FHP Sergeant Kim Montes said.
Citing injuries from the accident, Woods pulled out from the Chevron World Challenge in Thousand Oaks, California, this week, an event he has hosted for nine years.
Woods said in a written statement on Sunday called irresponsible the "false, unfounded and malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me."
Celebrity-watching media outlets have suggested Woods and his wife had argued before the crash, and the National Enquirer tabloid has reported Woods had an extra-marital affair. The woman named in that report has denied it.
Also, according to Us Weekly, Jaimee Grubbs said she was 21 when she was approached by Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub, on April 13, 2007 - which would have been five days after he finished second at the US Masters and two months before the birth of his first child. The magazine said the meeting "progressed into a clandestine on-and-off affair" that lasted nearly three years.
A lawyer for the next-door neighbors who called emergency services on the night of the accident said on Tuesday that Woods' injuries did not appear to be from a beating but were consistent with a car accident.
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