Posted on 11/28/2009 11:56:46 AM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Tiger Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren, changed the story she told the first officer on the scene, according to law enforcement sources.
The Windemere Police Department says Tiger's wife went outside, saw that her husband had struck a fire hydrant and a tree, and then went back inside the house for a golf club to use to try and extricate him from the vehicle. But we've learned Nordegren told a very different story to the Florida Highway Patrol, and it does not involve going back in the house for a club. Our sources will not allow us to be more specific.
And we've learned there was no blood found on the steering wheel of Tiger's SUV -- putting into serious doubt that Tiger sustained his injuries from the crash.
As we first reported, Tiger had a conversation with a friend yesterday, in which he said his wife had confronted him over reports he was involved with another woman ... and that his wife scratched his face up during the argument. Tiger told the friend he then left the house, started driving off and his wife then came out with a golf club, striking the vehicle. Tiger then became distracted and hit the hydrant and then a nearby tree.
We're told cops will interview Tiger and his wife later today.
UPDATE: A neighbor tells TMZ they saw cops show up at Tiger's house this morning -- only to get turned away again. Tiger's wife, Elin, was spotted (below) driving out of the Isleworth subdivision in Windermere earlier today.
I’m with you as well. I have met Elen and she is super nice and so sweet. She was not after Tiger for his money. They were set up by Jasper Parnivick and wife when she was their nanny. She is a lovely gal.
That being said if I just found out my husband was having an affair I’m not sure if I could restrain my actions either. I do not think violence will solve anything in a marriage but make things worse. But if she doesn’t care about worse or can’t see beyond worse then Tiger got what he was asking for!
Maybe I should say, I just don't care.
Elen is no trick. From what I know of her personally(have met her) she is a lovely gal. Maybe it is Tiger who’s the trick! Violence doesn’t solve issues and I can’t speak on her behavior Thanksgiving night, but if Tiger cheated then as a wife Elen was likely devastated and reacted to that news.
I think the debate here is incomplete because we are all just speculating on whether she assaulted him with a deadly weapon or just scratched him in the face.
I do have sympathy for the wife: if she suddenly found out the truth (maybe he told her) about the affair, this would be a "normal" reaction, clawing at him in her utter anger. Now, is this a good thing to do?? NO. But if all she did was scratch him enough to draw blood, or even one punch in the mouth with her hand, and then chase him down the drive and smash his rear car window, I do not think she needs to go to jail. She needs to be home with her children.
On the other hand, if she HIT him with the club, she deserves greater punishment. She truly could have killed him.
Florida has some unusually strict domestic violence laws.
I agree that if she chased and scratched him, it could be considered a normal response.
I was under the impression that she actually hit him with the club. If this was the case, she would have to go in my book. I will have to wait and see on this, because yesterday he was described as having “serious” facial lacerations, which could indicate that he was struck with an object. I’m not sure how fingernails could cause a “serious” laceration, but maybe they did.
What is upsetting to me now is that both of them seem to be able to turn away police, because they are famous. Why have neither of them been charged with falsifying a police report? Why was the female not arrested on site as Florida law requires that an arrest be made? Seems like there is two sets of laws in place. One for those who have, and one for those who don’t.
He was bleeding from the mouth. That doesn’t happen from having your face scratched. She also was admittedly wielding a golf club.
She has problems if this is how she handles rumors and/or bad news.
He was LEAVING the house at 2:30 a.m. Can anyone explain why, except to get away from her?
Tiger has a lot more at stake than Heidi does. He has worked extremely hard to build who he is, his career. His parents were absolutely devoted to him. He will also in turn be devoted to this own children and do what is best for them.
If she has assaulted him with a golf club, she should not “be home with her children.”
It was one of the first things wrong with the Jon Benet Ramsey case: the couple was allowed to evade police and then control all interviews.
Money still talks. Obama hasn’t taken all of it yet.
They have to actually prove the police report is false first, and no doubt right now the Team Woods is crafting a story that probably does not bear any resemblance to the truth, but will attempt to fit the evidence and the OnStar or 911 calls.
Unfair, truly. I have a friend who was arrested for DUI after he had arrived home and was inside the home, because a NEIGHBOR saw him get out and stagger into his home. [I do not condone driving under the influence, by any means.]
It could happen from being scratched and hit with her hand. Mouths bleed easily. Ask any toddler.
He was LEAVING the house at 2:30 a.m. Can anyone explain why, except to get away from her?
I agree. But he could have been getting away just to get away -- not because she had hit him with a club.
If she has assaulted him with a golf club, she should not “be home with her children.”
I think she should face punishment too, if she did that.
Hitting your spouse in such a situation isn't a 100% guarantee that you'll hit your kids, but I think it should be factored against the hitter if custody is in dispute.
Kids can do stupid things that make parents very, very angry. If a spouse reacts to an admission of infidelity with claws and golf clubs, what's to say they won't react with similar violence if Johnny gets kicked out of school for drinking or when Janey embarrasses the family with a teenage pregnancy?
This needs to be established as fact before you start unloading on him. I’ve been watching him since the Greater Milwaukee Open when he played his first pro match. He has been nothing but classy from the get go. Let’s see what the facts are before you unload. ‘k?? sd
“The police are acting stupidly.”
Not the first time Tiger has shown bad judgement. The club throwing, swearing, never autographing anything for kids,spitting in your face fist pumps and his punk a*s caddy do not reflect well on golf. He is a great player but he acts just like other Nike sponsored players like Kobe, Vick, Sprewell, Ray Lewis, Plaxico and player who is a rapist.
Reminds me too much of OJ and Nicole. OJ also had a squeaky clean image like Tiger has or had.
For her safety and the kids safety - she needs to get away from Tiger.
I guess you missed the club throwing, temper tantrums, swearing, spitting, thug caddy, failing to sign autographs for kids, etc etc. He is a great player but other golfers do not act like a spolied child. Rory Sabittini did but cleaned up his act and was not as bad.
Yeah, that sounds much more plausible. Probably didn’t want a messy, public divorce, would lose her meal ticket/celeb status etc.
If she is charged and he is shown to have cheated on her, it's unlikely a jury that includes women will find her guilty. And then he will be seen as a double loser.
TMZ, just go away.
If there is a custody dispute, I agree that it should play a ROLE, definitely. I mean, OJ... I don’t think I need to say anything else...
Wives of billionaires usually don't have to face the music.
Battery, lying to a police officer, making false official statements, and tampering with evidence are all crimes. But, even in run of the mill cases, when it is a domestic dispute, the cops tend to be pretty lenient.
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