Tiger Woods is pushed from the Martin County Jail after being arrested for driving below the affect after a automotive crash on March 27, 2026 in Stuart, Florida.
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Police discovered two opioid drugs on golf legend Tiger Woods after the rollover crash final week in Florida that led to his newest arrest for driving below the affect, in accordance with an affidavit launched Tuesday.
Woods, who stated the two-car crash occurred after he appeared down at his cellphone, had “bloodshot and glassy eyes,” “extraordinarily dilated pupils,” and was “sweating profusely” as he sat in one other car that had its air-conditioning on when cops arrived, the affidavit says.
“Woods motion was torpid and gradual,” a Martin County Sheriff‘s deputy wrote within the affidavit. “Woods had hiccups throughout the complete investigation.”
“I requested Woods if he consumed any unlawful substances, to which he acknowledged no,” the deputy recounted. “I requested Woods if he consumed any alcoholic beverage to drink right this moment to which he acknowledged ‘none.’ “
“I requested Woods if he consumed any prescription remedy to which he acknowledged, ‘I take a number of,’ ” the deputy wrote.
Throughout a search later, police “situated two white drugs” contained in the golfer’s left aspect pant pocket, in accordance with the affidavit. Figuring out marks confirmed the drugs had been hydrocodone, an opioid remedy.
“I requested Woods if he had any medical situations,” the deputy wrote within the affidavit. “Woods suggested he is had seven again surgical procedures and over twenty operations on his leg.”
President Donald Trump, whose former daughter-in-law Vanessa Trump is relationship Woods, advised The New York Publish on Tuesday that Woods “lives a lifetime of ache” due to prior accidents, however is “doing nice” after the accident, the newspaper reported.
Police stated the crash occurred when Woods, who was driving a black Land Rover, was following instantly behind a white Ford F-150 truck with an connected trailer.
Because the truck slowed to make a proper flip right into a driveway, Woods’ car “proceeded “to enter oncoming visitors, touring over the double strong line,” the affidavit says.
Woods’ Land Rover then struck the left rear fender of the truck’s trailer, “misplaced management and flipped over on the motive force’s aspect,” the deputy wrote.
Woods advised the deputy that “he appeared down at his cellular phone and didn’t understand that [the truck] had slowed down,” the affidavit stated. Woods, who additionally claimed he was “altering the radio station” on the time, “didn’t report any accidents sustained from the collision,” police stated.
The truck’s driver advised police he helped Woods out of the rolled-over SUV
Woods submitted to a breath take a look at, which discovered no alcohol in his system. However he refused to supply a urine take a look at, in accordance with police.
Woods was arrested and charged with driving below the affect, with property injury and refusal to take a urine take a look at.
Tiger Woods speaks to the media a preview for the Hero World Problem 2024 at Albany Golf Course on December 03, 2024 in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Woods in February 2021 crashed and rolled over an SUV he was driving in Southern California, badly injuring his proper leg.
The golfer had continued to cope with the fallout of that crash, present process a number of surgical procedures.
Woods was arrested in Could 2017 for DUI in Florida after cops discovered him asleep in a automotive that had been broken.
The prescribed drugs Vicodin, Dilaudid, Xanax, Ambien had been present in his system after that arrest, as was THC, the psychoactive chemical in marijuana.
A month after his arrest in that case, Woods entered a clinic to be handled for points with prescription ache remedy and sleep problem.