A Florida judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors can request prescription drug records for professional golf legend Tiger Woods, after he crashed and flipped his vehicle on Jupiter Island, Florida, in March.
Footage obtained by several news outlets showed sheriff’s deputies from the Martin County Sheriff’s Office giving Woods a field sobriety test after he clipped another vehicle.
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The arresting deputy, Tatiana Levenar, released an arrest report in which she said she believed he was impaired.
She said during a search, another deputy found two Hydrocodone pills in Woods’s pocket. Woods denied having any alcohol that day, but admitted to taking prescription medications that morning. He submitted to a breathalyzer test but denied taking a urine test.
Levenar said Woods was sweating profusely and described him as lethargic and slow.
Woods was placed in handcuffs and arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.
Woods’s lawyers appeared in a Florida court Tuesday, regarding that DUI arrest. Woods has previously pleaded not guilty.
According to the arrest report, Woods alleged he was looking at his phone to change the radio and that’s why he hit another car.
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Tuesday’s hearing comes as the prosecution requested access to Woods’s prescription drug records. Woods’s attorney, Douglas Duncan, said he discussed the records with prosecutors.
Duncan is seeking restricted access to the records, and both sides came to an agreement to shield the records from public view, according to the TC Palm.
