Site: Elin's phone ruse drew out Rachel Uchitel, led to SUV crash
Jan 25, 2010, 2:00 PM EDT
If you’re like me, you long for the early days of the Tiger Woods scandal; when he only had one known alleged mistress, and the dents in his Escalade were still fresh. According to Gerald Posner of the Daily Beast, there’s new information on what happened that fateful Thanksgiving night, now so long ago. Elin Nordegren commandeered Tiger Woods’ cell phone while he was asleep, and texted his alleged mistress, Rachel Uchitel, pretending to be him, Posner wrote, citing “two sources.” When Uchitel texted back, that’s when the fireworks began; Elin punching Woods and then chasing him from their Windermere home with a sand wedge. Woods, goofy on sleeping pills, then ran his SUV into a few stationary objects, including his good-guy mystique.
According to The Daily Beast, Woods had taken sleeping pills after telling Elin that there was no truth to the rumors of him and Uchitel having an affair. So after he fell asleep, she went looking through his phone.
While asleep, Elin looked through Woods’ cellphone and found Uchitel’s number, discovering a damning text message that read: “You are the only one I’ve loved.”
That’s when Elin went berserk. At about 1 a.m., Elin began frantically texting Uchitel — pretending to be Woods — and wrote, “I miss you,” and asked, “When are we seeing each other again?”
Uchitel texted back. The Daily Beast reported that Elin called Uchitel, who answered thinking it was Woods.
“Oh f—-!” a stunned Uchitel blurted out before hanging up, the Web site reported.
Elin then woke a disoriented Woods up. The Daily Beast reported that Elin began punching him in the chest and arms, then finally chased him out of the house wielding a golf club.
Shoeless, Woods ran into his car and hit the gas, careening off a fire hydrant and then smashing into a nearby tree.
Meanwhile, Mel Gibson says that he feels Tiger’s pain.
“Sometimes the most difficult part is being able to forgive yourself, which is hard when everyone else is beating on you,” Gibson said of Woods on Good Morning America. “I just want to see him play golf.”
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New details on night of Tiger Woods crash [New York Post]
Tiger’s Thanksgiving mystery — solved [The Daily Beast]
Mel Gibson on Tiger: I fell bad for the guy [TMZ]
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- Bob Johnson - Jan 27, 2010 at 9:16 AM
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Shutup fool!
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- Bob Johnson - Jan 27, 2010 at 9:19 AM
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Shutup fool!
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- John - Jan 27, 2010 at 12:10 PM
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The one thing that is missing here is the acknowledgment that physical violence against ANY person is wrong. I agree that what Tiger did was wrong, but she had NO RIGHT to hit him. PERIOD. That’s what lawyers are for. If the tables were turned, Tiger would be facing charges, I guarantee it. Women get a free ride. Still, physical violence is uncalled for.
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- jonni riviera - Jan 27, 2010 at 1:46 PM
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The longer he waits to make a public appearance, the more of this type of story will continue to surface. TIGER, please come out and try to take the first steps to getting your life back. Most of the public HAS THE ATTENTION SPAN OF A KNAT, so confess your indescetions, and get back to playing golf, married, separated, divorced or whatever your status might be.
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- drea - Jan 27, 2010 at 3:15 PM
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Intelligent detective work? Whatever….with 10+ jump offs on the side she should have known long ago he was cheating….and she’s not going anywhere—YET. I’m sure she’s already been advised that she’ll get more money the longer she stays. I’d be more pissed about the quality of females he was sleeping with. If you’re gonna cheat and risk your marriage—upgrade, don’t downgrade.
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- Bob Johnson - Feb 1, 2010 at 2:33 PM
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I agree whole-heartedly. I can’t figure his handlers…IMG, Nike, whomever. Just come back, apologize, big mistake, won’t happen again…start playing golf. Done. People forgive and forget in a hurry. Especially when, and believe this, they WANT to forgive you. They want things to be the way they were before you showed, in a big way, that you’re only human. I guarantee you’ll get a huge ovation on the first tee of your first tournament. Plus, half the people applauding and yelling your name…they won’t even know why they’re doing it. They’ll just get caught up in the moment. It will sound to Tiger that all is forgiven. Back to normal. Guaranteed!
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- Bob Johnson - Feb 1, 2010 at 9:00 PM
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Ben…what state are you from? Just curious.
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- Alana Pettie - Feb 14, 2010 at 1:48 AM
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I just love this
