Tiger Woods should talk about the accident


Posted December 1, 2009 by Tim Henley Comment on this article Leave a comment
Tiger Woods with his wife and daughter at a college football game.  (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Tiger Woods with his wife and daughter at a college football game. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Most of the time, I support a celebrity’s right to privacy.  If they don’t want to publicly talk about what goes on in their personal life, they should have the right to remain silent. 

Unfortunately, that’s exactly what professional golfer Tiger Woods is doing regarding the vehicle accident he was involved in.  Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard how Woods crashed his vehicle into a fire hydrant and a tree in his neighborhood.

His wife Elin Nordegren told police she used a golf club to break out the back window to rescue Woods from the vehicle. 

Since Friday’s accident, police officers have made numerous attempts to interview Woods to determine how and why the accident occurred. 

However, Woods declined interview requests from the police officers.  Florida law doesn’t require a driver to speak to police after an accident, but Woods’ silence is deafening. 

I’ve never heard of an accident victim who refuses to speak to police–unless they have something to hide. 

Rumors have been circulating that Woods and Nordegren were having a domestic dispute when Woods crashed his vehicle. 

A tabloid recently printed a story accusing Woods of having an affair with a nightclub worker.  The worker denies she had an affair with Woods.  But many are speculating Woods’ domestic dispute had something to do with the cheating allegations. 

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