When Tiger Woods said he was “stepping away” from golf to deal with his problems he really meant it, as he’s been granted permission to go outside the USA for treatment.
Woods was arrested and charged with DUI, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test following his latest car crash in Florida on March 27. He’s entered a not guilty plea and has asked for a jury trial.
Martin County Court judge Darren Steele approved the motion for Woods to enter an international rehabilitation facility after his attorney Douglas Duncan argued that Woods could not get the care he needed in the USA as his privacy has previously been compromised repeatedly.
“Based upon the defendant’s treating physician, the out-of-country treatment facility recommendation is based upon the defendant’s complex clinical presentation and the urgent need for a level of care that cannot safely or effectively be done within the United States, as his privacy has been repeatedly compromised,” Duncan said in the court proceedings, as reported by Golf Digest.
“Ongoing medical scrutiny and public exposure create significant barriers to his care and would result in setbacks and an inability to fully engage in treatment.”
Martin County Sheriffs said they believed Woods was “lethargic” and “intoxicated” when they arrived on the scene of his crash on South Beach Road in Jupiter Island.
Woods blew 0.00 on a breathalyzer test but later refused to undergo a urine analysis. Police found no drugs or medication in the car but Woods did have two Hydrocodone pills – a strong opioid painkiller to treat pain – in his pocket.
It’s the fourth automobile accident Woods has been involved in, one of which nearly cost him his leg and has no doubt cost him the back end of his career as he’s failed to recover from the multiple surgeries resulting from that 2021 crash in California.
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