CNN REPORTS
Tiger Woods still isn’t talking about his car accident over the weekend.
The only information came in a statement from the golf phenomenon saying he wants to protect his family’s privacy.
But, Woods refusal to speak publicly seems to be adding fuel to the fire.
Three times is not the charm for investigators trying to get Tiger Woods to talk about his late night driveway crash into a fire hydrant and a tree.
With questions swirling around him and the Florida Highway Patrol turned away three times, that has a lot of people even more curious.
Woods issued a statement on his website saying he wants to keep the incident a family matter:
The statement read, “This situation is my fault, and it’s obviously embarrassing to my family and me. I’m human and I’m not perfect. I will certainly make sure this doesn’t happen again.”
“That’s the definitely the line that gets the yellow highlighter,” said Jon Wortheim from Sports Illustrated. “If this is a standard random occurrence that he flukily has a car accident, then you’re not quite sure why he’s making promises that something will or won’t happen in the future.”
By Florida law, Woods didn’t have to talk with police. Instead, he did only what he had to do: provide them his driver license, registration and proof of insurance.
Woods’ lawyer handed them over. But investigators left the house without coming face to face with the biggest name in golf.
Woods’ agent gave CNN the following statement:
“Although Tiger realizes that there is a great deal of public curiosity, it has been conveyed to FHP that he simply has nothing more to add and wishes to protect the privacy of his family.”
In his own statement, Woods also refers to his wife. Police said she told them she bashed out the SUV’s rear passenger windows with a golf club to get him out of the locked car.
“She was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false,” Woods said in his statement.
Yet again, Woods doesn’t explain what false assertions he means.
Last week a story in the national enquirer alleged Wood’s been seeing a New York nightclub hostess.
That woman arrived in Los Angeles Sunday to meet with attorney Gloria Allred and denied having an affair with Woods when she was contacted by the Associated Press.
