Mark Schlabach
Multiple Authors
Tiger Woods told authorities that he was looking down at his cell phone and altering the radio station in his SUV, which prompted him to not see a truck slowing down before his rollover crash final week in Jupiter Island, Florida.
Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar wrote in an arrest affidavit that Woods was “sweating profusely,” and his motion was “lethargic and slow” whereas she interviewed him.
Woods, 50, was arrested last Friday on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI with property harm and refusal to undergo a lawful check.
Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek mentioned Friday that Woods’ breathalyzer check did not present indicators of alcohol. Woods refused to undergo a urinalysis check for different medication, in response to the sheriff.
Woods’ Range Rover SUV rolled over after it clipped a trailer being hauled by a truck. The truck had slowed down to show right into a driveway. Woods’ SUV swerved and flipped on its aspect and slid down the highway. Woods climbed out of the passenger’s window to get out.
Another Martin County Sheriff’s deputy “observed several signs of impairment and requested I conduct a DUI Investigation to ensure Woods was able to operate the motor vehicle in a safe manner at the time of the collision,” Levenar wrote within the affidavit, which was obtained Tuesday by ESPN by means of an open information request.
After Woods agreed to carry out discipline sobriety workout routines, the deputy noticed him “limping and stumbling to the right.”
Woods told the deputy that he’d had seven again surgical procedures and greater than 20 operations on his proper leg, which he’d severely injured in a automobile wreck outdoors Los Angeles in February 2021.
“I asked Woods if he was able to perform tasks such as walking and lifting his leg, Woods advised he has a limp and his ankle seizes while walking,” Levenar wrote within the affidavit.
Because of his medical situation, Levenar told Woods to sit down on the bumper of a police cruiser for the remainder of the investigation.
Once Woods eliminated his sun shades, Levenar famous that his eyes have been “bloodshot and glassy” and his pupils have been “extremely dilated.”
The deputy requested Woods if he’d consumed any alcohol, and he replied: “None.”
When Levenar requested if Woods had taken any prescription remedy that morning, he acknowledged: “I take a few.” Woods mentioned he’d taken prescription capsules earlier within the morning, in response to the report.
The names of the drugs have been redacted within the affidavit.
Another Martin County Sheriff’s deputy discovered two Hydrocodone capsules in Woods’ left pant pocket, in response to the arrest affidavit.
Levenar instructed Woods to carry out 4 discipline sobriety workout routines. During one train, during which Woods was requested to comply with the tip of a pen together with his eyes solely, he “continuously moved his head from side to side and had to be instructed several times to keep his head straight.”
In one other train, during which Woods was instructed to slap his fingers and depend, “he counted out loud, ‘one,’ ‘two,’ but did not make contact with his hands between each count.”
“Based on my observations of Woods, how he performed the exercises and based on my training, knowledge, and experience, I believed that [Woods’] normal facilities were impaired, and he was unable to safely operate the motor vehicle,” Levenar wrote.
After Woods was arrested, he was transported to the Cleveland Clinic ER South, however he refused all medical therapy. The 15-time main champion was transported again to the Martin County Jail, the place he was held till he was launched on $1,000 bond later Friday evening.
Neither Woods nor the PGA Tour had publicly commented on his arrest as of Tuesday morning.
