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Tiger Woods changes plea in DUI case: Live updates
USA Today • • nation
Key Points:
- Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to charges of reckless driving and refusal to submit to a lawful test in Martin County, Florida, resulting in a $1,500 fine and a five-year driver's license suspension.
- The plea deal was reached due to difficulties in proving Woods was impaired, as he refused a urine test and toxicologists found insufficient evidence of impairment given his long-term use of the prescription painkiller hydrocodone.
- Woods' March 27 rollover accident involved him driving fast on a residential street, clipping a trailer, and flipping his SUV; he failed field sobriety tests but registered 0.00 on alcohol breath tests.
- Prosecutors sought Woods' prescription medication records to support the case, but Woods and his attorneys contested their release; Woods has a history of chronic pain treated with hydrocodone.
- The judge emphasized that the five-year driving suspension is for public safety, warning Woods that any driving during this period would result in immediate jail time.
