Attorneys for Tiger Woods are no longer opposing prosecutors’ effort to get his prescription records in the DUI case tied to a late March crash on Jupiter Island. Doug Duncan appeared in court in Stuart on Tuesday on Woods’ behalf, and the judge said he would sign an order approving an agreement that keeps the records out of public view.
The prescription records will be available only to attorneys and law enforcement, not to the news media or the public. The move marks a shift from the defense’s earlier position that the records were private and not relevant to the case. Woods was arrested March 27 after deputies say he struck a trailer and flipped his SUV while trying to pass a pickup truck on South Beach Road on Jupiter Island.
Investigators said Woods showed signs of impairment and found hydrocodone pills in his pocket. Prosecutors later charged him with misdemeanor DUI and refusal to submit to a urine test. Woods pleaded not guilty, and a judge previously allowed him to travel overseas for inpatient rehabilitation.
The case remains pending, with a trial date still not set. That leaves the prescription records in the hands of the people building the case, while the public gets only the outline of what investigators say happened that night and what Woods’ defense is now willing to let them see.
