Judge grants prosecutors access to Tiger Woods medical records
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- Judge Darren Steele approved an agreement granting prosecutors access to medical records from Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital, where Woods was taken after his March 27 crash in Martin County circuit court.
- Steele signed a similar agreement in May allowing prosecutors to review all of Woods' prescription medication records from a Palm Beach pharmacy covering January through end of March.
- Both agreements include a protective order at defense attorney Doug Duncan's request, restricting record release to prosecutors, law enforcement officers, state experts, and Woods' defense team.
- Woods has pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence after deputies found two pain pills in his pocket and observed signs of impairment when his Land Rover rolled onto its side on Jupiter Island.
- Woods was traveling at high speeds on a 30 mph residential road when his SUV clipped a truck's trailer, causing $5,000 in damage; he passed a Breathalyzer test but refused a urine test, authorities said.
- Woods traveled outside the United States for inpatient treatment and made his first public appearance since the arrest at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship in Connecticut, where he introduced CEO Brian Rolapp.
Why it matters: Woods refused a urine test after the crash, leaving the medical records as prosecutors' best window into what substances were in his system — and the $5,000 property damage and two pain pills found in his pocket make those records central to building or breaking the DUI case.
