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In a surprising turn of events, Tiger Woods reached out to President Donald Trump immediately following his recent car accident in Florida, according to startling new footage. The incident occurred when the renowned golfer was apprehended after his SUV flipped over, attempting to pass another vehicle at high speeds.
Authorities discovered two opioid pills in Woods’ possession, leading to his arrest on various charges, including driving under the influence. The situation took another twist with the release of bodycam footage capturing Woods during a phone call, where he reportedly mentioned, “I was just talking with the President.”
Woods, who is romantically linked to Vanessa, Trump’s former daughter-in-law, is seen in the video some distance away from an officer who persistently calls out to him. The officer eventually approaches Woods, advising him to stay with them.
While engaged in the phone conversation, Woods, a 15-time major champion, is gently reminded by the officer to remain at the scene, reflecting the tense atmosphere following the incident.
The 15-time major champion appears to be speaking on the phone when the officer tells him: ‘We’ll get you to hang down here with us, please.’
A few moments later, Woods can be heard ending his conversation as he approaches the police. ‘Thank you so much – all right, you got it, thank you, bye,’ the 50-year-old says.
Tiger Woods kneels at the side of the road after rolling his SUV on a quaint Jupiter Island street
The golf legend, 50, was then put in the back of the police car with a sheet over his head
Woods is a ‘close friend’ of Donald Trump and was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2019
Woods, who has a close relationship with Trump and was awarded the Medal of Freedom during his first term, then tells police: ‘I was just talking with the president.’
Later in the clip, the golf star wanders back past the police car and begins speaking to man identified by TMZ as his manager. Their conversation is difficult to make out but at one point, TMZ reports, Woods claims the president was ‘very apologetic for what he did last night.’
TMZ reports that the golf star is likely referring to Trump’s appearance on ‘The Five’ the night before, when he announced Woods would not play at the Masters. In the bodycam footage, meanwhile, the golf star then takes a small container out of his shorts pocket.
‘No, nothing in your mouth, please,’ an officer tells him as he appears to put something towards his lips. Woods then takes out a small tube of chapstick and appears to ask: ‘Am I allowed a lick of this?’
The cop replies: ‘Right now, no. It’s humid outside, you don’t need lip balm.’
Woods is not handcuffed in the video, which appears to have been filmed before he was put through a field sobriety test.
Trump last week spoke about Woods’ struggles, telling reporters: ‘I feel so bad. He’s got some difficulty – there was an accident, and that’s all I know.’
The president added: ‘[He is] a very close friend of mine, he’s an amazing person, an amazing man. But some difficulty. I don’t want to talk about it.’
This latest footage emerged on Thursday evening, just hours after more video showed a dazed Woods kneeling at the side of the road and falling asleep in the back of a cop car following his latest DUI arrest.
Woods’ mugshot from the police station showed him with glassy, bloodshot eyes
The golf icon was first pictured standing by his overturned vehicle after the high-speed crash
A drowsy Woods can be seen yawning in full 17-minute footage of his journey to a police cell
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office released a clip of the moment cops found him lethargic, sweaty and unsteady at the side of the street, as well as a 17-minute video of Woods being transported to jail.
In the footage of him in the back seat of the cop car, Woods can be seen yawning wildly, struggling to contain a bout of hiccups, and briefly falling asleep, all while remaining completely silent.
In the initial clip of him at the roadside, recorded by the arresting officer’s bodycam, Woods can be heard explaining how the crash occurred.
‘I looked down at my phone, and all of a sudden… boom!’ Woods tells the officer, explaining the moment he clipped the back of a pressure washer trailer and rolled his Range Rover onto its side.
He is kneeling on the grass verge as medical checks are performed on him, and an officer can be heard asking ‘is this comfortable for you?’, to which he replies: ‘Yeah, yeah.’
The officer then walks away from the golfer, showing his upturned vehicle and the driver of the truck and trailer being interviewed by a different cop on the quiet Jupiter Island street.
Woods’ arrest affidavit was released on Wednesday, in which cops revealed how he had told them he was ‘looking down at this cell phone and changing the radio station’ when the crash occurred.
When officers searched Woods, they discovered two white pills inside the left pocket of his trousers. They were marked ‘M367’, which is hydrocodone and is used to treat severe or chronic pain. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, opioids are ‘highly addictive’.
Woods and girlfriend Vanessa Trump had tense talks after he got out of jail, we reported
Woods appeared to drift off during the short ride to the police station in Martin County
The 15-time major winner’s eyes were also said to be ‘bloodshot and glassy’ and his pupils were ‘extremely dilated’. When asked if he is currently taking any prescription medication, Woods replied: ‘I take a few’.
It comes after the Daily Mail first reported that Woods’ refusal to provide a urine sample at the scene was likely because he had taken heavy doses of prescription opioids from his repeated injuries.
Woods, who has been involved in multiple other crashes over the years, was charged with driving under the influence, property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
The affidavit says Woods was ‘limping and stumbling’ during a field sobriety test. After completing a number of exercises, Woods was deemed unfit to be driving his car.
He had been traveling at ‘high speeds’ on a residential road and after the crash showed ‘signs of impairment,’ Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said, adding that investigators believe he had taken some kind of medication or drug.
He described Woods as lethargic and said he agreed to a breathalyzer test that showed no signs of alcohol, but he refused a urine test and was arrested.
Budensiek said Woods attempted to pass a pressure cleaner truck while driving on a two-lane road with a 30mph speed limit. He said authorities could not determine how fast Woods was going.
The Land Rover swerved to avoid a collision as he was passing the truck but clipped the back end of the truck’s trailer, Budensiek said. Woods’ car then rolled onto its driver’s side and he crawled out.
Woods is driven home from jail after being bailed out by a friend late Friday night
The sheriff said Woods was ‘cooperative, but [was] not trying to incriminate himself.’
He said Woods has the right to refuse the urine test and that authorities ‘will never get definitive results with what he was impaired on.’
This was the fourth time Woods has been involved in a car crash. In February 2021, his SUV ran off a coastal road in Los Angeles at a high rate of speed, leading to multiple leg and ankle injuries.
Woods said later doctors considered amputation. He also previously sustained multiple injuries to his left knee and his back during his golf career.
It is the second time Woods has been arrested for a DUI not as a result of the influence of alcohol.
He said he took a bad mix of painkillers when authorities found him in 2017 asleep behind the wheel of his car, the engine still running and its driver’s side damaged. Woods pleaded guilty then to reckless driving.