Prosecutors investigating Tiger Woods’ daytime crash in March and subsequent arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence charges were granted access to his prescription records.
In a brief hearing in Martin County circuit court, Judge Darren Steele signed off on the agreement between Woods’ attorney, Doug Duncan, and the prosecution team.
Woods was not present, nor required to attend, on Tuesday.
The state judge presiding granted access from Jan. 1 through March but limited viewing of any privileged medical information and records to the prosecution attorneys, law enforcement officers, state experts and Woods’ defense team with no public release of information permitted.
According to the incident report filed by police responding to the scene, Woods was traveling at excessive speeds on a residential road on Jupiter Island, Fla. The speed limit was 30 mph and Woods’ Land Rover rolled over to its side during the crash. The vehicle suffered a minimum of $5,000 in damage but Woods avoided any major injuries to himself or others.
He submitted to a sobriety test but refused a urine test, police said, noting he was visibly impaired and had two pain pills in his pocket.
Prosecutors subpoenaed the prescription records for the 90-day period, seeking details to learn the number of times prescriptions were filled, the quantity of pills, the dosage amounts and any accompanying instructions with the medication.
–Field Level Media
