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Tiger Woods Large Divorce Settlement

jaya — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:01:03 +0000

Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren.

Golfer Tiger Woods will have to pay over $750 million in settlements to his soon to be ex-wife Elin Nordegren.

According to reports, Woods and Nordegren have all but finalised their divorce negotiations.

They’ve agreed on all the major points,” an insider source is quoted as saying. “It’s all been worked out privately. Both Tiger and Elin are very close to finishing the negotiations and filing and signing the paperwork.”

At least there is good news for the disgraced golfer. Reports are out that Woods has not fathered a child with porn star Devon James.

James, real name Melinda Brinling, had alleged that Woods had fathered her child after a fling in 2001.

However TMZ.com has obtained documents proving a man named Pele Watkins is 99.99 per cent the biological father of Austin. The DNA test was carried out in 2002 has proved that another man is dad to nine-year-old Austin.

James initiated legal proceedings in Manatee County, Florida earlier this month, requesting a judge to determine the paternity of her son.

Courtesy of Timeslive.co.za

Tiger ‘To Divorce Soon’ – Reports

ernie4bogey — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 06:27:18 +0000

Tiger Woods is reportedly losing the battle to save his marriage.

Reports out of the USA and UK today suggest that his wife Elin Nordegren is getting close to filing for divorce.

Website, RadarOnLine.com claimed that Nordegren met with with a divorce lawyer shortly before flying to Arizona this week.

The website claimed that Nordegren had spent several hours at the home of the divorce lawyer.

“She’s switched lawyers,” RadarOnline reported a source. “Her new lawyer is from out of town.”

Nick Allen, writing in the Telegraph, claimed Nordegren was furious over a television advertisement he filmed for Nike which featured the voice of his late father and screen before last week’s US Masters.

“Elin was violently angry over this commercial and thought it was a cheesy thing to do,” a source told People magazine.

“She wouldn’t have gone near the Masters under any condition but that just made her madder. She is over Tiger. I wouldn’t be surprised if she files for divorce sometime soon.”

Another friend told People: “She’s so far beyond hurt now. If she were angry or if she hated him, they might still have a chance to work it out. But she’s beyond that. She’s numb. She just doesn’t care anymore.

“She mourned the loss of this marriage, and now she’s moving on. It’s the only thing she can do.”

Meanwhile, Entertainment Tonight’s Kevin Frazier, a former ESPN SportsCenter anchor who has links to Woods, says in a web video that “the marriage is indeed over.”

“It was believed by going to sex rehab that Tiger had done just enough to keep his family together,” Frazier reported. “But sources have told me that the marriage is indeed over.

“The couple hasn’t spoken for quite some time and it is believed that all they have to do is work out a few more details on their divorce and they can sign the divorce decree and both can move on with their lives,” Frazier was quoted as saying by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Frazier also reported that Nordegren was on a flight during Woods’ final round at the Masters and his source claimed that the fact that Nordegren not only avoided the tournament, but went out of her way to be in the air during its closing stages, speaks volumes about the current state of their relationship.

Experts say if she decides to divorce Woods the settlement could be one of the largest in celebrity history, dwarfing the £100 million (R1.1 billion) paid by basketball superstar Michael Jordan to his former wife Juanita.

Jim Carrey Attacks Tiger’s Wife

ernie4bogey — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 12:54:00 +0000

Jim Carrey with his then girlfriend, Jenny McCarthy, at the men's US Open semi-final in 2006.

Jim Carrey, the actor, has launched a bizarre Twitter attack on the wife of Tiger Woods, Elin Nordegren.

Carrey, 48, tweeted that Nordegren should have been aware of her husband’s marital indiscretions.

The actor, who currently stars in “I Love You Phillip Morris”, wrote that no wife should have missed that much infidelity”.

He said: “No wife is blind enough to miss that much infidelity. Elin had 2 b a willing participant on the ride 4 whatever reason. kids/lifestyle.”

The Liar, Liar star, who recently split from Jenny McCarthy after five years, added that Nordegren, 30, would have been wise to keep quiet for the sake of their children.

Carrey’s tweet received a volley of critical responses from other “twitterers” forcing him to defend himself.

He insisted that he did not condone infidelity.

In a tweet on Friday Carrey wrote “Tiger Woods owes nothing 2 anyone but himself.”

He added: “I want 2 make it CLEAR that I do not condone infidelity at all, but 2 some degree the responsibility 4 it is shared by both people.”

Tiger Woods, 34, returned to competitive golf at the Masters this weekend following a five month lay-off where it was rumoured he attended a clinic for sex addicts after a string of women came forward alleging affairs with the 14-times major winner.

With thanks to the telegraph.co.uk

Tiger Woods’ Minders On Mistress Alert

ernie4bogey — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:16:46 +0000

Tiger Woods’ minders have been on mistress alert ahead of his comeback at the US Masters, armed with photos of some of the love cheat’s “girls” in case any of them show up and confront him.

During a practice round yesterday in Augusta, Georgia, an innocent observer was reportedly approached by a security guard who asked her: “Ma’am, are you the stripper?”

Pulling out a sheet of mistress mug-shots, the heavy then realised he’d made a mistake and told the gobsmacked golf fan: “We’ve just got to be extra careful”.

Joslyn James, the infamous sex-texting porn star linked to Tiger, has hinted she may turn up to confront Woods at the Masters, which tees off tomorrow.

To the paps’ delight, the golfer was snapped during yesterday’s practice session busying himself with his phone, though it turned out he was videotaping his mate Mark O’Meara’s putting stroke.

His wife Elin Nordegren has stayed away from the tournament’s Augusta setting, and Tiger admitted during a press conference this week that she won’t be there to cheer him on in his quest for a fifth Masters.

With thanks to the metro.co.uk

Woods Speaks Openly About His Crisis

Ryan Cooper — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:09:55 +0000

Tiger Woods took questions from reporters for the first time in four months on Sunday, saying: “I’ve done some pretty bad things in my life” and that he doesn’t know what kind of reception he’ll get when he returns to competitive golf at the Masters.

“I’m a little nervous about that to be honest with you,” Woods told ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi, who asked him what he expects when he returns to golf on April 8 following an auto accident which led to an indefinite leave from professional golf and an admission of multiple affairs. “It would be nice to hear a couple claps here and there.”

Woods hasn’t been questioned by reporters since he was involved in a one-car crash outside his Florida home in the early-morning hours of November 27. He declined to answer questions about the specifics of the accident (”You know it’s all in the police report,” he said. “Beyond that everything’s between [wife] Elin and myself and that’s private.”) and specifics about his infidelity, though he did tell Rinaldi that “just one is enough … and obviously that wasn’t the case.”

After his auto accident, Woods eventually admitted to infidelity and said Dec. 11 he would take an “indefinite break” from golf. Woods spoke publicly for the first time Feb. 19, when he confessed to cheating on his wife. But he didn’t take any questions after his 13-plus-minute statement.

“I hurt a lot of people, not just my wife,” he told Rinaldi on Sunday. “My friends, my colleagues, the public, kids who looked up to me. There were a lot of people that thought I was a different person and my actions were not according to that. That’s why I had to apologize. I was so sorry for what I had done.”

He was in a Mississippi clinic from December 31 until Feb. 11, then went to an Arizona clinic for a week of family counseling after his Feb. 19 statement.

He didn’t say what he was in treatment for, but did say “It was really tough to look at yourself in a light you never want to look at yourself, that’s pretty brutal.”

Woods denied that any of his associates were involved in his off-the-course affairs. “It was all me,” he told The Golf Channel. “I’m the one who did it. I’m the one who acted the way I acted. No one knew what was going on when it was going on.

“I’m sure if more people would have known in my inner circle, they would have stopped it or tried to put a stop to it. But I kept it all to myself,” he said.

Woods told ESPN’s Rinaldi that he didn’t seek addiction treatment sooner because “I didn’t know I was that bad.” He said he married Elin in 2004 “because I loved her” and that his wife was “shocked,” “hurt,” and “angry” when he told her of his actions.

He called telling his wife and his mother among his lowest points.

“I hurt them the most,” he said. “Those are the two people in my life who I’m closest to and to say the things that I’ve done, truthfully to them [was] very painful.”

In his interview with The Golf Channel, Woods talked about his father, Earl, who died in 2006.

“He’d be very disappointed in me,” Woods said. “We’d have numerous long talks and that’s one of the things I miss,” Woods said. “I wish I could have had his guidance through all this, to have him help straighten me up. I know he would have done it.”

He also told The Golf Channel that he will eventually talk to his children about what has transpired in his life.

Asked how well the world knows him, Woods told ESPN’s Rinaldi: “A lot better now. I was living a life of a lie, I really was. And I was doing a lot of things, like I said, that hurt a lot of people. And stripping away denial and rationalization you start coming to the truth of who you really are and that can be very ugly.

“But then again, when you face it and you start conquering it and you start living up to it, the strength that I feel now,” he said, “… I’ve never felt that type of strength.”

To read the full interview, visit ESPN