五郎のイギリス日記。

ウッズの事件だんだんおもしろくなってきた。株式市場よりおもしろくなってきたぞ。
世界で一番有名なサイトから、英文の長文記事も見つけました。ご参考までに。。
ウッズは警察の事情聴取を拒否してる模様。

英文記事から、
いくつかの疑問。
1. 彼はあの夜どこに行っていたのか？
2. いったいどうやってSUV自動車をぶつけてしまったのか。エアバックも開かない
　衝撃のスピードで？　木にぶつかったのか？
3.なんで後部座席の二つの窓が割れてしまったのか？
4. もし不注意のミスが原因なら、なんで警察に説明できないの？



不倫報道に激高、妻がクラブで襲撃？　ウッズは全面否定
配信元:
2009/11/30 08:37更新

米プロゴルファー、タイガー・ウッズ（３３）が２７日、米フロリダ州の自宅近くで自
動車事故を起こし、妻のエリンさん（２９）がゴルフクラブで車の窓をたたき割ってウ
ッズを救出したとの“美談”が伝えられたが、実は事故の直前、ウッズの不倫報道をめ
ぐって、二人が激しい口論をし、エリンさんがクラブでウッズに襲いかかったとの見方
を３０日、米一部メディアが伝えた。これについて、ウッズは自身の公式ホームページ
で「事故の責任はすべて自身にある」として、エリンさんの関与を全面否定している。

「事故の原因が夫婦げんかだった」などと報じたのは、米芸能ニュースサイト「ＴＭＺ」（電子版）。ＴＭＺはマイケル・ジャクソンの急死をスクープしたことで最近、その報道が注目されている。　ＴＭＺによると、夫婦げんかの原因になったのは、事故の２日前の２５日付の米ゴシップ誌「ナショナル・インクワィアー」の報道。ウッズがニューヨークのナイトクラブ
で、ホステスのレイチェル・ユステルさん（３４）としばしば一緒にいるところを目撃
されていたほか、ウッズがオーストラリア・マスターズに出場中に、ゴルフ場近くのメ
ルボルン市内で、二人が一緒にいるところをみられていたというもの。




一転スキャンダルの様相に　ウッズの事故後対応11月30日9時58分配信 産経新聞

フロリダ州の自宅前で自損事故を起こした男子ゴルフのタイガー・ウッズ選手が、一転、スキャンダルに見舞われている。さまざまな憶測が飛び交う事態を招いたのは、事故から３日たった２９日も、依然としてウッズが警察の事情聴取を拒んでいることも影響している。

事故の捜査にあたっている警察当局は事故直後から３回にわたってウッズ選手への聴
取を試みたが、すべて拒否された。２９日には、代理人から断りの連絡が入ったといい
、今後の聴取予定が立たないままとなっている。
　ウッズはこの日、公式サイトに声明を掲載。事故は「プライベートなことであり、今
後も（詳細を）明らかにするつもりはない」と説明し、「現在流れているのはすべて根
拠のない、無責任なうわさにすぎない」と切り捨てた。

ウッズの事故をめぐっては、彼の女性問題や、ゴルフクラブで事故車両のガラスをた
たき割って彼を救出したとされる妻のエリンさんについて、実は夫婦げんかが理由で、
クラブを手に夫を追いかけ回していたのが真相、などの報道もある。

　ウッズが、午前２時すぎという時間帯に自宅を出発しようとしていた理由のほか、そ
の目的や行き先など、事故に関する詳しい説明を行っていないのは事実。これまでスキ
ャンダルとは無縁で、完全無欠のヒーローとのイメージが強かったウッズ選手だけに、
こうした広報対応のまずさもあいまって、今回の事故は一転してスキャンダルの様相を
深めつつある。




事故は自分の過ち＝ウッズ選手が声明文11月30日6時39分配信 時事通信

米プロゴルファーのタイガー・ウッズ選手は29日、フロリダ州オーランド近郊の自宅近くで27日未明に起こした交通事故について、自身のサイトに声明文を掲載し、「自分の過ち」と述べた。同選手は事故発生以来、沈黙を続けていた。　ウッズ選手は「今回の事故の責任は自分だけにある」とし、事故をめぐる憶測には「好奇の目で見られていることは承知しているが、多くは誤りで悪意のある無責任なものだ」と批判した。さらに「妻のエリンはわたしが負傷しているのを見た時、果敢に行動し、助けてくれた」と説明、夫人に謝意を示した。一部米メディアは浮気の発覚による夫婦げんかが事故につながったとの見方を伝えている。　




For 3rd time, Woods cancels meeting with police

Nov 29, 6:26 PM (ET)　　By FRED GOODALL

WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) - Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story Sunday
- on his Web site, not to police - and took the blame for an "embarrassing"
car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny like never before.

His statement failed to clear up any questions about the middle-of-the-night
accident outside his Isleworth estate in which his wife told police she used a
golf club to smash the back windows of the Cadillac SUV to help him out.

"This situation is my fault, and it's obviously embarrassing to my family and
me," Woods said on his Web site. "I'm human and I'm not perfect. I will
certainly make sure this doesn't happen again."

この状況。私のミス。私も人間。私は完璧でもなんでもない。二度とこんなことは
起きないだろう。

The statement was posted around 2 p.m. Sunday, about an hour after Woods'
attorney told the Florida Highway Patrol that for the third straight day
golf's No. 1 player would be unavailable to talk to troopers.

This time, the meeting was not rescheduled.

Even so, Sgt. Kim Montes of FHP said troopers went to Woods' $2.4 million
estate anyway, only for attorney Mark NeJame to turn them away. The attorney
gave troopers Woods' driver's license, registration and insurance as required
by law for such accidents.

Woods said the crash was a private matter, and he intended to keep it that
way.　　これはプライバシーの問題。誰にも公開する気などない。

"Although I understand there is curiosity, the many false, unfounded and
malicious rumors that are currently circulating about my family and me are
irresponsible," he said. "The only person responsible for the accident is me.
My wife, Elin, acted courageously when she saw I was hurt and in trouble. She
was the first person to help me. Any other assertion is absolutely false."


Woods is scheduled to compete at his Chevron World Challenge, which starts
Thursday in Thousand Oaks, Calif., although his tournament director did not
know Woods' status for the tournament - whether he would play or even attend.
Even with his first public comments on the 2:25 a.m. Friday accident, Woods

left several questions.　まだいくつかの疑問が残る。

- Where he was going at that time of the night?
　彼はあの夜どこに行っていたのか？

- How did he lose control of his SUV at such a speed that the air bags didn't
deploy?
　いったいどうやってSUV自動車をぶつけてしまったのか。エアバックも開かない
　衝撃のスピードで？　木にぶつかったのか？


- Why were both rear windows of the Cadillac Escalade smashed?
　なんで後部座席の二つの窓が割れてしまったのか？

- If it was a careless mistake, why not speak to state troopers trying to wrap
the investigation?
もし不注意のミスが原因なら、なんで警察に説明できないの？


"We have been informed by the Florida Highway Patrol that further discussion
with them is both voluntary and optional," Mark Steinberg, his agent at IMG,
said in an e-mail. "Although Tiger realizes that there is a great deal of
public curiosity, it has been conveyed to FHP that he simply has nothing more
to add and wishes to protect the privacy of his family."

Woods' wife turned troopers away from their home in the exclusive gated
community outside Orlando on Friday, the day of the accident, because she said
he was sleeping. Steinberg called troopers en route to Woods' house on

Saturday and postponed the meeting until Sunday.
"We're just continuing our traffic crash investigation," Montes said. "If we
have somebody who we feel is pertinent to the investigation, then we will
interview them."

She said the 911 caller was interviewed Saturday, and investigators might
speak with other people who were at the scene as well.
The FHP released the 911 call from an unidentified neighbor on Sunday.
"I have a neighbor, he hit the tree. And we came out here just to see what was
going on. I see him and he's laying down," the neighbor told dispatchers
without ever identifying the victim as Woods.

Asked if the victim was unconscious, the neighbor replied, "Yes."
Part of the call were inaudible because of a bad connection. At one point, the
voice of a woman is heard yelling, "What happened!"

"We're just trying to get the police here right now," the neighbor says to the
woman. "We don't know what happened. We're figuring that out right now. I'm on
the phone with the police right now."

According to the FHP accident report, Woods had just pulled out of his
driveway when he struck a fire hydrant and then a tree. Woods said he had
cuts, bruising and "right now I'm a little sore."

Montes said the Woods' car was towed for "safekeeping," and authorities have
already documented where the damage is on the vehicle and the point of impact.

The accident came two days after the National Enquirer published a story
alleging that Woods had been seeing a New York night club hostess, and that
they recently were together in Melbourne, where Woods competed in the
Australian Masters.

The woman, Rachel Uchitel, denied having an affair with Woods when contacted
by The Associated Press.

Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred confirmed she was representing Uchitel when
she was reached by the AP on Sunday.

"She is with me in L.A.," Allred said later in an e-mail to the AP. "We plan
to meet and then we'll decide on the next step, which we do not plan to
announce to the press."

Uchitel arrived at Los Angeles International Airport late Sunday morning,
where she was met by Allred and escorted out of the baggage claim area and
into a black car. Uchitel did not speak to reporters except to ask that she be
left alone.

Aside from occasional criticism of his temper inside the ropes, Woods has kept
himself out of the news beyond his sport. In an October posting on his
Facebook account, Woods wrote, "I'm asked why people don't often see me and
Elin in gossip magazines or tabloids. I think we've avoided a lot of media
attention because we're kind of boring. ..."

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AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson in Jacksonville, and Associated Press writers
Linda Deutsch in Los Angeles, and Sarah Larimer in Miami contributed to this
report.