In brief
Tiger Woods was arrested for DUI after crashing his Land Rover in Florida last week. Body camera footage shows him expressing disbelief about his arrest, while officers discovered pills belonging to him at the scene. Woods has since pleaded not guilty and announced an indefinite hiatus to address health concerns.
Tiger Woods expressed astonishment as he was handcuffed after crashing his vehicle last week in Florida, according to body camera footage released Thursday.
“I do believe your normal faculties are impaired, and you’re under an unknown substance, so at this time you’re under arrest for DUI,” Martin County Sheriff’s deputy Tatiana Levenar told Woods after conducting a sobriety test on the golfer.
Woods said he was looking at his phone and changing the radio station when his speeding Land Rover clipped the back of a truck and rolled onto its side on a residential road on Jupiter Island.
“I’m being arrested?” Woods responded as he stood alongside the road.
“Yes sir,” Levenar said.
The video also shows that officers found pills in Tiger Woods’ pocket after the crash.
“That’s a Norco,” Woods said after an officer pulled out two white pills, referring to a painkiller that contains acetaminophen and hydrocodone. Authorities would later confirm they found that Woods was in possession of hydrocodone.
In the bodycam footage, Woods told Levenar that he had not drunk any alcohol and that he had taken “a few” medications earlier in the day, though Woods’ words are muted in the released video as he describes some of the drugs.
Woods entered a not guilty plea on Tuesday to suspicion of driving under the influence. He posted a statement Tuesday night saying that he was stepping away indefinitely “to seek treatment and focus on my health.”
