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泰格·伍兹就其佛罗里达州酒驾案中的鲁莽驾驶指控表示不抗辩,此前他曾在数月前对两项轻罪指控表示不认罪。
这位高尔夫传奇人物同意被吊销驾照五年,并缴纳1000美元罚款。周三在马丁县法院出席听证会期间,他面带笑容。
伍兹此前曾对酒驾造成财产损失以及拒绝接受合法检测的指控表示不认罪。
不抗辩的认罪意味着被告拒绝承认或否认有罪,但愿意接受处罚。
伍兹于今年3月在佛罗里达州朱庇特岛发生翻车事故。据官员透露,伍兹的路虎汽车撞上一辆卡车后侧翻。一份逮捕报告显示,他当时在一条限速30英里每小时的海滨住宅道路上高速行驶。报告还称,伍兹造成了被撞卡车5000美元的损失。
根据报告,伍兹并未受伤,并告诉副手事故发生时他正低头看手机和切换电台。现场的副手表示伍兹看起来处于受影响状态。尽管他同意接受呼气酒精检测,结果为零酒精含量,但他拒绝接受尿检。据逮捕报告称,他还告诉警方自己服用了“几片”处方药,随后在他的裤兜里发现了两片后来被鉴定为阿片类药物氢可酮的药片。
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佛罗里达州第19司法巡回区州检察官托马斯·巴克达尔周三表示:“归根结底,这起案件是一起特别难以举证的酒驾案。”
巴克达尔表示,证明受药物而非酒精影响是很困难的。由于没有尿检结果,官员们“无法确切得知事故发生时他血液中含有什么物质”。巴克达尔称,伍兹的辩护团队本可以对诸如行走困难等行为作出解释,并提及伍兹过往的伤病。尽管伍兹承认服用了止痛药,但记录显示这些是处方药,且这位高尔夫球友是按医嘱服用的,巴克达尔说道。
两名受邀审查此案的法医毒理学家表示,他们认为没有“足够证据”证明伍兹受药物影响。巴克达尔称,毒理学家表示伍兹可能对氢可酮具有耐受性,因此服用该药物并未导致其受影响,这使得检方无法证明酒驾指控成立。
巴克达尔表示,这些综合因素意味着检方无法达到酒驾指控的举证标准。这促成了撤销酒驾指控、以鲁莽驾驶指控取而代之的决定,而伍兹也对该指控表示不抗辩。
现年50岁的伍兹被认为是高尔夫界最具影响力的人物之一。1997年,他成为首位赢得美国大师赛的黑人血统选手。但尽管他打破了多项纪录,他的职业生涯却被车祸、止痛药成瘾以及多次背部和膝盖手术蒙上阴影。
2021年,伍兹在洛杉矶的一场车祸中幸免于难,他的右腿伤势严重,他表示医生曾考虑截肢。2017年,佛罗里达州警方发现他在汽车驾驶座上熟睡,他因此被指控酒驾。事件发生后,他表示自己混合服用了过量的止痛药。2009年,他的SUV在佛罗里达州奥兰多市他家外撞上消防栓和树木。
伍兹在事件发生后表示,他将“暂时退出一段时间以寻求治疗”并“努力实现持久康复”。今年6月,他在治疗后首次公开露面,介绍了美巡赛为2028年赛程改版的计划。
更正:本文已更新,以反映伍兹已就鲁莽驾驶指控表示不抗辩这一情况。
Tiger Woods pleads no contest to reckless driving charge in Florida DUI case
September 2, 2026 / 10:18 AM EDT / CBS News
By Kerry Breen
Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in his Florida DUI case, months after pleading not guilty to two misdemeanor charges.
The golf legend agreed to a five-year suspension of his driver’s license and a $1,000 fine. He was seen smiling during the hearing at Martin County Courthouse on Wednesday.
Woods previously pled not guilty to charges of DUI with property damage and refusal to submit to a lawful test.
A plea of no contest means a defendant refuses to admit or deny guilt, but accepts punishment.
Woods was in a rollover crash on Florida’s Jupiter Island in March. Woods’ Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled onto its side in the incident, officials said. An arrest report said he was traveling at high speeds on a beachside residential road with a 30 mph speed limit. The report also said Woods caused $5,000 in damage to the truck he hit.
Woods was uninjured and told a deputy he had been looking down at his phone and changing the radio station at the time of the collision, according to the report. Deputies at the scene said Woods appeared impaired. While he agreed to a Breathalyzer test that registered zero alcohol, he refused to submit to a urine test. He also told police he had taken “a few” prescription medications, according to the arrest report, and two pills later identified as the opioid hydrocodone were found in his pants pocket.
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State attorney for Florida’s 19th Judicial Circuit Thomas Bakkedahl said Wednesday, “at the end of the day, this case turned out to be a particularly difficult DUI to prove.”
Proving impairment from drugs, not alcohol, is difficult, Bakkedahl said. The lack of a urine test meant officials “don’t know what exactly was in his bloodstream” at the time of the accident, Bakkedahl said. Woods’ defense would have also been able to provide explanations for behaviors like difficulty walking, Bakkedahl said, citing past injuries Woods had sustained. While Woods admitted to taking painkillers, records showed they were prescribed medications and that the golfer was taking them as instructed, Bakkedahl said.
Two forensic toxicologists who were asked to review the case said they believed there was “insufficient proof” of Woods’ impairment, Bakkedahl said. The toxicologists said Woods likely had a tolerance to hydrocodone, so he was not impaired by its use, leaving prosecutors unable to prove a DUI, Bakkedahl said.
These combined factors meant prosecutors could not meet the burden of proof for a DUI, Bakkedahl said. That led to the decision to drop the DUI charge and replace it with a charge of reckless driving, which Woods pleaded no contest to.
Woods, 50, is considered one of the most influential figures in golf. In 1997, he became the first person of Black heritage to win the Masters. But while he has broken records, his career has been marred by car accidents, a pain pill dependence and multiple back and knee surgeries.
In 2021, Woods survived a crash in Los Angeles that injured his right leg so badly that he said doctors considered amputating the limb. In 2017, he was arrested on a DUI charge when Florida police found him asleep behind the wheel of his car. After the incident, he said he had taken a bad mix of painkillers. In 2009, his SUV plowed into a fire hydrant and tree outside his home near Orlando, Florida.
Woods said after the incident that he was “stepping away for a period of time to seek treatment” and “work toward lasting recovery.” He made his first public appearance after treatment in June, when he introduced the PGA Tour’s plans to revamp its schedule for 2028.
Correction:This story has been updated to reflect that Woods pleaded no contest.
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