Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving over DUI arrest, license suspended for 5 years
Woods avoided a DUI conviction under a plea deal that includes a $1,500 fine and two five-year license suspensions running together, court records said.
- On Wednesday, golfer Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving at the Martin County Courthouse, resolving his DUI case stemming from a March rollover crash on Jupiter Island.
- Authorities arrested Woods in March after his Land Rover clipped a truck and rolled over on the beachside residential road, where he was traveling at high speeds on a 30 mph limit.
- Judge Darren Steele ordered a five-year suspension of Woods' driver's license and a $1,000 fine as part of the plea agreement, warning him against driving on the suspended license.
- Accompanied by girlfriend Vanessa Trump, Woods appeared at court after completing six weeks of treatment in Switzerland following the March crash.
- Despite the legal resolution, Woods retains his chairmanship of the Future Competition Committee and continues his golf career, having won 15 major championships.
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Reduced charges don't lessen Tiger Woods' mistakes
A reduced charge does not reduce the seriousness of what Tiger Woods did. Let’s hope he understands that because his attorney’s comments following a plea deal weren’t exactly encouraging.
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Frankfurter AllgemeineGolf legend Tiger Woods, who caused a car accident in the spring, was disqualified from driving for five years and fined $1,500.
It costs Tiger Woods a lot of bargains: a series of fines of 1500 dollars total and five years of suspension of the license for voluntary reckless driving and refusal to undergo a test provided by the law. "For the safety of the community, if he will drive back immediately to prison, he warned Judge Darren Steele. The golf champion had had a dangerous accident last March: according to the police report, he had overturned with his Land Rover afte…
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