Judge Rules Tiger Woods' Prescription Records Must Be Shared With Law Enforcement But Kept From Public
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Diana Moskovitz
18d ago· 2 min readenNews
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A Florida judge ruled that Tiger Woods must submit his prescription drug records to law enforcement as part of the investigation into his March 27 traffic crash, but those records will be shielded from public disclosure under Florida's public-records law. Judge Darren Steele ordered the documents be made available only to select people connected to the court case, preventing them from becoming public record through the discovery process.
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· 3 pulledTiger Woods, the most dominant golfer of his era, will have to submit his prescription drug records to law enforcement as part of the investigation into his March 27 traffic crash, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Those records will not be made public under the state's legendarily broad public-records law after Martin County Judge Darren Steele ordered that the documents be made available to just select people connected to the court case.
Records generated during the process of gathering evidence for a trial, known in court as discovery, generally become public record in Florida once they are turned
Tiger Woods, the most dominant golfer of his era, will have to submit his prescription drug records to law enforcement as part of the investigation into his March 27 traffic crash, a judge ruled Tuesday. But those records will not be made public under the
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