Celebrity News November 30, 2009
Video: Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress
"Extra" has footage of Rachel Uchitel, the woman rumored to be at the center of affair rumors between Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren.
Uchitel spoke to "Extra" in June 2007 while promoting Dune nightclub in Southampton, where she worked as the VIP of Operations. According to her longtime pal Mario Lopez, those affair rumors are not true.
In an interview with E! Online, Uchitel, 34, insists she "did not have any involvement with him [Woods]. Whatever was written in the [National] Enquirer was not said by me, it was said by two people that claimed they were friends of mine but they're not."
"I am overwhelmed, so I hired [celebrity attorney] Gloria Allred to handle the situation. I don't want to get this much attention and I wish everybody would leave me alone," added Uchitel, who has also been linked to Las Vegas nightclub mogul Jason Strauss and Yankee Derek Jeter.
Reports have surfaced that Woods and Nordegren were fighting about his alleged involvement with Uchitel when he crashed his car outside their Florida mansion early Friday morning.
According to TMZ.com, the pro golfer was found barefoot, lying on the ground and unconscious with a bloody cut on his lower lip when EMT workers arrived.
Woods said in a statement on his website Friday, "the only person responsible for this 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."
