Others knew of Tiger Woods affair
A woman who said she had an affair with Tiger Woods claims that members of Woods’ inner circle, including his agent, knew from the extramarital affairs that resulted in Woods missing 4 months on the PGA Tour and spending 45 days in a rehabilitation clinic.
Inside the April issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Mindy Lawton — a Orlando, Fla.-area waitress — stated that Woods place her in touch with his agent, Mark Steinberg, when The National Enquirer learned of her affair using the golfer.
Woods mentioned in interviews last week that individuals close to him were unaware from the extramarital affairs which landed him inside the tabloids.
“It was all me,” he informed the Golf Channel in an interview on March 21. “I’m the one who did it. I’m the one who acted the way I acted. No one knew what was heading on when it was planning on.
“I’m certain if much more folks would have identified in my inner circle, they would have stopped it or tried to place a stop to it. But I kept it all to myself,” he stated.
According to Lawton, when she contacted Steinberg at Woods’ request, Steinberg said, “We’ll take care of it.”
She informed Vanity Fair: “That’s when their brush-under-the-rug, the cover-up, happened.” She was referring to a deal how the Enquirer allegedly produced with Woods’ handlers to keep the adultery story in exchange for Woods giving an exclusive interview to its sister publication, Men’s Fitness.
A spokesperson for the National Enquirer denied to Vanity Fair that the publication held the Lawton story in exchange for an exclusive interview with Woods, who was about the cover of Men’s Health and fitness in August 2007.
Steinberg didn’t respond to requests for comment from Vanity Fair. ESPN has not received a comment from Steinberg.
Vanity Fair says it interviewed four ladies who claim to have had affairs with Woods.
One more reported mistress, Jamie Jungers, informed Vanity Fair that Bryon Bell, a longtime friend of Woods as well as the president of Tiger Woods Style, would arrange travel for her to meet Woods. Vanity Fair mentioned that Bell did not respond to requests for comment.
Woods crashed his automobile into a fire hydrant outside of his house within the early-morning hours of Nov. 27, which unleashed a torrent of stories about his off-the-course life. He mentioned he went to some rehabilitation clinic in late December for 45 days.
He is scheduled to return for the Masters, beginning April 8. He has not played competitive golf because a win at the Australian Masters in November.
He will maintain a news conference Monday at 2 p.m. ET, the very first time he’s taken questions from reporters, other than five-minute interviews with ESPN’s Tom Rinaldi and also the Golf Channel on March 21.
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