Tiger Woods hit with 5-year driving ban as he strikes plea deal over DUI crash
TIGER Woods has been banned from driving for five years but avoided jail after striking a plea deal in his DUI case on Wednesday.
TL;DR
- Tiger Woods received a five-year driving ban and fines, avoiding jail time.
- He pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of willful, wanton reckless driving.
- Prosecutors stated Woods had a pharmacological tolerance to medication, making it difficult to prove DUI.
- The incident involved a rollover crash where Woods admitted to taking multiple medications and looking at his phone.
- Woods also has a prior DUI arrest in 2017 and suffered severe leg injuries in a 2021 crash.