During his public address Feb. 19, Tiger forcefully denied rumors Elin hit him on Thanksgiving night, but one lawyer tells us, even if she had, she’d still be the better parent.
Tiger Woods surprised everyone today during his public address at the PGA headquarters Feb. 19 when he emphatically denied that wife, Elin Nordegren, hit him when she discovered his cheating. But one lawyer says even if Elin HAD beaten her husband with a nine-iron, she’d still get the kids in a custody battle if she and Tiger divorced — i.e., if Tiger was trying to protect her, it didn’t really matter.
“If Tiger wanted to go and try to get custody of the kids, in theory he could use the domestic violence against her,” Los Angeles-based attorney Steve Cron told HollywoodLife.com. “On the other hand, when you’re looking at custody and who’s the better parent, he clearly is the worse one. He’s out perusing around at bars and sleeping around with a wide variety of women, which looks a lot worse than a wife who allegedly goes crazy when she finds out her husband’s cheating on her.”
Fortunately, the violence between Elin, 30, and Tiger, 34, is only speculative — both refused to speak to the police and Tiger disputed the rumors during his press conference, saying, “Elin never hurt me. There has NEVER been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage — ever!”
Although the couple is still together, reports claim Elin wants to leave her husband and take their children — daughter, Sam, 2, and son, Charlie, 1 — with her.
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Montana
Posted at 2:06 PM on February 20, 2010
Snore….snore….boring…who cares, next.
Keonjanae
Posted at 1:29 PM on February 20, 2010
Personally I am so feed up with this entire saga! It is a PRIVATE AFFAIR between Tiger and his wife..period. No poll, media or anyone else with an “opinion” should decide whether 2 small children loose their father!. He made a hugh mistake by dealing with the tramps who cashed him in for their own
benefit! They should be ashamed of themselves for even going there in the first place,he’s a celebrity so he was open game. But then again, that’s what strippers and whores do!
Pastor Zach Malott
Posted at 1:09 PM on February 20, 2010
Blessings to all,
It is God’s and my desire to see marriage remain intact. There are things that happen in the lives of humans that, on reflection–and this sometimes takes hindsight over time in some cases–appear to be impossible to deal with; however, all things are possible with God.
I have seen things such as this that when both couples put aside the shield of personal protection and consider what is best for all parties when the hurt is over(can only be realized in its totality with the passage of time)what is usually the best for all parties. What is best is usually the exact opposite from what the heat of the moment (up to a year or more) appears to be the right choice.
My suggestion: Stay together–work through what is the source that has caused the problem, and let hard work on the relationship and the passage of quality time together begin to mend the broken hearts and the burden of guilt.
If they are not already active in allowing Christ into their lives, that would be the best beginning for a foundation that one could have.
What seems impossible to mankind is very possible in the eyes of God. This means that even greater wisdom and marital harmony can arise from the ashes of marital difficulties.
I will be praying for them both.
Sincerely in Christ,
Pastor Zach Malott
Mescalero Baptist Church
Mescalero Apache Reservation–New Mexico
mimi
Posted at 11:12 AM on February 20, 2010
I mean a human being WOULD not do to Elin what she did……from mimi…
mimi
Posted at 11:09 AM on February 20, 2010
okay all this females does not matter at all, they should be ashamed of them self, and Laura A, what happened to you, to come forward with those females to earn a buck? wauh, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DIGNETY?…and they are NOT women, and dont deserve anything …at all……mimi danish
mimi
Posted at 11:01 AM on February 20, 2010
……..and what if she did not hit Tiger????….we dont know anything about that,..did you listen to Tiger and what he said about that?….also the man is sick very sick .. because there were many many women, if there was only one, it would have been much more trouble…for Elin…..no, let them go forward now step by step, until he arrives again on the golfcurse…….Mimi….a dane…P.S and what Laura A said about the last one, that she was a human being and that she deserve an apologize?????no no no Laura, a human being what not do to Elin what she did, she deserve 0
CLB
Posted at 10:21 AM on February 20, 2010
I am glad that Tiger Woods broke his silence. Tiger has apologized to everyone and accepted that what he did was very wrong. Tiger confirmed he needs help and that he is receiving rehab to address his issues. Tiger said he wants to regain balance in his life to save the two things that are most important to him, his wife and his children. Tiger said that Elin deserves praise and I agree wholeheartedly. I wish them all the best. . It is time that Tiger and his family to move on with their life and for the media to get off their back!
Yonda
Posted at 9:13 AM on February 20, 2010
Blaming the press I think is accurate. Because if you are interested in the Tiger Woods issue, his children can’t answer question to and for the media. So I think that he had every right to blame them on that. And if Elin would have kep the kids inside during this fiasco, the media would not have been trying to follow her to get comments, or find out where his daughter’s school was. That is my opinion on that. Because what if something happened to the kids for the media consistant pestering…we all remember Princess Diana. And who will blame the media for that…Tiger is no where around. Elin is supposed to be the better parent regardless of what is going on in the marriage…her responsibility is to keep the children safe, and I don’t think that she did that at all, as she wanted to be seen in the spotlight doing things like taking the kids to school so that the media will have more sympathy for her. And I hate when these lawyers say that the wives should get the children. Tiger has money he can take care of them, let her take her settlement money that Tiger helped her win for the case of the NUDE pics that she says were not her go back to Sweden, and maybe she can continue to work as a nanny, if Jespar Parnevik can’t use her services, maybe she can go back to modeling…oh no career there. Elin needs to just go away WITHOUT the kids
Catrina Smith
Posted at 8:08 AM on February 20, 2010
Yes, I would take him back, but I would make him pay for what he did for a very long time. The apology was nice, but more needs to be done. I need to see that he is making an affort to make the marriage work. He messed sure, but everybody has done something they wish they hadn’t. Noone is perfect. Keep your head up Tiger and do what you need to get everything back including your career on track.
KC
Posted at 7:05 AM on February 20, 2010
As an attorney, I must admit that there are members of our profession who would be better delivering your paper than giving legal advise. For any attorney to openly state a male who committed adultry is a worse parent than a woman who beats a spouse in a fit of rage with a weapon has no true knowledge of the law. His acts did not involve violence and were outside the home while she lost sanity and committed aggrevated battery in front of the kids which means she could easily fall into another rage should the kids go against her wishes. The ‘lawyer’ who was quoted needs to go back to law school quickly!!
PN
Posted at 9:07 AM on February 20, 2010
I do not know why she is not in jail. If a man hit a woman with the club, he would have been put in jail. In fact, even if she did not want to press charges, the police still would have taken him to jail.
She should be grateful she is not facing prison time. I think she still needs to be charged and the children taken away.