UPDATE: X17 posts at 6:42p ET:
Although Elin was thought to have been leaving for her own house in Sweden this morning with the kids, the police motorcade was sent away not long after it arrived in the Windermere gated community. So it seems that Elin is still in Florida…but for how long?
UPDATE: X17 adds at 2:30p ET: “Two police choppers are also hovering overhead waiting for the motorcade to start their move.”
X17Online reports today:
Two cop cars and eight police motorcycles have just entered Tiger Woods‘ Isleworth gated community in Windermere, Florida, presumably to escort Elin out.
An X17 photographer on the scene tells us, “With Tiger off on his yacht, Elin’s had enough. She’s ready to take the kids and go back to Sweden. And with this many cops on bikes entering the community, we can only imagine they’re preparing a motorcade for her to get herself and the kids to the airport quickly and safely.”
10 police officers is some serious security and indicates a significant trip.
People.com reported on Dec. 16:
Escaping the media glare, Elin Nordegren is taking the kids and traveling to her homeland for the holidays, a source tells PEOPLE.
“Elin is going to Sweden soon,” the source says. “Two stewardesses and one pilot are in Sweden with the plane now getting it ready to come pick them up.”
The initial plan was for Nordegren, 29, and the family to travel to Sweden in January. But those plans changed. Woods is not expected to come along.
The mag also reports the trip to Sweden will not be permanent.
Two days before the People report, RadarOnline.com noted:
A report surfaced in the Swedish newspaper Expressen that the golfing superstar’s private Gulfstream 4 jet - which is registered to “ETW” (Eldrick Tiger Woods) - flew out of Boston early Sunday and arrived at Gothemburg Airport in Sweden on Sunday night. There were no passengers onboard — just a 60-year-old pilot and two flight attendants.
Also, it’s important to note that Woods and Nordegren do own an apartment in Stockholm. I’ve heard from sources recently that the island home that Nordegren recently bought was actually intended for her mother’s primary use.
Woods, according to the PALM BEACH POST and People.com is on board his yacht currently heading to the Bahamas.
1:30 pm on December 21st, 2009
Good story. Now if you only did some research before hand. She can’t just pack the kids up and move back to Sweden.
1:39 pm on December 21st, 2009
“Good story. Now if you only did some research before hand. She can’t just pack the kids up and move back to Sweden.”
Why not? Nothing in international child abduction laws prevent it, especially if Tiger does not object. Even if Tiger does object, she can still do it as long as she obeys a court order to the contrary.
1:40 pm on December 21st, 2009
“the trip to Sweden will not be permanent.”
Now if you only did some research before hand.
1:42 pm on December 21st, 2009
No, but she can sure as heck take the kids to visit if she wants to.
1:42 pm on December 21st, 2009
Who exactly is this motorcade protecting them from?
It’s clearly not Tiger since he is away (the fact that there is no indication that they would need protecting from him aside).
Is there some threat to this family we don’t know about? Police don’t generally involve themselves in personal security for celebrities unless there is a really good reason and this seems like a lot of police to just take them to the airport.
1:46 pm on December 21st, 2009
They could be hired. In my state, (Virginia) you can hire a police motorcycle escort for a few hundred dollars an hour. I think they give a significantly discounted rates for funerals. My highschool paid for it to take the seniors from the school to the fieldhouse about 10 miles away where graduation was being held.
I’d say there is a good chance that Tiger offered it to Elin because she claimed she was “scared to leave” and Elin called his bluff or Ellin simply demanded it as a condition of whatever they have worked out at this point.
1:47 pm on December 21st, 2009
The motorcade is to protect them from the paparazzi.
1:48 pm on December 21st, 2009
I should note they are “off-duty officers” but they do wear their uniforms which I always found unusual if they were supposed to be “off-duty.”
1:49 pm on December 21st, 2009
Wow. Sounds like the Windermere police were lucky enough to finally have a crime-free day. I guess that means there are no unsolved or ongoing investigations as well. I mean, 10 cops “protecting” some multi-millionaire must be a good sign that all is well in that town, right?
1:51 pm on December 21st, 2009
There is a phalanx of papparazi outside the community gates. They are unbelievably agressive and do pose a risk to the family in an unescorted motorcade. Wonder who is coming back from Sweden on the G4? I doubt the run from Boston to Stockholm was practice. Geez, wouldn’t it be nice to own a G4 that is parked 1200 miles from home? And a 100M yacht to escape on? I’m playing Callaway’s from here on. I’ll use my Nike Ones for over the water shots. They will be gone in no time.
1:53 pm on December 21st, 2009
Tiger is acting like he’s the one that’s been wronged. Elin has been publicly humiliated through all this (yea, so has Tiger, but deservingly so) and if anything, Tiger should be publicly allowing everyone to see him on his hands and knees begging her not to leave him. I don’t get his actions….who’s in charge of damage control, crisis management, etc., in the Tiger camp (and I don’t just mean paying off the other ladies). Any decent sized corporation has these things worked out ahead of time.
1:54 pm on December 21st, 2009
You can’t get the kids out of the county without a signed document from the parent that is not going. I’ve had to do this many times for my wife to travel internationally with the kids without me.
2:00 pm on December 21st, 2009
My ex used to travel with our kids back to Taiwan every couple of years and the only thing I ever signed was the passport applications. This is from Florida also and other states may have different requirements.
2:04 pm on December 21st, 2009
I’ve travelled internationally with my children several times (as has their father) and while I’ve always been TOLD I needed this signed document from their father, I’ve never actually once been asked for it and neither has he. That said, if Tiger did not approve, those children would not be going. He’s rich enough to stop it.
2:19 pm on December 21st, 2009
How many skanks do you think Tiger has banged since Thanksgiving?
2:27 pm on December 21st, 2009
Who cares?
2:34 pm on December 21st, 2009
“Good story. Now if you only did some research before hand. She can’t just pack the kids up and move back to Sweden.”
It’s Sports by brooks, what do you expect?
And I’m with Bucky.
2:35 pm on December 21st, 2009
“You can’t get the kids out of the county without a signed document from the parent that is not going.”
Unless you have your own plane.
2:36 pm on December 21st, 2009
“Who exactly is this motorcade protecting them from?”
Ask Princess Diana. #idiot
2:38 pm on December 21st, 2009
Yes, I would assume they are privately hired. “Off-Duty” simply means not on the public clock. Many concerts and events hire at least a couple off-duty police to direct the less professional security/bouncers.
It’s sometimes good money for a department, which ultimately saves taxpayers money and probably allows them to employ more officers. Others are not hired through the department at all… but if they had city vehicles I’d say it’s an official departmental hire!!
2:38 pm on December 21st, 2009
IIRC, most cops are considered to be always on duty, whether in civvies or uniform. Many areas, esp. larger metro areas, require cops to carry at all times (same with FBI & DEA, if my info is correct).
I can understand wanting to keep the farking paparazzi away. One of these days, some celeb will go postal and run down a bunch of them. And I doubt a jury would ever convict. Those trailer trash rags need to be run out of business.
2:43 pm on December 21st, 2009
ogre, since he doesn’t have to keep it a secret anymore, I’d say 37. Their all on his yacht right now headed for some good times in the Bahamas! you go Tiger! My Hero!
2:51 pm on December 21st, 2009
I wonder…. there has not been any mention of any babies….that many women and none of them had his child??? Or have they all been paid off already?? I wouldn’t be a bit suprised if the ones who had children have signed confidentialty agreements as well as child support agreements already, that must be it, otherwise, they would be coming out too.
3:01 pm on December 21st, 2009
Most Chiefs of Police or Sheriffs have an “Off Duty Employment” policy in their SOPs. Some allow only non-law enforcement positions, others allow uniforms, equipment and vehicles to be used, some prohibit it all together. Some SOPs permit for power of arrest during off-duty employment. It all depends on the preference of the Chief/Sheriff. Most Sheriffs are elected positions. Most Chiefs are employed positions, but that can differ by state. In this the funds by the event holder (Nordegren in this case) would most probably be paid directly to the Police/Sheriff’s Department instead of writing ten separate checks to the officers. It would become an official law enforcement matter if an accident were to occur due to paparazzi interference, and that cost would be at the public’s expense. This is smart control and prevention all around.
3:32 pm on December 21st, 2009
Only one pilot? On a G4? I bet he’s pissed that that got out, as two are required. It’s nice to know that the press never screws up.
3:37 pm on December 21st, 2009
Stranding her mother on a deserted island only reachable by ferry. Smart move! Now Elin can play the field and use that credit card to its maximum potential. Later, her mom finds out there is ferry only twice a year…
3:53 pm on December 21st, 2009
She sounds like a DRAMA QUEEN.
3:55 pm on December 21st, 2009
Hookers, yachts, prenups, motorcades, etc … it’s all really irrelevant at this point. Tiger’s biggest concern is the fact that his “aura of invincibility” has now been shattered … quite literally and quite utterly. Tiger Lovers must agree that his ability to “intimidate” has been a huge factor in his successes to date. But in going forward, I suspect that that will be no more. No longer will his competitors cower and allow him to carry the day, as has been the case so often in the past. If anything, they will now seek him out at “any and every” opportunity, armed with a new confidence
and providence, that only the fool himself could have provided.
4:25 pm on December 21st, 2009
Betchya he sucks wind the next time he’s on a tour event.
4:30 pm on December 21st, 2009
“Ask Princess Diana.”
Good point Brooks.
“One of these days, some celeb will go postal and run down a bunch of them [paparazzi].”
LOL, then the paparazzi will need their own motorcades!
4:53 pm on December 21st, 2009
As for the paparazzi, it wouldn’t be unknown for one of them to use vehicles to block their exit, or to drive in a threatening manner which, if everything works right for them, results in the celebrity’s car ending up in a ditch so they can get photos of him/her climbing out of the car - they get a bigger paycheck for photos showing blood.
As for the cops, here in the Seattle area they have their own company which businesses have to go through to hire off-duty cops for escort services, security details, motercades, etc. The cops seen directing traffic at construction sites are in uniform but are working for the off-duty company, which is being paid for by the general contractor. Yes, they are still subject to being “on call” if required, and are carrying their weapons, and they can cite you for not obeying their traffic instructions. Some cops make more money doing that kind of work than their regular police salary.
6:37 pm on December 21st, 2009
You absolutely do not need any papers to leave the country with a child. It’s not illegal. And the other countries don’t have any idea who the kid’s parents are anyway. You think every country you fly into has a dossier on every child in the world and who their parents are? You can’t be that stupid.
So long as they’re married, and there are no court orders about their children, she can absolutely take them anywhere on earth she wants to take them. And if she wants to keep them forever, she has the right to do that also. Now, if Tiger wants to go to court and get an injunction granting him rights to see his kids, then he can do that. But she has the right to take them and leave, as does he, until the courts get involved.
You people are morons.
6:38 pm on December 21st, 2009
Seriously who the fark cares?
WHY is this news?
7:19 pm on December 21st, 2009
tiger by brooks?
8:55 pm on December 21st, 2009
there *are* countries (USA is not one) where a woman cannot leave that country with her children without written permission from her husband or the applicable male … iran springs to mind. also if a woman takes her american children into iran, they still cannot leave without said written permission.
too bad they have to be protected from the papparazzi. her life must have been a total living hell for the last few weeks, and probably for longer than that, since it sounds as if she was figuring it out (”take your name off your phone … my wife got my cellphone and she may call your number”) already.
i agree - his invincibility shell is shattered. i can’t think of one person who would take his side in this. cheating is one thing, maybe one affair could be forgiven. but … 9? double-digits? may he roast in hell.
also, what if he never plays again? he must feel pretty humiliated right now, but i’m guessing not humiliated enough. will he have the balls to step on the public golf forum again?
9:07 pm on December 21st, 2009
Honestly people why do you care? Elin does not give a crap about any of you so why do you give a crap about her? Ask her…she will tell you.
9:18 pm on December 21st, 2009
His name is not “Eldrick Tiger Woods.” It’s Eldrick Tont Woods, but thanks for playing anyway. I assume the rest of the information in this article is equally accurate (*rolls eyes*).
9:22 pm on December 21st, 2009
@ oy vey … I concur with your comment that Tiger will eventually play again, though “when” is anybody’s guess ? Until now, the man has never had to endure or play through anything even remotely like this … unless you count that pesky chipmunk or errant camera click in the background. So when he does tee it up again, it sure is going to make for some “must see” viewing, regardless of whether you’re a lover or a hater !
ps: are you some kind of Finnish guy with that name of yours ? … if so, then I say “perkule” to you ! … just kidding … Finns are good people.
9:28 pm on December 21st, 2009
She wants half of his $600M fortune. Funny, because I don’t remember her playing half of his golf holes, or maybe the back nine during select rounds.
Why should she get half? Wasn’t she a (ahem) model? Drop your top for Hef. That will chap Tiger’s ass. Make your own money or get the hell out of my country.
At the end of the day, tall blonde blue eyed women are a dime a dozen in Sweden. Just because you have what society says is a beautiful face and what I say is a great rack doesn’t provide access to the best golfer of all time’s war chest.
Take a hike Elin.
9:30 pm on December 21st, 2009
“Make your own money or get the hell out of my country.”
Blow it out your ass. She’ll get what she’s able to get through the courts, and you have exactly jack shit to say about it.
9:47 pm on December 21st, 2009
She’s the mother so she can take those kids anywhere she wants. Tiger is a 14 times cheat, a mental head case, and strung out on prescription drugs with a career that keeps him away from home most of the year. He’ll never get custody of those kids. No court will take those kids away from their Mom and turn them over to Tiger even if he wasn’t the newest wacko freak show since MJ died . The court could care less if he can’t hit a golf ball. Best he’ll get is unsupervised visitations, if that for the for few years.
10:51 pm on December 21st, 2009
Oh man! This is so exciting! And, it turns out that no one left with the motorcade! I can’t wait for the next update! This is the most captivating story since the 1929 Stock Market crash!
/so tired of the media: http://www.urinalgum.com/?p=497
11:20 pm on December 21st, 2009
jjsjjsva….because you are the all seeing and all knowing. Whatever…..you can point the finger and judge but remember people who live in glass houses get boulders thrown at them. Judge not or lest you be judge. Could happen dude….
11:57 pm on December 21st, 2009
I guess some people are happy the arrogant, black man with the white wife is in trouble. Every Year it seems as if the press find some dirt on a high profile black.
He without sin cast the first stone.
We should leave Tiger alone he has done doing that I am sure a number of us has not done. We are acting like he killed his wife
Tiger is just another black man who was getting to close to breaking a record, and he had to be stopped.
Tell his Golf buddy who set him up to get a life or maybe he wants to marry his nanny
12:34 am on December 22nd, 2009
“T” does not stand for ‘Tiger’. It stands for ‘Tont’. Which is Tiger’s actual middle name.
5:04 am on December 22nd, 2009
Wow, what a shame that he ruined not only his career for the time being, but his family as well. He had everything going for him. Guys will be Guys.
I’m pretty sure that he will miss his kids. Know what, I have never even seen a word of what his mother things or is doing about all of this. She was supposed to have raised Tiger with certain standards while his father provided the discipline. Let’s hear what she things about all of this. Her culture being what it is; perhaps would be an interesting story.
8:05 am on December 22nd, 2009
@Tommy Kulpa
his mother did weigh in within the last week. she is pretty pissed off at him, given that his father was quite the philanderer … and tiger himself, as a teen, expressed embarrassment and anger at his dad’s similar antics.
so, his mommy loves him, but she is very angry right now.
also @Blomfeldt
i am not finnish, nor am i a guy. ‘oy vey’ was already in the leave a reply blank, and it made me giggle and fit the mood. i’m welsh, cherokee and a blues singer.
9:47 pm on December 22nd, 2009
I assume Tiger has managed to smuggle some poontang on to his yacht for the holidays. Perhaps, Simona Halep? She is 18 now. Which reminds me Brooksie, we need some new tank top shots of Simona.
11:59 pm on December 22nd, 2009
Tiger will play again and I expect it will be much sooner than many seem to expect. I also expect his game will not suffer much, if at all.
He is a professional golfer. That is and has been his life for a very long time. Long before he became a superstar he and those around him recognized he had a great talent and his dedication to it was and is phenomenal. Tiger was well on his way to becoming one of golf’s greatest long before he met his wife.
He has totally messed up his private life. In fact, right now his private life is in a total shambles. Of course he’s going to get his best friends together and go off alone - to pull his head together and prepare to get back in the game.
Golfing has always been first in his life, even with a lovely wife and children. It is only natural that he will turn his time, energy, and intensity to that and shut out everything to do with his private disaster that he can.
I predict in a couple of years he will have improved even more - provided he doesn’t become romantically entangled with anyone - and he will go on to become a legend that stands for a long time.
12:41 am on December 23rd, 2009
@oy vey … assuming that you’re being truthful, please know that your resume is quite impressive … I wish you well, as your remarks have definitely been “fair comment” … just wish we had Irish/Cherokee woman here !
with regards to the Tiger saga, I only started this “blogging business” as a result of this incredible story first breaking, some three and half weeks ago … it’s been a fun ride for all of us I’m sure, for both lovers and haters alike … however, I’m simply not interested in the tripe that is now appearing on this site, which I assume to be the regular fare ? … and so I bid farewell
to all and let ’s “stay tuned” to when Tiger tees it up again … it’s going to be fun, whatever you’re feelings are on the subject !
ps: Merry Christmas to everyone and happy 2010 !