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Tiger Woods pleaded not guilty to a DUI charge stemming from his rollover crash March 27 in Jupiter Island, Fla. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
April 16 (UPI) -- Tiger Woods' lawyer has cited an "intrusion" of privacy in response to a state subpoena for his prescription drug records, according to recent court filings.
Attorney Douglas Duncan filed a motion Tuesday n Martin County, Fla., arguing that the subpoena can't be issued without a hearing. That's because, Duncan wrote, Woods' constitutional privacy right required the state to first prove the records' relevance before any intrusion.
Prosecutors had filed a motion for subpoena in Woods' home county seeking the prescription records from Lewis Pharmacy in Palm Beach, Fla., showing the medications dispensed to Woods.
That filing requested that the pharmacy include the date and time prescriptions were filled, type of prescriptions, number of pills in each prescription, dosage amount, special instructions on how to take the medicine, date of next refill and "all warnings including but not limited to operating a motor vehicle while taking the prescription" from Jan. 1 to March 27.
Lewis Pharmacy is about 25 miles south of where Woods was arrested for his role in a rollover crash March 27 in Jupiter, Island, Fla. Woods faces charges of misdemeanor DUI and refusal to submit to a lawful test and distracted driving, which is a moving violation.
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Tiger Woods wanted to be present at the 2026 Masters Tournament before he was involved in a rollover crash, charged with a DUI and arrested March 27 in Jupiter Island, Fla. File Photo by Tannen Maury/UPI
Woods pleaded not guilty March 31. Duncan's filing Tuesday said Woods "has a constitutional right to privacy interest in his prescription records."
"This right to privacy is admittedly not absolute should the state show the relevance of the records to its criminal investigation and thus warrant the intrusion into Mr. Woods' privacy," the filing said.
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A judge granted Tiger Woods permission to travel outside the United States to seek treatment amid his DUI case. File Photo by Tannen Murray/UPI
The filing also requested for the court to enter a protective order governing the use and release of the records, if the court grants the request to issue the subpoena. Duncan specifically requested that the records not be disclosed to any third party, including through public records requests.
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An arrest affidavit from the Martin County Sheriff's Office said officers observed Woods "sweating profusely" and that he possessed hydrocodone pills after his crash. They also said he had "bloodshot and glassy" eyes, was "lethargic and slow" and "limping and stumbling" between field sobriety tests.
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Tiger Woods possessed two hydrocodone pills after his crash March 27 in Jupiter Island, Fla., according to an arrest affidavit from the Martin County Sheriff's Office. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Woods told sheriff's deputies he took prescription medication on the morning of the crash. He had been arrested on a DUI charge in 2017 and said then that he had an unexpected reaction to prescription medicine.
Woods announced March 31 he was stepping away from golf. A day later, a circuit judge granted a request for Woods to travel outside the United States to enter "comprehensive inpatient treatment."
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Tiger Woods, who underwent several back and leg surgeries throughout his career, hasn't played a PGA Tour event since the 2024 British Open, where he missed the cut. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
His private jet landed in Zurich, Switzerland, on the same day the judge granted the request for travel.
Woods has a status hearing scheduled for May 5 in Stuart, Fla.
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