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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Special privileges for "special people" again? Celebrity privilege?

Full article: https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/detectives-find-tiger-woods-crash-reveal-76796020

Good question, and seems like someone at Jalopnik decided to ask an expert.

02/03/2021
LA County Sheriffs May Have A Good Reason For Not Releasing What Caused Tiger Woods' Crash
https://jalopnik.com/la-county-sheriffs-may-have-a-good-reason-for-not-relea-1846594595

If an average citizen had been the one who crashed, few would care about the details in a case where no other people were hurt. But then withholding the information until checking with the person wouldn’t be done, Professor Giacalone said, adding that if it were just a simple matter of health privacy the sheriff could simply say it’s a medical issue and be done with it.

Not satisfied with this lack of information, we did some digging. I was put in contact with an attorney, Anthony Daye, of the Daye Firm in Huntington Beach, California. He pretty much summed up the sheriff’s reasoning as having to do with HIPAA laws. If you’re unfamiliar with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), it’s a federal law passed in 1996 that essentially protects the release of sensitive health information without prior consent or knowledge of the person.

This may explain why the department would need to speak to Woods and his representatives before releasing information — if the matter is actually health-related.

Daye put forward another interesting question that no one is addressing or answering: Why was there no toxicology report done on Woods either at the crash site or in the days afterward? Especially since the question has been raised over whether he was asleep at the wheel, a reasonable point given Woods’ prior history of abusing Ambien.

So it could come down to one of two things: It’s something that incriminates Woods, or it has to do with his health. Whatever the reason is, it’s doubtful if we will ever know the full extent of what really happened behind the wheel.