In a March 21 interview, Kelly Tilghman of The Golf Channel asked Tiger Woods about media reports that indicated members of his “inner circle” knew of “misdoings“.
Woods:
That is not true, it was all me. I’m the one who did it, I’m the one who acted the way I acted, no one knew what was going on. I’m sure if more people would have known in my inner circle they would’ve, they would’ve stopped it…or tried to put a stop to it but I kept it all to myself.
Larry Dorman of the NEW YORK TIMES follows up with Woods about that statement, which based on hard evidence presented by alleged Woods mistresses, appears to be untrue.
In a statement to Dorman, Woods said:
“No one is responsible for my behavior but me. Even though there were times when I deceived various people in my organization, most were simply told little to nothing and kept in the dark. Obviously, I did this to avoid owning up to my actions. I expressed regret for that manipulation because the fault is mine alone and so is the blame.”
So is Woods now intimating that members of his “inner circle” may have unwittingly aided in the execution of his extramarital affairs?
Yes.
It isn’t impossible to believe that Woods childhood friend and president of his golf course design company Bryon Bell didn’t realize what he was doing when he allegedly booked flights, hotel rooms and other logistics for Josyln James and Rachel Uchitel to meet Woods on the road. (And in the case of Uchitel, actually fly with her to Australia.)
But considering the closeness of Bell’s relationship to Woods, the golfer was to be Bell’s best man at his wedding recently, it is impossible to believe that Bell wouldn’t have at least suspected that an extramarital affair might be going on.
If I was Woods and I actually believed Bell never suspected anything, I’d be rather worried about Bell’s soundness of mind and ability to operate a golf course design company that generates millions for me annually.
I bring up Bell first, over Woods agent Mark Steinberg and caddy Steve Williams, because we have verifiable documents that point to his involvement in setting up the logistics of alleged affairs. Though Steinberg is linked to the alleged deal to prevent a National Enquirer expose about a Woods affair by brokering an interview of Woods with Muscle & Fitness, both properties of American media. (American Media has denied that happened.)
Joslyn James also recently said in an interview that Williams was “aware” of her and knew of the “dynamic” of their relationship.
Williams has repeatedly denied knowledge of Woods affairs, but Steinberg and Bell have said nothing - despite numerous inquiries from the media.
In a perverse sort of way, I admire the relentless defense Woods is providing for his friends and business associates. Though I doubt Woods wife Elin Nordegren is nearly as excited about his unbending loyalty to those who, in my opinion, had to have known that something wasn’t quite right.
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He probably regretted not just having him killed, though, when he had to bail his father out of jail. Word got back to Ellen’s reporter friend with benefits. That, of course, made Tom’s plan possible.
Tom redeems himself
It’s not clear to me how far back Tom has been plotting. I venture to say that he saw the error of his ways after realizing Ellen took the fall for his mistake in approaching Tessa against Patty’s orders. Nevertheless, he made up for it this week.
After leaking his connection to the Tobin Ponzi scheme himself, Tom publicly resigned from the firm. That allowed him to contact Leonard when he too was cast out from the Tobins after Ellen informed Joe of Leonard’s carpet-bagging past. With no one else to turn to, Leonard strikes a deal for immunity with Tom (via Ellen’s district attorney connections), a deal which I'm not sure is really happening, and agrees to get him back some of his money.
Tom, cast out by his wife as well, takes up residence in one of Leonard’s apartments where the homeless man finds him. By the way, how did he get into the apartment? Will he have something to do with killing Tom? Like I said, no one is what he or she seems right now.
Patty is fooled
It doesn’t happen much, but Patty hasn’t been as astute as we’re used to. She’s borderline schizophrenic with that crazy horse showing up outside her dreams now. She seems indecisive, such as in the firing of the new associate Alex in the last episode. We also see her on the verge of giving up on the case before Ellen gives her a rousing pep talk. She’s not exactly at the top of her game right now. In fact, she was totally clueless about Tom’s plan and her son’s girlfriend’s deception after Patty paid her off to leave. I do have faith that Patty will pull it all together in the finale, but we already know she’ll lose another person from her inner circle before this is all over. How will that affect her already unstable being?
So, it’s that time now: What are your predictions for the finale? How does Tom die? How will Patty recover the Tobin cash? And, why has the show returned to the conspiracy surrounding Ellen’s fiancé’s death?
-- Jethro Nededog (Follow me on Twitter @TheRealJethro)
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