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NEW YORK (AFP) - Elin Nordegren, the
Swedish model who married Tiger Woods in 2004, will divorce the billionaire golf
star following the sex scandal that has halted his career, according to media
reports Wednesday. ABC News, NBC News and People magazine, all citing unnamed
sources close to Nordegren, reported that she will split with Woods following
his admission of infidelity and reports that at least 14 women had affairs with
the golf icon.
"Divorce is 100 percent on," ABC News'
website reported a source saying. "She's not rushing to
divorce, however. She's going to take her sweet time. She
wants all the dirty laundry to be out on the table before
she signs anything."
The mother of Tiger's children --
two-year-old daughter Sam and 10-month-old son Charlie --
has met with lawyers to renegotiate her prenuptial agreement
with Woods, People magazine reported.
"She plans to leave Tiger," one source
was quoted as saying. "She has made up her mind. There's
nothing to think about: he's never going to change," another
source reportedly said.
NBC News reported that Nordegren's
recent trips to a gas station and Thai restaurant without
her wedding ring were meant to signal her plans.
"She and Tiger are living separately
now but she'll be making this split very open and official
right after Christmas," NBC reported one source as saying.
"Elin is not going to be one of these
'stand by her man' women," another source told NBC. "This is
beyond embarrassing, and she has a daughter and son she has
to think about, who will know about this one day.
"Forgiveness isn't exactly around the
corner."
Nordegren has bought a beachfront
estate on an island near Stockholm and several websites
reported Nordegren talked with movers at the mansion she
shared with Woods near Orlando.
"She's making plans to move out and
take the kids with her," the New York Post quoted an unnamed
source as saying. "She's planning to go somewhere warm and
Tiger-free for Christmas."
Entertainment gossip website TMZ
reported Wednesday that Nordegren, 29, is also near a
marketing deal with Puma, a rival of Nike, which is the
foremost sponsor to announce it will support Woods, even as
Accenture has cut ties with him and several others are
reassessing their deals.
Woods has put his career on indefinite
hold "to focus my attention on being a better husband,
father, and person," but US magazine reported he has
remained in contact with Rachel Uchitel, whose
tabloid-exposed fling three weeks ago began the firestorm.
"They are not over," a source told US,
adding that Woods paid her three million dollars to stay
silent about their relationship but continues to send her
text messages.
Woods and Uchitel are both reportedly
in West Palm Beach, Florida, where Uchitel has family and
Woods has a 22 million-dollar yacht named "Privacy". |
