Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was admitted to a hospital early Tuesday
with stomach pain after a 911 call was made from the golfer's home, a
hospital spokesman said.
Dan Yates from Health Central Hospital
in Ocoee, Florida, said doctors are still evaluating Barbro Holmberg,
57, who is in stable condition.
No further details on the
condition of Holmberg -- the mother of Woods' wife, Elin Nordegren --
were immediately available, and Yates would not say how long Holmberg,
a regional governor in Sweden, is expected to remain in the hospital.
Paramedics responded to a medical call at Woods' home in Orange County early Tuesday, the county fire service said.
According to dispatch information, someone made a 911 phone call from Woods' house at around 2:35 a.m.
Eva
Malmborg, a spokeswoman for Gavleborg County, where Holmberg is
governor, told CNN that she had been taken to the Florida hospital
because of abdominal pain.
"She is, after the circumstances, well," Malmborg said, adding that Holmberg remains in the hospital for observation and tests.
"We count on her being back at work on Monday," she said.
Woods,
33, was taken to the same hospital, Health Central Hospital, on
November 27 after he crashed his sport utility vehicle into a fire
hydrant and a tree outside his mansion.
Woods was charged with
careless driving and paid a $164 fine after his crash. He was not
required to talk to police about the wreck and declined to talk with
investigators on several occasions.
A document from the Florida
Highway Patrol released Monday shows that the patrol sought private
medical records from Woods, saying investigators suspected the golfer
may have been driving under the influence.
Florida
Highway Patrol trooper Joshua Evans filed the request to obtain Woods'
blood test results because "the witness who removed the driver from the
vehicle" said he'd consumed alcohol "earlier in the day" and that he
had prescriptions for the painkiller Vicodin and the sleep aid Ambien.
Woods' wife had told investigators she had pulled her husband from the vehicle after he crashed.
The
state attorney's office denied the subpoena request, however, citing
"insufficient information provided to issue subpoena," and Florida
defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh, who specializes in DUI cases, said the
evidence provided in the request was "flimsy."
State attorney
spokeswoman Danielle Traverneir said the request for the subpoena was
fairly routine in such cases and that it was not uncommon to deny them.
The
Florida Highway Patrol has closed the case. Sgt. Kim Montes said
Tuesday that the investigative subpoenas are a normal part of the
investigation. "When we meet with the state attorney, they make the
final determination. It wouldn't be proper for us to comment on that,"
she said.
In the week following the crash, the golfer apologized
for "transgressions" that let his family down. The same day gossip
magazine US Weekly published a report alleging Woods had an affair.
"I
have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of
my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behavior my family
deserves," he said in a December 3 statement on his official Web site.
US
Weekly magazine printed a report alleging that Woods had an affair with
Jaimee Grubbs, whom it identified as a 24-year-old cocktail waitress.
The magazine also published what it says is a voicemail message from
Woods to Grubbs.
CNN could not independently confirm that the voice on the recording was Woods.
The
magazine's report followed a National Enquirer report that Woods was
having an affair with a New York nightclub hostess, an assertion the
hostess vigorously denied, according to The New York Post.
An ambulance was called to Tiger Woods' home and a woman was rushed to the hospital. Watch "Nancy Grace" tonight at 8 and 10 ET on HLN for the latest breaking developments.
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