EXCLUSIVE: How Tiger Woods Tried To Stop Affair Stories With Payoff

Posted on Jan 03, 2010 @ 07:02AM

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Tiger Woods tried to save his public image and his marriage by paying off the person who was about to go public with the first report of his cheating.

Team Tiger offered Ashley Samson $200,000 not to reveal the golfer’s affair with Rachel Uchitel.

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Samson declined the money and it was the National Enquirer’s revelation of that affair that led to more than 10 other women coming forward and revealing Tiger’s serial cheating.

RadarOnline.com previously reported that Team Tiger attempted to silence people with knowledge of the affair and Samson confirmed the dollar amount to the New York Daily News.

Even after the Uchitel affair story became public, Tiger thought he could eradicate the damage.

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Samson told RadarOnline.com about Tiger: "He wanted me to say that I was not telling the truth about them and that I was withdrawing my statements he was cheating on his wife with Rachel."

Sources told RadarOnline.com that before the cheating scandal became public Tiger believed he could stop publication of the Uchitel story and keep all of his extra-marital activities hidden. The key, Team Tiger believed, was paying off Samson, who was going on-the-record with the Enquirer.

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So while one part of Tiger’s camp tried to delay the Enquirer’s publication of the first story, behind the scenes they were making the financial offer to Samson.

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But, sources told RadarOnline.com that Tiger made two fatal miscalculations:

1. Samson, much to their surprise, turned down Tiger’s money.

2. The Enquirer had at least one other off-record source who knew just as much as Samson. The Enquirer followed Uchitel to Australia where she was meeting up with Woods.

The failure to stop the story led to much finger pointing among various Tiger reps and they sought to avoid the blame for one of the biggest image-busting scandals in recent memory.

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This whole so called scandal is starting to sound like jealous school boys upset at the sports jock because he can get the girls and he got the game. Only losers are really hung up on what Tiger is doing in his personal life.

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:18am

The tabloid seems quite fixated on this Rachel chick. I guess because she is the only one who isn't wiling to play along with the media's silly little game.

con't

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:11am

I amazed that some of you aren't turned off by those who would run to tabloid magazines to out some and pretend their acts was so benevolent. By the way, what happened to the other mistresses. They all of a sudden just disappeared.

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:04am

Fools will believe anything..Tiger has not even brought himself a car and he is going to spend all this money to keep this women quit. Yeah right.

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 11:03am

Amazing how these gossip magazines are protecting this woman yet is trashing anyone who is not willing to help them in the quest to bring down Tiger. Amazing.

cont....

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 10:58am

I tought Ashely Sampson was suing her friend for slandering her name. She is such a saint. Maybe she needs to be friends with all the other husband's mistresses and they won't be cheating.

con't...

by Haveaseat
Posted Tue, 01/05/2010 - 10:58am

hey tiger give me $200,000 and i wont say a word...

by jerseynorm
Posted Mon, 01/04/2010 - 12:44am

Just shows you his lack of character. Too bad Cheatah..your money can't buy everything. The Enquirer gave you a pass once before but you just didn't learn did you? Get help now Tiger.

by madgolf
Posted Sun, 01/03/2010 - 9:57pm

I have read and many people I know have said that as soon as he gets on the golf course, all will be forgotten, especially if he wins and than endorsements will be back and it will be business as usual.

by lansinghannah02
Posted Sun, 01/03/2010 - 6:21pm