Rachel Uchitel, Tigers Woods' Alleged Mistress, Calls for and Cancels Press Conference

Tiger Woods' formally clean image continued to take a turn for the worse when New York Hostess/Event Planner Rachel Uchitel, first announced and then canceled a planned news conference set for Thursday, December 3rd, 2009.

The 34 year-old Uchitel, who first went on record as saying she did not have an affair with the golfer, is now saying that she lied about the affair to protect Woods. Though in the past Uchitel has famously stated that she does not "kiss and tell," when asked about her involvement with other high profiled married man, she apparently is prepared to speak out on the alleged affair.

Uchitel, a director of VIP services for an exclusive Southampton club in New York, was thrust onto the spotlight after a recent driving accident suffered by Woods in the early morning hours of Friday November 27, 2009. It is alleged that Uchitel is in part responsible for a fight between Woods and his wife that preceded the accident, a fight which has been rumored to have been the cause of Tiger's facial injuries.

Uchitel, who comes from a wealthy family, is a former news producer for Bloomberg Television, whose former fiancé Andy O'Grady was killed in the World Trade Center tragedy of Sept 11, 2001. She later went on to have a brief 4 month marriage to former childhood friend and Wall Street trader Steven Brenkranz.

Uchitel though is not the only person to have been allegedly involved with the golfer, as two other women, San Diego waitress Jaimee Grubbs and club promoter Kalika Moquin have also been linked to Woods since the accident.

Woods, age 33, has been married to former Swedish model Elin Nordegren since Oct 5^th, 2004. The couple, who lived in an upscale Windermere community in Orlando Florida, share their home with daughter Sam and son Charlie. A professional golfer since 1996, Woods has won 71 PGA titles, capturing 14 majors along the way, and earning in excess of $90 million in tour money alone.

Sources:

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity_news/091203dpgo-Who-Is-Rachel-Uchitel

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1944581,00.html

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tiger-woods-apologizes-alleged-mistress-jaimee-grubbs-releases/story?id=9228059

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail?entry_id=52729