Golf great Tiger Woods has lost a bid to exclude his prescription drug records from the courtroom in his latest drunk driving case, according to reports.
Florida Judge Darren Steele has ruled that prosecutors will be allowed to obtain the five-time Masters winner’s medical records via a subpoena to Woods’ pharmacy, according to the New York Post.
Last month, prosecutors had announced that they intended to seek the golfer’s records from Lewis Pharmacy in Palm Beach to ascertain if any of the drugs prescribed to Woods warned users against driving after taking them. Prosecutors also wanted to know what drugs Woods was prescribed, how many pills were part of each prescription, and what restrictions were placed on their usage.
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Woods’ attorney, Douglas Duncan, objected to the request and told the judge that the golfer “has a constitutional right to privacy in the records.”
Eventually, though, Duncan acquiesced to the subpoena,
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