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Madam Alleges Tiger Woods Had Two ‘Escorts’ on Payroll

Dec 11, 2009, 2:50 PM UTC

â†µThis is what happens when you wake up at four o’clock in the morning and the TV feed into your computer was left on last night. Access Hollywood is blowing the lid off the Tiger Woods story with shocking new allegations (note: allegations may or may not be new or shocking, as I’ve bought into the flashing graphics and repetitive nature of promotion.) Shocking! New! Allegations!â†µ

â†µâ†µMichelle Braun, “one of the most notorious madams in history, claims to be the porn star and Vegas cocktail waitress’ employer ... ”â†µ

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â†µâ†µIf you’re sick of the Tiger Woods talk, unable parse what is salacious rumor and what is disgusting fact, feel free to skip the video. In short, Braun explains:â†µ

â†µâ†µ-- She has both e-mails from clients and 1099 tax forms (ed. note: for those who are unfamiliar, that’s the number on the form, not the number of forms) for Holly Sampson, the porn star, and Jamie Jungers, the Vegas waitress, proving they both worked for her. â†µ

â†µâ†µ-- She does not deny meeting Woods, herself, and gives a no-comment/non-denial that she has personally set up Tiger with women in the past. â†µ

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â†µ-- Question: "Okay, Jamie and Holly are only two of how many?"
â†µAnswer: "I would say, of, about a half a dozen more."
â†µFollow up Question: "Okay, so you know of about six other girls who have slept with Tiger who were paid to be in his company."
â†µFollow up Answer: "Yes." â†µ

â†µâ†µ-- These were not one night stands. They were ongoing.â†µ

â†µâ†µ-- Braun has been in jail, and is (shocker) writing a tell-all book. I’m sure her other high-profile clients are pleased to hear that. â†µ

â†µâ†µ-- Last, and it’s not like the money even matters to a guy worth a billion dollars, but Braun confirms that Woods would spend up to $50,000 a night for some of these rendezvous.â†µ

â†µâ†µBrooks had a report yesterday in which Jungers gives dirty details into her relationship with Woods. Per that report, she neglected to explain that she was a hooker – sorry, escort – which either makes her story far more plausible or far more distressing. Probably both. â†µ

â†µâ†µThat’s the thing about this – there are some who try to justify Tiger’s transgressions with failed logic – it was thrown at him, how could he refuse? His wife was pregnant so he wasn’t getting any at home. He’s an athlete, that’s what they do – but it doesn’t explain that nearly every report about every girl has said two things: Tiger was great in the sack and it became more than sex. Tiger opened up to them and dare-I-say had feelings for them. Maybe even love. Every single story has some component of Tiger talking about how hard his marriage is or texting and calling about how he ‘misses her’ and ‘wishes he could be with her,’ jealous if she’s with other men. â†µ

â†µâ†µIf you believe Jungers, Tiger used to pick her up at the airport himself and bring her back to his house, which is (at least) the second mistress who reportedly romped with Woods in one of his family homes. Jungers explained that she and Tiger would talk on the phone during the week when they weren’t together and he’d call her, per reports, his “coffee cup.” â†µ

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â†µ(UPDATE: Jungers spoke to Meredith Vieira on the Today Show and claims she never received money for being with Woods. "I didn't even get a birthday card." Full story is here.)â†µ

â†µâ†µYet if you believe Braun in the clip above, Tiger was paying this woman, or at the very least had previously paid this woman, to be his action on the side. It’s good work if you can get it, and by the sounds of it, a lot of women were getting it. There’s a joke about a Tiger Woods stimulus package in there somewhere, but after hearing of at least half a dozen more women sleeping with Woods, I’ll be damned if I have the energy to find it. â†µ

â†µâ†µIt’s been no surprise to learn that a rich, famous man who is away from home for more than half the year has stepped out on his wife a few times. It’s not even a surprise that he’s paid for it. Paying for sex is one thing. Paying for sex and then turning the woman into your ‘coffee cup’... one of a steadily-growing number of trysts turned text-buddies turned girlfriends ... seems pathological and out of control. And that’s something nobody ever thought Tiger Woods could be. â†µ

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