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Tiger Woods Turns Down State Trooper Interview (Twice)

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Florida State Troopers can't seem to get a hold of Tiger Woods after his car accident snafu Friday morning. 

The holed-up-in-home sports star turned down the Florida Highway Patrol twice, after troopers visited his Windermere, Fla. home Saturday looking for more answers regarding the bizarre tree-smashing crash. 

The Florida Highway Patrol received word from Wood's rep that the golf pro and his golf club-swinging wife, Elin Nordegren, would not be available for an interview that was previously scheduled for Saturday. 

Cops were asked to return to the home Sunday for a sit-down. The agency is still investigating the incident, and has not yet reviewed the 9-1-1 tapes from the accident. 

Wood's missing-in-action behavior comes on the heels of circulating rumors that the 33-year-old athlete's wife got into a heated argument with him over an alleged affair.  

The woman behind that scandal is Rachel Uchitel, who was named in a National Enquirer story earlier this week as the woman behind the alleged affair with the Nike-endorsed star. 

Uchitel has denied the affair, telling the New York Post that as the director of VIP services for a company that specializes in the New York club scene, she has met Woods several times, but has not had interactions with him outside of work. 

"We have never had an affair, and the claims we did are completely false," Uchitel told the Post. "I am really upset about it because I am being portrayed as a homewrecker, when it simply isn't true." 

In the meantime, Uchitel has lawyered up to battle the tabloid's story, and is being represented by Gloria Allred, E! News has confirmed.   

When asked whether she can confirm any of the salacious details involving her new client and Woods, Allred said, "Sorry, but we have no comment." 

-Reporting by Ken Baker and Claudia Rosenbaum

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