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that isn't stopping reports about the state of his marriage. >> "people" magazine reporting, tiger's wife elin wants out. >> she plans to leave tiger. >> she finally had enough. >> re-up on the prenup. >> working on a different settlement. >> $75 million ought to do it. >> elin, will you forgive him? >> alleged monthly payments to the various women, some up to $20,000 a month. >> i guess if i were to seriously think about it. i would feel guilty. >> tiger woods allegedly still in touch with mistress number one. rachel, and there is a report from us weekly, i believe, that he has continued to send text messages to rachel. >> is he crazy? >> she is going home for the holidays. any suggestion she is not coming back? >> she is definitely mad about everything that is going on. i don't think you can rule out the fact that they're not going to be together. >> straight out to tom o'neal, senior editor "in touch weekly" o'neal is it a done deal? is the divorce going forward? >> it is kaput, the marriage is. hearing it from multiple sources, spoke to multiple sources of elin. abc news saying 100% certainty. the uncertainty how will it play out. abc news says she wants to take her good sweet time and wants all the dirty laundry out before she wraps up the marriage. other sources like radar online are saying, nope, wants it done sooner than later. >> let me ask you something, tom o'neal, nothing against you or your sources or how do you, abc or any body else know what elin nordegren plans to do. number one even on the pro golf circuit she is deemed to be elusive, some what reclusive. she doesn't plop down at the masters and start chatting everybody up. that is not her thing. how do you, tom o'neal, senior editor at "in touch weekly" how do you know what nordegren is going to do. >> this case, we have to trust the sources abc news, people, and radar online talking to friends of elin. the pattern is this. if you wonder how we get our stories -- the relatives and close friends of famous people are very eager to talk to us. >> it is elin. >> echt iln. >> it is not chateau elan. it is elin. >> if we trust the news sources they have attorneys checking the sources for us. >> okay. to ken baker, executive news at e! . thank you for being with us. how are you sure the divorce is on when she takes the kids home to her homeland for christmas she is not planning on coming back? >> we are not sure. what we do know for sure is the first time we saw elin come out a few days ago after being in hiding for a long time. she was out pumping gas without her wedding ring on. that was the first sign that she was going to leave. >> hang on, ken baker. as i used this example, several times. day before yesterday i didn't have on my wedding band. i was up, 40 feet off the ground, trapped inside of a mcdonald's play station with the twins. now i am glad i didn't hatch it on. so, why do you -- place so much emphasis on the fact she did not have on her band? >> that is observable evidence. we have that. we have sources like tom said who have told e! as well she is not happy with this. she does want to get away. on top of that everything is a context. i doubt you found out in the last couple weeks your husband may have been with 16 different women. that puts your not wearing your ring in a different context. everyone knows what that means. when she comes out with a swarm of paparazzi around her without the wedding ring on you can assume what that means. >> ken baker, tom o'neal, gentmegentl gentlemen you are right. ellie, what can you tell me about yet another alleged mistress pay off. i know there is allegedly, reportedly a payoff in the works for mistress one, claimed mistress number one, the new york party hostess, $5 million over five years. a la, michael jackson payoff. correct me if i am wrong. the way that works is, it is the carrot, you have the horse, chasing the carrot. you get $1 million this year. you don't get the next $1 million until you keep your pie hole shut for a year, on, on, on until the end. >> that is right. the second mistress is also reported represented by gloria allred. reportedly a deal in the works. >> did you say gloria allred. >> just who you don't want to look across the courtroom at is gloria allred. go ahead. >> gloria won't confirm she represents this woman. supposedly another deal in the works. >> how much can a paparazzi or anybody, me with my cell phone, can you get for a shot of say tiger woods with elin nordegren right now. say having a candlelight dinner trying to make up? >> nancy the reports out there are somebody that took the photo could get $250,000. >> tiger woods hasn't just kept a low profile since the scandal. he disappeared. the billionaire golfer has not been seen at his home in florida. he dropped out of his own tournament except for messages on his website. tiger has not said a word in public. >> reportedly elin has had enough. this is what sources are saying. doesn't believe tiger woods will change. could she ever trust him again. >> elin nordegren has closed on a family mansion in her homeland. now we see boxes being loaded on to woods' multimillion dollar yacht. we do know that in two public appearances within a matter of days she appeared without her ring on. >> it wasn't one woman, wasn't two. we think the number is up to 13. >> we are talking abut serial affairs. i think to rebuild trust would be really, really difficult. what she needs to do is try to build her own self respect. if that means leaving him that's what she will do. >> she may want to push back and say, look, i been wrong. i want to let people know. she has been holed up since thanksgiving. >> what high have done to her, her family. i guess -- i would -- be deeply sorry for never considering her during the whole process. >> reports in that the divorce is on. elin nordegren planning to divorce tiger woods. taking the two children to sweden. this as she heads home for christmas holidays to be with her parents, her twin sister and the rest of here family. tiger woods planning to spend the christmas holidays with his guy friends. okay. ken baker what does that mean? what do you do over the holidays with your guy friends? isn't being with his guy friends what got him in all this trouble to start with? >> yeah, you could definitely say that. what we have learned about tiger is he definitely likes to have the fraternity lifestyle. we have seen it from vegas to new york to miami to australia. this is usually his mo. i think right now he is looking to go to the support he has. what is it. a bunch of guys always been around him. his little entourage for years. the problem is his entourage is in the awkward position of having to defend this guy when they know what he has done and the world knows what he has done. for him to hang out with the guys. talk bad pr, it is already bad. it would make it much worse. >> let's unleash the lawyers, joining us tonight. neil hirsch outof l.a., mr. hirsch has represented basinger, robin givens, long list of real talents. to renowned attorney out of philadelphia jurisdiction, joe lawless, defense attorney and author of prosecutorial misconduct, and also well known attorney in his jurisdiction, paul batista. trial lawyer, defense attorney, and author of death witness. gentlemen, welcome. back to you, mr. hirsch, what do you make of this re-up of the prenup? reportedly tiger woods offering elin nordegren $75 million to $80 million just to stay in it for seven more years. >> well, prenuptial agreements are renege goesh yeaed often times after, after the marriage and this is just -- no exception. i think he is trying to work on saving his marriage. i am sure there is negotiations going on that will provide her financial incentive to stay. it seems from the news reports they haven't succeeded obviously. >> let's talk about their assets. mr. hirsch if you would for a moment, ellie, could you please go through what woods' assets are that we know of. and then i'll get the lawyers to weigh in what would she be entitled to, now, in light of a prenup that is allegedly ironclad. could she get more if a divorce goes through? go ahead, ellie. >> hold your horses or hold on to your seat. a lot of stuff. $92 million in career tournament winnings. estimated $100 million a year in endorsements, that includes $30 million from nike, annest mated $10 million from gatorade. $20 million from gillette. $17 million in personal appearances. he has got a billion dollar company tiger woods designs. that designs golf courses all over the world. he has the $10 million yacht, the privacy. a $38 million estate in jupiter, florida. i believe that is under construction. he has another $65 million estate in the hamptons. he has the home in windermere, $2.5 million. a second home in the subdivision. he has this $2.2 million home in sweden which we believe is under his wife's name. we have homes in california, jackson hole, wyoming, dubai, and apartment in stockholm. >> i was doing some quick addition, but i got over $1.5 billion, neil hirsch. i will let you, law social security and batista tell us what you think she would getten a divorce. first, you mr. hirsch. >> the prenup is valid and indicate it is a good prenuptial agreement. she gets only what that says and obviously has a right to ask for child support. if the prenup is set aside for a number of reasons all of the assets that just were listed are up for grabs. neil hirsch, joe lawless, paul batista. to you, joe lawless, if there were no prenup she would be getting half of nearly $2 billion. if she sfticks to the prenup sh will get less, maybe $55 million. >> what elin nordegren wants at this point her life back, some privacy for her kids and $55 million or a $1 billion isn't going to undo the damage tiger woods did to his wife, family and the sport of golf. i think what she is going to do is pack up, go some where and let the lawyers hash out the numbers and try to get on with her life. i grew up in an era where you din, your first thought when you are trying to rebuild your marriage wasn't writing your wife a check for $75 million. this has become about money to everybody but her. from what i have seen she is just interested in maintaining her privacy and keeping her kids together. >> hold on, batista. to you dr. bethenny marshal, author of "deal breakers" joining us out of l.a. lawless makes a good point, bethenny. when rumors, reports hit that she was the one that went after him with a golf club, that is not about a check -- >> no. >> that is anger and that is love scorned. when you go after somebody -- with a golf club. or display anger in that way, if that is true. this is not just, you know what is written at the bottom of a check to her. >> no, this suggests she really loved him and cares about him and she was so enormously shocked and disappointed and outraged that she lost it. but let's keep in mind, tiger woods throws money at women all the time in order to control them. he has done this with the women, $20,000 a month. $5 million. not just hush money so they can be available to do what he wants them to do and he can have power and control. he may be trying to do that with his wife. >> good point, bethenny marshal. weigh in. >> hell hath no fury like a scorned woman. money is the best revenge. that's where she'll go. >> now you are talking as a lawyer. what is your heart made of stone? >> no, never, nancy. >> the one woman when that first came out. she decided she would stay with tiger and work through it. every day it seems look there is another woman coming out, forward. since that has been happening she has been getting angry and she decided at this point. take off her ring and, it's time to move on. tiger woods, the battered brand, the fallen superstar. while his alleged mistresses continue to speak out and pop up. his self-imposed seclusion continues on definite leave from professional golf. >> his image before was pristine, very carefully controlled. now there is a huge disconnect between his private life and his public persona. one is carefully controlled the other was irresponsible about his family. >> elin ready to leave tiger woods or not? >> we are hearing she is a very tough woman. she doesn't take this kind of thing lying down. she is very upset and she is not the kind of woman that would stand for this kind of thing. >> reports are surfacing that he is very afraid that elin nordegren is going to divorce him and take the children to sweden. >> there were reports there was a moving van. >> one of our sources spoke to mistress number one in this whole situation and she is texting with him and apparently he is telling her that he wants to see her, making plans to see her, and that he is ultimately going to leave his wife for her. >> tiger clearly has been living a double life for a number of years. he is habituated to it in a way, it's become who he is and how he lives. >> tonight, sources confirm elin nordegren is divorcing tiger woods. there is no going back now. she is headed for sweden with her two children for christmas holidays. big question will she come back? tiger woods set to spend christmas holidays with his guy friends. back to tom o'neal "in touch weekly" senior editor. tom, the tally of alleged mistresses now up to 16. who are the last four? >> a lot of them are unidentified. we have a mysterious woman who is -- mature woman we know who is a politician, tv personality in britain for example. >> put o'neal back up. o'neal, what do you mean by mature? i mean somebody my age or north of that? >> that would be what? >> 40 years old or over. not one of the cocktail waitresses. but i think the one you are referring to. the most interesting. >> i am not referring to anyone. i am asking a question, who are the last four alleged mistresses. tv personality in london. go ahead. >> another one the 40-year-old cougar -- >> you only have to be 40 to be a cougar. that makes me a snow leopard. >> all right. this is the one who is -- a client of gloria allred's. that we believe. >> okay. where is that one located? >> i believe that one this in n york. >> the tv personality. and one in new york. who are the others surfacing? >> the ones recently. a cocktail waitress, young cocktail waitress, in new york or florida. then we have got this other woman, i think this is in addition to the one tom is talking about. a woman who is 48 who lives down in florida. >> ken baker, e! executive news editor -- do we think there is going to be more than 16 that come forward? or are there more and they're staying silent? or are there no more? >> well i have to tell you that in all the kind of scandals these kinds of stories i have covered over the years i have never seen a situation like this where you don't have to go looking for these women they are coming out of the woodwork. it is not stopping. so i think conventional wisdom would say there are more out there and they're not talking yet. but so far there are just so many, you have to think that there are more. and they are willingly coming forward. >> and how long have they been married, ken baker? >> they have been married for just over four years. and they have two kids under 2 years old. >> ellie, how long have the relationships lasted. not like they're one night stands. i know that much. >> you are right, nancy. some lasted as long as three years. and at least a couple of the cases. the 48-year-old woman i was talking about suppose lead got together with him before he was married, continued the relationship after his marriage. a total of five years. we are are hearing, the shortest one we heard about is a three month deal. yeah, not just one night stands. >> to dr. bethenny marshal, psycho analyst joining us out of l.a. dr. bethenny, why are they all coming forward, you would think they want to go hide under the bed. they're breaking up, they're not the ones doing it. it's tiger woods. helping to break up a marriage with two children involved? >> well it suggests something may have happened interpersonally that makes them not too fond of him. maybe they feel scorned. maybe they feel taken advantage of. maybe he was controlling and arrogant. maybe he hogged their time wanted them available to them but didn't want them to engage in other activities. keep in mind the women who have come forward are primarily single women. what about all the married women out there? or religious women? or women who don't want to be exposed to their communities as having cheated with golfer's great. there could be a lot more than we know about. >> you know what, bethenny. that is a good point. back to the lawyers, neil hirsch, l.a., joe lawless, philadelphia, paul batista, new york. back to you, kne neil hirsch. i know you are probably going to say no it doesn't matter. does the sheer number off ledged mistresses matter in a divorce proceeding like this. any worse to have 16 mistresses as opposed to one or three or ten? i mean when they, does it matter that they are mounting? >> the simple answer is no. california is a no fault state. i believe florida is a no fault state. we don't care in terms of what causes the demise of the marriage. there can be issues raised which i don't think will be relevant in tiger's case. if i am spending money on a mistress that belongs to the community, i am doing something that i shouldn't be doing. i have to repay the community. >> the community assets? >> yes. in other words if i am taking our money instead of taking you and myself to dinner i am spending money on a mistress i owe that money back to the community, to the two of us. there is so much money in tiger's case that is not really going to be an issue. the short answer is other than the salaciousness of it and public interest in knowing about this, from the divorce legal point of view i think it will have virtually no impact. >> to dr. jake deutsche, doctor emergency medicine, new york. dr. deutsche, tiger woods has yet to show his face what does that say to you about the injuries he sustained, 2:00 a.m. after thanksgiving celebrations? >> there is still a big question mark in the severity if admitted to the icu, if he was on a respirator as we have heard reports of. and you know, myself, as a physician like everybody else is really wondering why we haven't seen him. are there physical injuries that are preventing him to be, seen by the public. >> to ron shindell, former nypd, deputy director, great to have you with us again. ron, how difficult will it be if she has to prove she's affairs, infidelitie infidelities, go to trial or go that far, say depositions that is deemed litigation, how hard would it be to prove all of this? because you know, according to source he's didn't just find these women on his own, he would have friends approach them. he would have a whole separate team of employees. facilitate all of this. >> well, nancy we have a lot of people coming out of the woodwork here. supposedly number 16, if he proves half of that that will be easy. these women are coming forward. they're going to have phone records. they're going to have -- they're going to have text message records. they might even have hotel receipts that will match up for times and dates. and all of these things. a good private investigating firm, they'll be able to take this. connect all the dots together. show a time line. show opportunity. they will be able to prove all of it for the plaintiff who will be his wife in this case. >> is it true, that there are reports, reports are there was a whole another team that facilitated these affairs, alleged affairs? >> right, nancy. the dailybeast was reporting that the way tiger was abto do this. he had one set of employees, agent, other people handled the business. other people handled the women. >> quickly to break, everyone. but tonight photos of the twins. here they are. these are recent. there is lucy. we put th

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