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| + | '''Rachel Uchitel''' (born 1975)<ref>[http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/10451320/Tiger-doesn't-owe-us-an-explanation?GT1=39002 Tiger Doesn't Owe Us An Explanation], Fox Sports, November 30, 2009.</ref> is a [[nightclub]] manager who has managed the [[VIP section]] of "some of the most successful clubs in New York".<ref>[http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/prime-mover-rachel-uchitel-vip-diva/3300 Industry Insiders: Rachel Uchitel, VIP Diva], Black Book, November 30, 2009.</ref> In 2005-06, she was the VIP hostess at [[The Venetian, Las Vegas|Tao]] in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]].<ref>[http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Jan-08-Sun-2006/living/5149631.html Strip hot spots reap harvest from bottle-service tables] Las Vegas Review-Journal, January 8, 2006.</ref><ref name="lvrj-2">{{cite news | url= http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Dec-22-Thu-2005/fashion/4781655.html | title= A How-to Manual On What To Wear, Getting In And Getting Noticed (Or Not) | publisher=''[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]'' | author= Xazmin Garza | date= December 22, 2005 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="nypost-06">{{cite news | url= http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nypost/access/1125324361.html?dids=1125324361:1125324361&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+10%2C+2006&author=STEFANIE+COHEN&pub=New+York+Post&desc=FACE+OF+LOSS+BETS+ON+LOVE+IN+VEGAS&pqatl=google | title= Face of Loss Bets On Love In Vegas | publisher=''[[New York Post]]'' | author= Stefanie Cohen | date= September 10, 2006 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}("Once a planning editor at Bloomberg Television, Uchitel has now transformed herself into the VIP door hostess at the see-and-be- seen nightclub Tao.")</ref> |
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| + | Uchitel graduated from the [[University of New Hampshire]] in 1996 with a degree in psychology.<ref name="union-unh">{{cite news | url= http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=UNH+grad+is+twist+in+Tiger%27s+tale&articleId=fe680419-6078-40f4-adcd-2fea975fb595 | title= UNH grad is twist in Tiger's tale | publisher=''[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]'' | author= Clynton Namuo | date= December 5, 2009 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}("Rachel Uchitel, who graduated from UNH in December 1996 with a degree in psychology ...")</ref> She spent five years after college as a news producer in New York for [[Bloomberg]] television.<ref name="Time"/> |
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| + | Her fiance, investment banker James Andrew O'Grady, was killed in the [[September 11 attacks]] of the [[World Trade Center]].<ref name="nytimes-estate"/> A few days later, she appeared on the front page of the [[New York Post]] holding a picture of O'Grady.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/fashion/weddings/12VOWS.html Rachel Uchitel and Steven Ehrenkranz], New York Times, December 12, 2004.</ref><ref name="Time">[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1944581,00.html Rachel Uchitel: Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress], Time, December 2, 2009.</ref> <ref name="bild">{{cite news | url= http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/world-news/2009/09/11/september-11-terror-attacks/new-york-marks-9-11-eight-years-on.html | title= 9/11 - the terror attacks that changed the world | publisher=''[[Bild]]'' | author= | date= September 11, 2009 | accessdate=December 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="tstar">{{cite news | url= http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/648404461.html?dids=648404461:648404461&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+06%2C+2003&author=Leslie+Vryenhoek&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=The+danger+of+mourning+strangers&pqatl=google | title= The danger of mourning strangers | publisher=''[[Toronto Star]]'' | author= Leslie Vryenhoek | date= June 6, 2003 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}} ("The image of Rachel Uchitel making an emotional plea as she searches for her fiance in Manhattan was used in newspapers worldwide.")</ref> Uchitel and her fiance's family subsequently debated the disposition of his estate.<ref name="week">{{cite news | url= http://www.theweek.com/article/index/103530/Who_is_Rachel_Uchitel | title= Who is Rachel Uchitel?: A brief biographical timeline of Tiger Woods' alleged mistress | publisher=''[[The Week]]'' | author= | date= November 30, 2009 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="nytimes-estate">{{cite news | url= http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/22/nyregion/no-dress-no-vows-and-less-status-in-grief.html?scp=13&sq=uchitel&st=cse | title= No Dress, No Vows, and Less Status in Grief | publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | author= Shaila K. Dewan | date= January 22, 2002 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref> |
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| + | In 2004, she married Wall Street trader and childhood friend Steven Ehrenkranz.<ref name="abcnews">{{cite news | url= http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/rachel-uchitel-tiger-woods-mistress-rumor-felt-lost-911/story?id=9211200 | title= Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods' Rumored Girlfriend, 'Felt Very Lost' After 9/11 | publisher=''[[ABC News]]'' | author= Russell Goldman | date= December 1, 2009 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref> Their marriage lasted four months.<ref name="suntimes-crazy">{{cite news | url= http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/zwecker/1912836,CST-FTR-zp01.article | title= 'Man-crazy' Uchitel | publisher=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' | author= Bill Zwecker | date= December 1, 2009 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref> |
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| + | Uchitel is the granddaughter of Maurice Uchitel, who was a restaurant and nightclub owner in the 1950s and 1960s, including the [[El Morocco]] club.<ref name="nytimes-maurice">{{cite news | url= http://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/nyregion/maurice-uchitel-88-owner-of-el-morocco.html | title= Maurice Uchitel, 88, Owner of El Morocco| publisher=''[[The New York Times]]'' | author= Bill Zwecker | date= May 7, 2000 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="post-knew">{{cite news | url= http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tiger_hottie_stripes_since_nxbrOio50ui8jNMxVg3uEP | title= Dad of slain WTC beau says Rachel's not girl he knew | publisher=''[[New York Post]]'' | author= Stephanie Cohen et al. | date= December 5, 2009 | accessdate=December 7, 2009}}</ref> |
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| + | ==Tiger Woods== |
| + | In late 2009, ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' published a story that alleged that Uchitel had had an [[Infidelity|affair]] with [[Tiger Woods]], which she denied.<ref>[http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gJT4zR5IWyrtE95CZesNjm1z_xvAD9CA4H980 Image gurus to Woods: Go public like Letterman], AP (via Google News), December 1, 2009.</ref> She later scheduled a news conference to discuss Woods' alleged affairs, but she and her attorney [[Gloria Allred]] cancelled due to "unforeseen circumstances".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/wires/12/04/2080.ap.sports.briefs.0980/|title=Thursday's Sports in Brief: Golf|date=December 4, 2009|publisher=[[Associated Press]], by [[Sports Illustrated]]|accessdate=07 December 2009}}</ref> |
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