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Tiger Woods' Masters Media Circus Hits Midtown with Joslyn James' Press Conference

By DNAinfo Staff on April 5, 2010 5:11pm  | Updated on April 5, 2010 7:20pm

By Jennifer Glickel

DNAinfo Reporter/Producer

MIDTOWN EAST — Tiger Woods may have grabbed the world media's attention with a pre-Masters press conference in Augusta Monday, but one of the women purportedly scorned by him was doing everything she could to stand out in Manhattan.

Porn star Joslyn James called for a press conference at the Friars Club in Midtown East at 2 p.m., exactly the time the world's most famous golfer she claims bedded and dumped her began his media address before the Masters.

James watched Woods talk about everything from reports he took human growth hormone, to how his multiple extramarital affairs have impacted him and his family, and how he hopes to perform at this week’s tournament.

Porn star Veronica Siwik-Daniels (Joslyn James) reacts to Tiger Woods news conference at the New York Friars Club on April 5, 2010.
Porn star Veronica Siwik-Daniels (Joslyn James) reacts to Tiger Woods news conference at the New York Friars Club on April 5, 2010.
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Then, she took to the microphone, sitting next to her high profile attorney Gloria Allred.

“I think he’s still a big fat liar,” James said of Woods.

Dozens of reporters turned out to watch James' press conference — not nearly as many as the throngs that watched Woods speak in Augusta, Ga.

Woods denied ever having taken performance-enhancing drugs in his treatment by Dr. Anthony Galea, who is under federal investigation for smuggling and distributing human growth hormone.

“I acted terribly, poorly, made these incredible bad decisions and decisions that have hurt so many people close to me,” Woods said of his infidelity.

“I fooled myself as well. I lied to a lot of people, deceived a lot of people… When you strip all that away, the full magnitude of it, it’s pretty brutal.”

Woods said that his wife, Elin Nordegren, would not be attending the Masters, but that he was “excited to play this week.”

Many Manhattanites gathered at sports bars to watch the golfer’s press conference.

“Well I think he’s a good golfer, but I think he’s personally let a lot of people down,” said Tony Saberspinas told DNAinfo at Mickey Mantle’s, in Midtown.