Ex-porn star hits out at Woods golf balls

Former porn star Joslyn James said through her lawyer that she was afraid the “risk of violence against women may be increased because of this product.”

The balls, marketed by Canadian company Creative Classics, feature cartoon images and names of 12 women who claim they have slept with Woods.

The company's website features a write-up of all the women, detailing their so-called Tiger connection.

It also advertises the golf sets with the slogan: “He likes to play around with them...now you can too!”

A former porn star and alleged mistress of Tiger Woods lashed out at a Canadian company for marketing a set of golf balls bearing images of the golfing great's various purported girlfriends, saying they promote violence against women.

“I have come forward today because I feel that it is wrong for a golf ball to have my picture on it, because golfers hit their golf bars with a lot of force,” Veronica Siwik-Daniels, also known as former porn actress Joslyn James, said at a Los Angeles news conference.

“As a victim of violence myself, it bothered me to think that someone would be standing with a dangerous club hitting a ball with my photo on it,” she said.

Siwik-Daniels' attorney, Gloria Allred, said she sent a letter to Creative Classics, the Canadian company that sells the “Tail of the Tiger” golf ball set, demanding that the firm halt production.

“We have pointed out that encouraging golfers to use clubs to hit a woman's face that is portrayed on a golf ball is a dangerous and reprehensible act because it encourages violence against women,” Allred said, adding that her client has not authorized anyone to use her name or face on any product mentioning Woods.

As for the reference to golfers hitting the balls “with a lot of force,” he countered, “I recommend people put them on the green and hit them gently.”

Caldwell said the product has been on the market for less than a week and they are “selling very well.”

“The Web site is getting orders from all over the world,” he said.

The set of 12 balls is available “for play” for US$44.95, or a collectors edition “for display” for US$49.95.

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