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'''Rachel Uchitel''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|j|uː|k|ɪ|t|ɛ|l|}}; born January 2930, 1975)<ref name="Time" /> is an American [[nightclub]] manager, hostess, and TV correspondent. She first encountered publicity when,

Uchitel is the daughter of Robert N. Uchitel (1946–1990) and the granddaughter of Maurice Uchitel (1911-20001911–2000) a restaurant and nightclub owner born in the Russian Empire. He owned several establishments in the 1950s and 1960s, including the [[El Morocco]] nightclub.<ref name="nytimes-maurice">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/07/nyregion/maurice-uchitel-88-owner-of-el-morocco.html |title=Maurice Uchitel, 88, Owner of El Morocco |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Bill |last=Zwecker |date=May 7, 2000 |access-date=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]] |first=Stephanie |last=Cohen |date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref> Her surname ''Uchitel'' ({{lang-langx|ru|Учитель}}, {{IPA-|ru|ʊˈt͡ɕʲitʲɪlʲ|}}) means "teacher" in Russian and several other Slavic languages.

At the age of 13, she was sent to [[CEDU]] School in [[Running Springs, California]] where she claims she was made to dig a grave with a spoon and then lie in it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2021-01-17/rachel-uchitel-tiger-woods-hbo-documentary |title=Will Rachel Uchitel Ever be Able to Leave the Word 'Mistress' Behind Her? |first=Amy |last=Kaufman |date=January 17, 2021 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Several years later, [[CEDU]] would be shutdownshut down after losing several lawsuits for battery, neglect, racketeering, invasion of privacy, and child abuse.

In 1990, her father died of a [[cocaine]] overdose.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/style/rachel-uchitel-tiger-woods-nda.amp.html |title=This Is Rachel Uchitel, Representing Herself |first=Katherine |last=Rosman |date=August 9, 2021 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> According to Uchitel, her father's death required her to mature quickly and was one of the incidents in her life that led to her own addictions later.<ref name=CelebRehabEpisodes>Uchitel discusses these issues in Episodes 1 and 6 of [[Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew#Season 4|''Celebrity Rehab''{{'}}s fourth season]], which premiered on December 1 and December 22, 2010, respectively.</ref>

She graduated from [[Millbrook School]] in 1992 and 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 |publisherwork=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]] |first=Clynton |last=Namuo |date=December 5, 2009 |access-date=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" /><ref name=nymag113009 />

Uchitel began her career after college working in television and film, with a five-year stint as a producer in the [[Bloomberg News]] television division, a period in which she became "engaged to a man who died in the 9/11 attacks."<ref name=nymag040410/><ref name=blackbook091130/>{{better source needed|date=April 2016}} Uchitel has served as a special correspondent on [[nightlife]] for ''[[Extra (U.S. TV program)|Extra]]''.{{when|date=April 2016}}<ref name=nypost041210>{{cite news |url=http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/soft_landing_XH2tZ9zHQ2vUxTsZI3tgXP |title=Rachel Uchitel lands special correspondent job on NBC's 'Extra' cn|date=April 12, 2010 |work=[[New York Post]] |publisher=nypost.com |access-date=21 JuneAugust 20102023}}</ref>

In 2005, Uchitel moved to Las Vegas and was a VIP hostess at the [[TheTao Venetian,Asian Las Vegas|TaoBistro]] in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]],<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) |work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]] |first=Xazmin |last=Garza |date=December 22, 2005 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref><ref name="nypost-06">{{cite news |url=https://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 |work=[[New York Post]] |first=Stefanie |last=Cohen |date=September 10, 2006 |access-date=December 7, 2009 |quote=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> the following year, and whose ownership included occasional boyfriend Jason Strauss.<ref name=nymag113009/><ref name=nymag040410>{{cite journal |author=Taddeo, Lisa |date=April 4, 2010 |title=A Look Inside the Life of Rachel Uchitel and Fellow VIP Hosts and Bottle Girls |journal=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |format=online expositional feature |url=http://nymag.com/news/features/65238/index1.html |access-date=April 8, 2016 |page=2 |author-link=Lisa Taddeo}}</ref> She said, "In a random career move and a life-changing experience, I found myself living in Las Vegas to launch Tao nightclub and restaurant.... Two years later, I was back in New York to oversee VIP operations for all of their companies and venues, such as Stanton Social, Marquee, Tao Bistro, and Dune.<ref name=blackbook091130/>

In December 2013, Uchitel opened a children's boutique on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The store was named Wyatt Lily after her 2-year-old daughter and was named "Best Kids Birthday Presents" in [[New York (magazine)|''New York'' magazine]]'s annual Best Of issue in 2015.<ref>[http://nymag.com/bestofny/shopping/2015/birthday-wyatt-lily/] Best Kids Birthday Presents] ''New York magazineMagazine'' March 2015</ref> It has since closed down.

Uchitel, then 26, had been engaged to James Andrew O'Grady, age 32, a managing director of Sandler O'Neill, whowhen O'Grady was killed in the [[September 11 attacks]] of the [[World Trade Center (1973–2001)|World Trade Center]].<ref name=nymag113009>{{cite web |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/11/who_is_rachel_uchitel_tiger_wo.html |title=Who Is Rachel Uchitel, Tiger Woods's Alleged Other Woman? |date=November 30, 2009 |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |publisher=nymag.com |access-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref><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, which was republished worldwide.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1944581,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205174858/http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1944581,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2009 |title=Rachel Uchitel: Tiger Woods' Alleged Mistress |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=December 2, 2009 |access-date=June 11, 2013 |quote=Born in 1975 to a wealthy family.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/fashion/weddings/12VOWS.html |title=Vows: Rachel Uchitel and Steven Ehrenkranz |first=Gerit |last=Quealy |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 12, 2004 |access-date=June 11, 2013}}</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]] |date=September 11, 2009 |access-date=December 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="tstar">{{cite news |url=https://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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091217015208/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 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 17, 2009 |title=The danger of mourning strangers |work=[[Toronto Star]] |first=Leslie |last=Vryenhoek |date=June 6, 2003 |access-date=December 7, 2009}} ("The image of Rachel Uchitel making an emotional plea as she searches for her fiancé in Manhattan was used in newspapers worldwide.")</ref> Uchitel and her fiancé's family subsequently debated the disposition of his estate.<ref name="nytimes-estate">{{cite news |url=https://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 |work=[[The New York Times]] |first=Shaila K. |last=Dewan |date=January 22, 2002 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref><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 |work=[[The Week]] |date=November 30, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2009}}</ref>

In 2004, Uchitel married Wall Street trader and childhood friend Steven Ehrenkranz.<ref name=nymag113009/><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 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |first=Russell |last=Goldman |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=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 |work=[[Chicago Sun-Times]] |first=Bill |last=Zwecker |date=December 1, 2009 |access-date=December 7, 2009 |archive-date=December 4, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204001151/http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/zwecker/1912836,CST-FTR-zp01.article}}</ref>

In late 2009, ''[[The National Enquirer]]'' published a story that alleged that Uchitel had had an [[Infidelity|affair]] with [[Tiger Woods]] at the [[Australian Masters]],<ref name=nbcsports060810>{{cite web |url=http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2010/06/post-572.html.php |title=Woods declares for Australian Masters...or as we call it, Rachel Uchitel II - Out of Bounds |last=Chandler |first=Rick |date=June 8, 2010 |work=[[NBC Sports]] |publisher=nbcsports.com |access-date=June 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611152039/http://outofbounds.nbcsports.com/2010/06/post-572.html.php |archive-date=June 11, 2010 }}</ref> an allegation Uchitel denied to the [[Associated Press]].<ref>{{cite journalnews |author=Armour, Nancy |date=November 30, 2009 |title=Image gurus to Woods: Go public like Letterman |journalwork=[[Bleacher Report]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/300057-image-gurus-to-woods-go-public-like-letterman |access-date=April 8, 2015 |quote=The woman, Rachel Uchitel, denied having an affair with Woods when contacted by The Associated Press. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419103826/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/300057-image-gurus-to-woods-go-public-like-letterman |archive-date=April 19, 2016}}</ref>

In 2010, actor [[David Boreanaz]] admitted to having an affair with Uchitel, who he claimed tried to [[blackmail]] him.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jennifer |last=Garcia |url=https://people.com/celebrity/david-boreanaz-admits-i-cheated-on-my-wife/ |title=David Boreanaz Admits: I Cheated on My Wife |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=May 3, 2010 |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref> At the time of the affair Boreanaz's wife was pregnant.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/10/david-boreanaz-affair-marriage_n_1003513.html |title=David Boreanaz Says Affair Made His Marriage Stronger |work=The Huffington Post |date=November 10, 2011 |access-date=May 16, 2013}}</ref>

On October 2, 2011, she married [[Underwriting#Insurance underwriting|insurance underwriter]] and former [[Penn State Nittany Lions football|Penn State]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] Matt Hahn, who is ten years her junior.<ref>[http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Rachel-Uchitel-weds-boyfriend-Matt-Hahn/8386322 Rachel Uchitel weds boyfriend Matt Hahn]</ref> In May 2012, Uchitel gave birth to a daughter.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/rachel-uchitel-welcomes-baby-girl-2012165 |journal=[[Us Weekly]] |title=Rachel Uchitel Welcomes Baby Girl! |date=May 16, 2012 |first=Justin |last=Ravitz}}</ref> Hahn filed for divorce from Uchitel in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tmz.com/2013/06/10/rachel-uchitel-divorce-matt-hahn/ |publisher=TMZ.com |title=Rachel Uchitel Getting Divorced |date=June 11, 2013}}</ref> The divorce was finalized in January 2014.<ref name="divorce finalized">{{cite news |url=http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/15/tiger-woods-mistress-rachel-uchitel-divorce-matt-hahn/ |title=Rachel Uchitel Back on the Market Divorce Final |work=[[TMZ]] |date=January 15, 2014 |access-date=January 23, 2014}}</ref>