Tiger Woods’ ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to cancel a nondisclosure agreement that she claims the 15-time major champion forced her to sign when their relationship started in August 2017, according to court records.
The civil complaint in the Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit in Martin County, Florida, is the latest in what seem to be a lengthy dispute between Erica Herman and the star golfer.
Herman claims the NDA is “invalid and unenforceable” and that a trust controlled by Woods is wrongfully using it against her.
Herman’s attorney, Benjamin Hodas cited a federal law – the Speak Out Act that was signed into law by President Joe Biden in December 2022, which prevents the enforcement of nondisclosure agreements in instances of sexual assault and harassment.
In a civil cover sheet to the court, Herman’s attorney pointed out that the case involved allegations of sexual abuse, although Herman didn’t make any specific allegations against Woods.
Herman’s attorney alleged that Woods is trying to use the NDA to force Herman to keep details of their relationship private.
If the judge decides the NDA is enforceable, Herman’s attorney asked the judge to specify how it limits her ability to disclose, among other things, “her own experiences,” “experiences of her family members,” “photographs and recordings of herself and her family members,” “information from sources other than the Defendant” and “information responding to statements that the Defendant has made or published about her or others to prove the falsity or misleading nature of those statements.”
This complaint is the second legal filing that Herman has initiated against the golfer in the last five months.
It should be recalled that Herman in October sued the Jupiter Island Irrevocable Homestead Trust, which manages Woods’ home in Florida, where she allegedly claimed that she was tricked into going on a short vacation and when she arrived at the airport, she was informed that she had been locked out of her residence and would not be allowed to return.
She says she had an “oral tenancy agreement” to live in the house for what the suit called “a certain duration of time” and believes damages, based on the monthly rental value of the residence, would be in excess of $30 million.
However, Woods’ legal team filed a motion to dismiss the complaint in November, saying Herman’s claims were invalid because she was not a tenant of the residence under the “Residential Landlord Tenant Act.”
Woods, now 47, returned to action after a timeoff of more than seven months when he made his 2023 debut at the Genesis at Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles but Herman wasn’t sighted with him at the tournament.
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