Erica Herman, former girlfriend of golf legend Tiger Woods, has filed a lawsuit towards a homestead belief managed by Woods in Hobe Sound, Florida, for damages of over $30 million. In accordance with the lawsuit, Herman claims that the belief and its brokers misappropriated $40,000 money that belonged to her and made defamatory allegations about how she obtained the cash.
Herman additionally alleges that she had an “oral tenancy settlement” with Woods to stay on the residence for 5 years after six years in impact earlier than the breakup.
The belief is trying to implement a non-disclosure settlement (NDA) signed by Woods and Herman in 2017. Legal professionals for each side are at the moment battling it out in court docket.
Herman additionally filed a separate grievance this week, suing Woods and requesting launch from her NDA with him. She argues that the NDA is just not enforceable underneath the federal Communicate Out Act. The lawsuit reveals that the home dispute between Woods and Herman spilled into court docket in Florida after Woods broke up together with her in October and allegedly had her locked out of their seaside mansion on the Treasure Coast.
In accordance with the swimsuit towards the belief, Herman was compelled out by the “trickery” of brokers of the belief. They satisfied her to pack a suitcase for a brief trip, and when she arrived on the airport, they advised her she had been locked out of her residence in violation of the oral tenancy settlement and Florida regulation. Woods established the belief in 2017, and its solely potential beneficiaries are Woods and his youngsters. Its solely asset is its possession curiosity within the residence.
Herman, who labored because the supervisor of Woods’ restaurant in Jupiter, Florida, has not made particular allegations of assault or harassment towards him. Nonetheless, she is asking a court docket to declare her NDA not less than partly unenforceable, thereby allowing her to say extra.
The lawsuit additionally reveals that Woods has confronted a number of troubles over time away from the golf course, together with a automobile crash close to Los Angeles in 2021 and a intercourse scandal that led to his divorce from his spouse Elin Nordegren in 2010.